WRITERS’ NEWS
76 NOVEMBER 2019 http://www.writers-online.co.ukYour essential monthly round-up of competitions, paying markets,
opportunities to get into print and publishing industry news.The Acumen
International Poetry
Competition is
inviting entries.
The competition
from literary journal Acumen is for original, unpublished
poems up to fifty lines. The winning poet will receive
£1,000 and a five-year subscription to Acumen. The
second prize is £400 and a three-year subscription, and
the third prize is £200 and a two-year subscription.
There is also a special £100 prize for the best poem by
an Acumen subscriber. Six highly commended poets
will receive £25 and a one-year subscription, and ten
commended poets will receive a one-year subscription.
The judges are Michael Bartholomew-Biggs and
Nancy Mattson.
The entry fee is £5 per poem or five poems for £20.
The closing date is 28 February 2020.
Website: http://www.acumen-poetry.co.ukSharp entries
Café society
The Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize is open for entries.
The prize is for a novel by an unpublished women fiction writer from the
UK and Ireland
Now in its tenth year, the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize looks
for fiction with an ‘unputdownable’ quality and has a strong track record
of helping undiscovered women writers launch literary careers. Submissions
may be literary or genre fiction for adult, young adult or child readers (as
long as the novel is primarily text-based). The winner will receive £1,500.
All shortlisted writers are offered consultations with literary agents.
Writers entering the competition should be unagented and must not
previously have published a novel. Each writer may enter one novel. Send
the first 40-50 pages and a synopsis (3-5 pages).
The entry fee is £12. There are sponsored entries for low-income writers
available on a first-come-first-served basis.
The closing date is 17 January 2020.
Website: http://www.lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk/fictionprizeThe Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2020 is inviting entries.
The overall winner in the competition for unpublished short fiction will
receive £5,000, with £2,500 for each regional winner.
The prize covers the regions of Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, Caribbean
and Pacific. Entrants must be citizens of a Commonwealth country.
The annual Commonwealth Short Story Prize is for original, unpublished
short stories between 2,000 and 5,000 words. It is administered by the
Commonwealth Foundation.
Entry is free. Each writer may submit only one story.
The closing date is 1 November.
Website: http://www.commonwealthwriters.org Win a first prize of
£1,000 in the annual
poetry competition
from Café Writers
The competition is for original, unpublished poems up
to 40 lines. This year’s judge is Zaffar Kunial, whose debut
Us (2018) was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize and the
Costa Poetry Award.
There is a first prize of £1,000, a second prize of £300,
a third prize of £200 and five commended prizes of £50.
There is also a £100 Norfolk Prize for the best poem by a
permanent Norfolk resident not winning another prize.
The entry fee is £4 per poem or £10 for three poems
and £2 per poem thereafter.
The closing date is 30 November.
Website: http://www.cafewriters.co.ukTina JacksonLucy’s a leading light
for women writers
A common wealth of stories
Poems for a good Causley
The Charles Causley International Poetry Prize 2019 is
inviting entries.
This year’s competition will be judged by Michael Rosen
The winner of the competition will receive £2,000 and a
one-week writing residency at Launceston, Charles Causley’s
former home in Launceston. The runner up prize is £250,
and the third-placed winner gets £100. There are five Highly
Commended prizes of £30.
The competition is for original, unpublished poems up to
40 lines. All poems must have a title.
Writers may enter as many poems as they like. The entry fee
for the first poem is £7.50, and subsequent poems are each £5.
The closing date is 11 November.
Website: https://causleytrust.org/