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The New Writer Magazine

Major annual international competition for short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection, special edition of The New Writer magazine each July.

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S@veAs Prose Competition 2009 Results

 

 First Prize      Cold Salt Water - by Maria McCarthy

 Second Prize  Synaesthesia - by Kyrill Potapov 

 Third Prize       Russians are Coming - by Marilyn Donovan

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S@veAs Poetry Competition 2009 Results

 

       First Prize           Skin - by Jo Field

       Second Prize      Passing it forward - by Gary Studley

       Third Prize         Towards the sea -  by Jo field

An Honourable Mention Girl - by Nicky Gould

Adjudicator's report

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Winners of the SaveAs Poetry and Prose Competitions 2008

   POETRY:   Winner: On the Dish by Christopher Hobday
                            2nd: Port Malheur by Kate Adams
                            3rd: Aged Ten - Curled in the Cold of your
                           Grandma's Death You Work Out That If
                           You Don't Love Anyone Again You won't
                           Hurt This Much Again

                                    by Jacqueline Bentley

     PROSE:  Winner - Winter Games - Torino 2006
                                   by Fran Addison

                           2nd: The Green Man by Jo Field

 

The Global Short Story Competition

Open to writers across the world for stories of no more than 2000 words.
Monthly prizes of £100 and £25 for the runner-up.
Entry Fee £5


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Closing Date:
Monthly


TxtLit Competition

Txt Lit is a new literary genre of creative writing using a mobile phone texting system, or SMS (Short Message System) for stories containing just 160 characters, including spaces and punctuation.

Prize: £50
Fee: £1 plus cost of the text

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Closing Date: Monthly


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