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WRITE SPACE SHORT STORY COMPETITION

Theme: Weather

         Prizes £250, £200, £150
         Closing date 30th September 2008
         Entry fee  £6       
         Optional critique £5 / in depth £15

Rules

    1. The closing date is 30th September 2008.
    2. Entries must not exceed 1500 words and must be on the theme of “Weather”.
    3. Entries must be typed and double spaced. The title of the story must be on each page of the story. All pages must be numbered.
    4. Entrants name and address mustonly be on the entry form, not the story. Any stories marked with names and / or addresses will be disqualified.
    5. Only postal entries will be accepted. Entries to arrive at Rivendell, St. Clether, Launceston, Cornwall PL15 8QH by 30th September 2008 accompanied by entry form (1 per story) and appropriate fee.
    6. Entries will only be returned if accompanied by an s.a.e.
    7. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
    8. Winners will be notified by mid November 2008.
    9. Entries must be original work and previously unpublished.
    10. Vanda Inman's Write Space reserves the right to publish all winning stories on the Write Space website:

 

Entry forms SAE to : Write Space,  Rivendell, St Clether, Launceston, Cornwall. PL15 8QH

e-mail competition@writespace.co.uk

 Winners will be notified by mid November 2008.

 Winners will be published on the Write Space website.

 

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The Judges:

Vanda Inman

Vanda Inman is published in the women's magazine market and runs a variety of creative writing courses covering the basics to more experimental writing.  She writes the Quick Fix column in Writers’ Forum. Some of these articles can be seen HERE.

Linda Lewis

Linda Lewis is a full time writer. To date she has had more than a hundred stories published in magazines including Yours, Womans Weekly and Best. She also writes numerous articles and fillers and has recently taken over the I'm Puzzled column in The New Writer.

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Competition “Secrets”.

The winning stories and results are HERE
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WRITE SPACE SHORT STORY COMPETITION

Secrets

From the judges:

 

A big ‘thank you’ to everyone who entered this competition.  As always, a wonderful array of stories – some made us laugh, others brought a tear to the eye. The most important thing is that you all enjoyed writing them, which is what the competition is really all about.  Finding the inspiration, using your creativity and producing a story is a wonderful journey in itself.
Keep writing – and enter the next competition!

Vanda Inman

 


The theme this time was Secrets and it prompted a wonderful assortment of ideas. We had stories about affairs, health scares, forgotten letters, even aliens living, unnoticed, on earth.  In the end, choosing the prize winners wasn't difficult.  Vanda and I read the entries separately, and when we compared notes, found that we agreed on the first and second placed stories, which made life easier for us. Many of the stories had potential. Some might have done better if more care had been taken before sending them off. Giving a story a last read through, out loud, is a great way to spot any repetitions or mistakes. Overall, I very much enjoyed helping to judge this competition, and I'm already looking forward to the next one.

Linda Lewis

 
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