Category: Competitions
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Competition: Travel Writing
Our Travel Writing Competition is now open! £50 first prize and we now accept entries by email! Take us on a journey – deadline is 19 Oct.
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Flash Fiction Results
Results of our recent Flash Fiction competition
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Next Meeting: Flash Fiction Winners & AGM – 5th Sep 2019
Ah… the nip of cool air around dawn and dusk, the glut of “first day at school” photos on social media and the horror of trying to get to work after weeks of blissful holiday-time commuting; it can only mean one thing – it’s time for our AGM
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Flash Fiction Competition, 2019: “Nest”
It’s that time of year again. Yes, unceasing, torrential rain – it must be summer. And that means it’s time to launch our annual Flash Fiction competition. This year the theme is “nest”.
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2019 Poetry Competition – Winning Entries: “Edge”
The winning entries of our 2019 Poetry Competition on the theme of ‘Edge’.
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Martin Grey & Poetry Competition Winners
Details on our evening with poet Martin Grey and the winners of our poetry competition
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Martin Grey, 2018 ‘Bard of Southwell’ winner comes to Newark
Come along to our next meeting on 2 May to hear Nottingham poet Martin Grey announce the winners of our poetry competition and perform some of his own poems.
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Reminder: Poetry Competition Deadline – 16 March 2019
As February draws to a hot and sunny close (for future readers it hit over 21 degrees C in the UK today, which is clearly Pleasant But Not Right) we thought it might be worth reminding people that our Poetry Competition deadline is just over two weeks away. The topic is EDGE and in case…
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Letter Writing Competition Winners
Our last competition of 2018 tasked entrants to write a letter to someone who influenced you, whether for good or bad, intentionally or unwittingly, true or fiction. Historical Fiction author Clare Harvey kindly judged the pieces and here they all are for you to read – enjoy!
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Poetry Competition 2019: “Edge”
We’re delighted to announce that our first competition of 2019 is up and running. The genre is poetry and the topic is “Edge“. Hard copy entries of poems up to 40 lines in length must be submitted by 16th March 2019. The judge is Martin Grey, a regular on the Nottingham poetry scene and who won…