Win Train Tickets to Paris
Amida, the Sustainable Development Recruitment Agency, has launched a poetry competition with a sustainability theme, with your chance to win 2 return tickets to Paris!
Sample poems, from Amida's own employees, are currently on their blog to, hopefully, give you inspiration for your own poems.
Deadline for entries: Monday 14th March 2011 at 5pm.
Details here http://www.amida-recrui...
24th February 2011
Ted Walters International Competition 2011
The University of Liverpool Creative Writing Society for Lifelong Learning have announced the fifth annual Ted Walters international writing competition.
There are three categories: poetry, short story & playwriting, each category has a first prize of £200, second prize £50 and third a £15 b...
17th February 2011
Aesthetica Creative Works Competition
Aesthetica Magazine is inviting all artists, writers and poets to submit their work for entry into the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition 2011.
Now in its 4th year, the Creative Works Compet...
16th February 2011
Buxton Poetry Competition 2011
The Buxton Poetry Competition 2001 is open for entries in 3 categories: Open Poetry (aged 19 and over), Young Peoples Poetry (ages 12 to 18) and Children’s Poetry (aged up to 12) - Age is as of 1...
15th February 2011
Warwick Words
Warwick Words Writers’ Group will be reading their poetry, short prose and scripts followed by an open mic session on Thursday, 24 February 2011, at The Warwick Arms Hotel, High Street, Warwick.
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15th February 2011
Your Favourite Place to Write ...
Edith Wharton would compose in bed on a writing board propped upon her lap, while Roald Dahl conjured his creations in a shed at the bottom of his garden... When the Arvon Foundation asked some of ...
10th February 2011
The Woman in White
Litfest is inviting you to enjoy a rip-roaring Victorian mystery novel in your lunch-hour this month – Wilkie Collins’ classic ‘The Woman In White’. A suspenseful tale of madness and stolen identit...
10th February 2011
Welsh Short Story Competition - win £1k
The 2011 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition could be your big chance to make your mark on the Welsh literary scene and get your hands on the First Prize of £1000. A further ten equal runner-up pri...
9th February 2011
Huddersfield Literature Festival 2011
This year’s Huddersfield Literature Festival is taking place at various venues throughout the city from the 16th to 20th March.
The festival is launched with a celebration of 25 years of Peepal...
9th February 2011
Wondermentalist Cabaret
What have Elvis McGonagall (pictured), comedy songs and the hole-punch that you nicked from the office got in common? Well, they’re all featured on BBC Radio 4’s fantastic new comedy-cabaret poetry...
8th February 2011
Norwich Writing Workshops 20011
Writers’ Centre Norwich has announced a series of writing workshops that are running throughout 2011.
Highlights include weekly short courses in poetry (led by Esther Morgan) and fiction writin...
8th February 2011
Moss Rich Poetry Competition
Pighog Press have teamed up with the Centre for Community Engagement (CCE) and the Students Union at the University of Sussex to launch The Moss Rich 'Sounding the Site' Poetry Competition - celebr...
3rd February 2011
International Welsh Poetry Competition 2011
The 5th International Welsh Poetry Competition has just been opened to one and all and is now accepting entries.
The aim of the competition is still to encourage and reward the abundance of cre...
2nd February 2011
Musical Star Wanted!
Write Out Loud poet, Kate Tym, is also part of a comedy song singing double act.... but her musical partner is leaving her... and she needs a new one!
She's looking for a female, aged between 3...
1st February 2011
