The Writers Bureau, Britain’s leading Creative Writing Correspondence College, are once again sponsoring a Poetry and Short Story Competition for 2007. This will be the competition’s thirteenth year and the event continues to go from strength to strength.
Prize money totalling £4,000 can be won for poems not exceeding 40 lines and short stories of up to 2000 words.
Short story judging will be by Iain Pattison, and poetry judging by award-winning poet Alison Chisholm. First prize in each category is £1000, second prize £400, third prize £200, fourth prize £100, fifth prize 6 x £50. The entry fee for each poem or short story is £5.00 and the closing date for entries is 30th June 2007.
For entry forms or further information contact:
The Competition Secretary, The Writers Bureau,Sevendale House, 7 Dale Street, Manchester, M1 1JB. Tel: 0161 228-2362. Fax: 0161 228 3533.
For full details and an entry form to print off, or to enter online visit:www.writersbureau.com/competition