This weeks competitions that have caught my eye:
Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction
Category: Fiction
Closes: 28th October 2011
Fees: £15 for one entry.
Prizes: £10,000 for first place. Also publishing contract.
Details: For chilren’s books up to 80,000 words aimed at children aged 9-16.
Contact: The Chicken House, 2 Palmer Street, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1DS
Country: United Kingdom
Email: chickenhouse@doublecluck.com
Website: http://www.doublecluck.com/submissions
William Richey Short Fiction Contest
Category: Fiction
Closes: 30th November 2011
Fees: $10 for one entry.
Prizes: $1,000 for first place. Also magazine publication.
Details: For short stories up to 10,000 words.
Country: United States
Website: http://yemassee.submishmash.com/submit
Meridian Writing Winter Competition
Category: Fiction
Closes: 31st December 2011
Fees: £5 for one entry.
Prizes: £100 for first place. 2nd Place – £50, 3rd Place – £25 with firstwriter.com voucher for each winner.
Details: Short stories wanted in any theme/genre. 3000 words max but with no lower limit. Open to new and published authors. Critique service available. See website for full submission details.
Country: United Kingdom
Email: info@meridian-writing.co.uk
Website: http://www.meridian-writing.co.uk
Harvest the Cash Fall Contest
Category: Fiction
Closes: 21st October 2011
Fees: $10 for one entry.
Prizes: $400 for first place.
Details: 1500 Word Limit Entry fee: $10. Critique fee: $5 (optional) First prize – $400, Second prize – $150, Third prize – $50. See website for additional guidelines.
Contact: Hamilton Writers Guild P.O. Box 1205 Hamilton, OH 45012
Country: United States
Email: ldswink@cinci.rr.com
Website: http://www.hamiltonwritersguild.org
Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize
Category: Fiction
Closes: 15th October 2011
Fees: £0 for one entry.
Prizes: £750 for first place. £500.
Details: For fiction and nonfiction by writers aged 18-25 on the theme: Light often arises from a collision of opinions, as fire from flint and steel.
Country: United Kingdom
Email: info@benjaminfranklinhouse.org
Website: http://www.benjaminfranklinhouse.org/site/sections/news/literary_prize.html
BBC TELEVISION Opportunities
Collabor8te
Deadline: 03 October 2011
Win a budget of up to £10,000 to have your short film developed and produced.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/collabor8ate_2011.shtml
Newsjack
Deadline: 17 October 2011
BBC Radio 4 Extra’s topical sketch show is now open for submissions of sketches and short jokes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/newsjack_2011_2.shtml
Face 2 Face with Stephen Butchard
Deadline: 18 October 2011
An opportunity to put your questions to Stephen Butchard, one of the leading screenwriters of his generation.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/face_to_face.shtml
Channel 4 Drama presents….4Screenwriting
Deadline: 01 November 2011
Channel 4 Drama are looking for 12 talented writers who currently have no broadcast credit.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/4screenwriting_2011.shtml
Immersive Writing Lab Competition
Deadline: 21 November 2011
Create a cross-platform storyworld and win a £6k development fund.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/immersive_writing_lab_2011.shtml
Steyning Festival Theatre Trail 2012
Deadline: 02 December 2011
Steyning Festival Theatre Trail 2012 is seeking 6 new plays from playwrights in the South East.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/steyning_festival_theatre_trail_2012.shtml
The BBC Writersroom Future Talent Award for Writers
Deadline: 15 December 2011
Opportunity for north-based student/recent graduate drama writers to access development opportunities and mentoring from the BBC.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/opportunity/future_talent_award_for_writers.shtml
RWA Competitions
**The Write Stuff 2011/2012
Sponsor: Connecticut RWA
Fee: $20–30.00
Deadline: December 5, 2011
Eligibility: Non-PAN Recognized Authors
Entry: Electronic entry only. First 20 pages, no synopsis.
Categories: Contemporary Romance, Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance, Adult Mainstream Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Judges: Trained published and unpublished authors.
Final Judges: Editors & Agents TBA.
Top Prize: $100 for 1st place in each category.
FMI, http://ctrwa.org/writestuff/.
Good luck and let me know how you get on.
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