Competitions
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All Write! 2009 Competition
There are two competition categories:
- 14-16 year-olds (Years 9, 10 and 11)
- 16-19 year olds (Years 12 and 13)
Writing can be in any genre (poetry, short story, novel extracts, journalism, scripts, song lyrics etc) and on any topic.
The competition deadline is Monday, July 28th 2009.
Entries are welcome now.
Click here for poster (pdf format).
There is no word count limit but longer pieces may be abridged or edited. See the All Write! 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 anthologies for examples of previous successful work.
Competition winners will have their work published in All Write! 2009.
The competition will be judged over the summer break and all participating schools will be invited to a celebration evening in November, where copies of the All Write! 2009 anthology will be presented to authors by celebrated writers.
You may submit entries by post or email.
Entry details that we need from you:
- Your name
- The title of your piece
- The name of your school
- Your contact details
- Contacts details for your teacher (if possible)
- Email k.tew@mmu.ac.uk, including all the details requested above and with the subject heading "Competition2009"
To submit by post:
- Send a copy of your work remembering to include all the information and contact details listed above.
Thanks to previous Arts Council funding, we were able to supply copies of All Write in to all participating students and teachers free of charge and also provide writing and performance workshops for winning authors. We will, of course be applying for funding for 2009, but hope that schools and colleges will also support our project by purchasing copies of the anthologies for their school
The Manchester Fiction Prize 2009
Under the direction of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, The Manchester Writing School at MMU launched the first Manchester Fiction Prize in early 2009. The competition was designed to find the best new short stories and celebrate them in Manchester - one of Europe's most adventurous and creative spaces. By the closing date of 1st August, the prize had attracted more than 1,700 entries from over 40 countries.
The winners will be announced at this special gala event at Manchester Town Hall on Fri 23rd October. There will be readings from the competition judges – distinguished novelists and short-story writers Sarah Hall, M. John Harrison and Nicholas Royle – and the competition finalists will read from their short-listed stories.
The £10,000 first prize will be awarded to the winning author, and a bursary for study at MMU will go to an entrant aged 18-25: the Manchester Young Writer of the Year. This event forms part of the 2009 Manchester Literature Festival
| Venue: | The Lord Mayor's Parlour, Manchester Town Hall, Albert Sqr, Manchester |
| Tickets: | £7 (concessions £5) |
| Contact: | Manchester Literature Festival box office: 0843 208 0500, or purchase tickets online via the MLF website. For further details, James Draper 0161 247 1787 or j.draper@mmu.ac.uk |
Weaving Words
Weaving Words is a creative writing competition for 2009 on an Environmental theme. The competeion is open to all writers and all genres and entry is free, but you don't have long - the closing date is Friday 25 September. Winners will receive book tokens kindly donated by Rochdale Libraries and the winning and specially commended entries may be displayed in the libraries. For rules and conditions, clcik here for Weaving Words on Facebook.