Writers\' Forum - 04.2020

COMP CALENDAR

Grey Hen Poetry

Competition

Poem: 40 lines max. Rules:

women poets aged 60-plus. Fee:

£3; four for £10. Prizes: £10 0;

£50; £25. Judges: Rose Cook;

Gill McEvoy. Details: see http://www.

greyhenpress.com/poetry-compe-

tition-2020-entry-rules

Win Your Way to

Swanwick 2020

Poem: 40 lines max. Short

story/Children’s story: 1000

words max. Theme: ‘ Vision’.

Fee: £6. Prize: week at Swan-

wick Summer School; manuscript

appraisal; copy of Writers’ & Artists’

Yearbook; publication. Details:

see http://www.swanwickwritersschool.

org.uk/win-a-place.html

Tupelo Press Berkshire

Poetry Book Prize

Poetry: 48-88 pages. Fee: $30.

Prize: $3000 plus 20 copies.

Details: see http://www.tupelopress.

org/berkshire-prize

Vallum Chapbook Award

Poetry: 12-20 pages. Fee: $25.

Prize: $300 plus publication.

Details: see http://www.vallummag.

com/chapbookrules.html

Ver Poets Open

Competition

Poem: 30 lines max. Rules: aged

16 -plus Fee: £4; £10 for three;

£3 per poem thereafter. Prizes:

£600; £300; £100; plus publica-

tion. Judge: Jacqueline Saphra.

Details: see verpoets.co.uk/

poetry-competitions

Ware Poets Open

Poetry Competition

Poem: max 50 lines. Fee: £4;

£12 for four; £3 per poem thereaf-

ter. Prizes: £600; £300; £150;

Ware Sonnet Prize £150 for best

sonnet. Judge: Glynn Maxwell.

Details: see http://www.poetrypf.co.uk/

comps/ware20.pdf

1 MAY

The Hooded

Short Story Contest

Short story: 1000 to 10,000

words. Prizes: $100 gift card;

online publication; YouTube review.

Details: see http://www.underthehood.

net/2020/01/the-hooded-short-

story-contest.html

Peseroff Poetry Prize

Poem: no line max. Fee: $10

for up to three poems. Prize:

$1000 plus publication. Details:

see http://www.breakwaterreview.com/

contests

Remastered Words

Short Story Competition

Story: 5000 words max.

Theme: Any fantasy sub-genre.

Prizes: £75; £50; £25; publica-

tion; audio production; Archivos

podcast membership. Details:

see http://www.remasteredwords.com/

great-stories-win-prizes

8 MAY

Goldsmith Festival

Poetry Competition

Poem: 40 lines max. Fee: €10

for three poems. Prizes: €500;

€200; €100. Details: see oliver-

goldsmithfestival.com/poetry-

competition

UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED...

Theme and genre are open. Entries

should be original and unpublished.

Postal entries should be printed on

white A4 in a clear plain font. Include

a separate cover sheet with the title,

wordcount, your name, address and

postcode, phone and email. Stories

should be double-spaced with good

margins. Where necessary include

a large enough sae with suffi cient

postage. Always contact the organiser

or check their website to confi rm

details. Writers’ Forum does not

accept responsibility for errors in or

changes to the information listed.

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Listings should be sent three months in advance to [email protected]

The venue for

Swanwick Summer School

Aesthetica

Creative Writing Award

submit your

writing

Prizes Include:

 £1,000 for each category winner

 Publication in the Aesthetica

Creative Writing Anthology

 Full Membership to The Poetry Society (Poetry)

 Consultation with Redhammer (Short Fiction)

 One year print subscription to Granta

 Selection of books courtesy of Bloodaxe & Vintage

Deadline 31 August 2020

aestheticamagazine.com/cwa

The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award supports

and champions creative talent and is a celebration

of outstanding poetry and short fi ction.

© Massimo Colonna,

(Non) Gravity

. Courtesy of the artist.