Sunday 3 August 2014

Glimmer Train competition deadline

Upcoming deadline:
Dorothy (L) and mother-in-law Elisabeth, 1952
  • New Writers: 1st place $1,500 & publication in Issue 95. Deadline: 8/31.
  • Note: New writers are especially welcome at GT, but the Short Story Award for New Writers is the contest that is open only to emerging writers. The 1st place winner in the last New Writer contest was that author's very first story accepted for publication.
  • Second- and 3rd-place winners receive $500/$300, respectively, or, if accepted for publication, $700. Winners and finalists will be announced in the November bulletin, and finalists will be contacted directly the previous week.
  • Most submissions run 1,500 - 6,000 words, but can be as long as 12,000. Reading fee is $15 per story. Please, no more than 3 submissions per category.

2014 Over The Edge New Writer of the Year competition

2014 Over The Edge
New Writer of The Year competition
OPEN TO POETS & FICTION WRITERS
WORLDWIDE

NOW TAKING ONLINE PAYMENTS

COMPETITION JUDGE: ELEANOR HOOKER
Major Sponsor: Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,
other sponsors to date:
ISupply, Quay Street; Ward’s Hotel Lower Salthill;
 Clare Daly TD, Kenny’s Bookshop & Derek Nolan TD
Closing date: Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
In 2014 Over The Edge is continuing its exciting annual international creative writing competition. Since its inception in 2007, it has grown to become one of the most important competition’s for emerging writers in Ireland and internationally. The competition is open to both poets and fiction writers worldwide. The total prize money is €1,000. The best fiction entry will win €300. The best poetry entry will win €300. One of these will then be chosen as the overall winner and will receive an additional €400, giving the overall winner total prize money of €700 and the title Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2014. The 2014 Over The Edge New Writer of The Year will be a Featured Reader at Ireland’s leading literary reading series, the Over The Edge: Open Readings in Galway City Library, on a date to be scheduled in Winter 2014/15. Salmon Poetry will read, without commitment to publish, a manuscript submitted to them by the winner in the poetry category. Doire Press will read, without commitment to publish, a manuscript of short stories submitted to them by the winner in the fiction category. The winner in the poetry category will have one of the poems from her or his winning entry published in the April 2015 issue of Skylight 47 magazine.

Entries should be sent to Over The Edge, New Writer of the Year competition, 3 Carbry Road, Newcastle, Galway, Ireland. Entries will be judged anonymously, so do not put your name on your poem(s) or stories. Put your contact details on a separate sheet. If you live in Ireland and wish to be informed of the results by post, please enclose a stamped addressed envelope. OTHERWISE, YOU DO NOT NEED TO ENCLOSE A STAMPED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.

Criteria: fiction of up to three thousand words, three poems of up to forty lines, or one poem of up to one hundred lines. Any of the aforementioned is one entry. Multiple entries are acceptable but each must be accompanied by a fee. The fee for one entry is €10. The fee for multiple entries is €7.50 per entry e.g. two entries will cost €15, three entries €22.50 and so on. Fee payable by cheque or  money order to Over The Edge. The competition is open to writers worldwide. We accept payment in Dollars, Sterling, Australian Dollars, Canadian Dollars and so on. Writers from outside the Euro area can calculate the payment for their entry here http://www.xe.com/ucc/ WE ALSO NOW ACCEPT ONLINE PAYMENTS. See the below for details. If you pay the entry fee online you must still post us a hard copy of your entry/entries and enclose with it a note saying ‘entry fee paid online’. PLEASE INCLUDE THE EXACT NAME IN WHICH THE ONLINE PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY. 

Monday 21 July 2014

Screenwriting in NUIG


Certificate in Screenwriting at NUI Galway



Certificate in Screenwriting



Have you an interest in screenwriting or do you enjoy writing about your ideas, but want to develop your writing skills?



If so, the Certificate in Screenwriting at NUI Galway will verse you in the craft of screenwriting, and will help you to explore and express your own ideas in an encouraging and supportive teaching environment.



The teaching format comprises screenings and lectures on one evening per week (Thursday: 18.30 – 21.30), from September 2014 to May 2015.  Each module of the programme will have a practical output with students being required to write a short film script or drama proposal.



To find out more about this exciting one-year course, please visit www.nuigalway.ie/adultlearning or contact the

Centre for Adult Learning & Professional Development 
– 091 492144

Sunday 20 July 2014

Sean O'Faolain Short Story Competition

July 31st Deadline
just under two weeks to go 

Sean O'Faolain Short Story Competition

Joyce Russel Judges

1st prize winner gets
€2,000 cash,
Publication in Southword
A week's accommodation at
the Anam Cara Artist Retreat (worth €800)
Accommodation with full meals & free tickets
at the Cork International Short Story Festival (worth €800)

2nd Prize winner receives
€500 & publication in Southword

4 Runner's Up will receive €120 and publication.

2014 Over The Edge New Writer of the Year competition

2014 Over The Edge
New Writer of The Year competition
OPEN TO POETS & FICTION WRITERS
WORLDWIDE

NOW TAKING ONLINE PAYMENTS

COMPETITION JUDGE: ELEANOR HOOKER
Major Sponsor: Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop,
other sponsors to date:
ISupply, Quay Street; Ward’s Hotel Lower Salthill;
 Clare Daly TD, Kenny’s Bookshop & Derek Nolan TD
Closing date: Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

Words with Jam Short story competition now open-see website

Sunday 6 July 2014

Boston Review Poetry Competition

Annual Poetry Contest
Deadline: June 6, 2014
Judge: Major Jackson
First Prize: $1,500 and publication
Complete guidelines:
The winning poet will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the November/December 2014 issue of Boston Review. Submit up to five unpublished poems, no more than 10 pages total. Any poet writing in English is eligible, unless he or she is a current student, former student, relative, or close friend of the judge. Mailed manuscripts must be submitted in duplicate, with a cover note listing the author’s name, address, email, and phone number. No cover note is necessary for online submissions. Names and other identifying information must not be on the poems themselves. Simultaneous submissions are not permitted, submissions will not be returned, and submissions may not be modified after entry. Failure to comply with any contest guidelines may result in your submission being disqualified. A non-refundable $20 entry fee, payable to Boston Review in the form of a check or money order or by credit card, must accompany all submissions. All submitters receive a complementary half-year subscription (3 issues) to Boston Review. Mailed submissions must be postmarked no later than June 6, 2014.
The winner will be announced in the fall on the Boston Review Web site. All poems submitted to the contest will be considered for publication in Boston Review.
Please enter online using our contest entry manager. This requires payment using a credit card.
Or mail submissions to:
Poetry Contest, Boston Review
PO Box 425786
Cambridge, MA 02142