Events and Writing opportunities
While looking for the Storylines post on the facebook page I noticed a few other up and coming events that I had forgotten, so since I just added categories that you can search by on the side bar I thought I would add the other events I found to this site too.
Poetry
In the month leading up to National Poetry Day 2012 there will be a competition called My Quake Nightmare
Participants will be invited to submit a poem of between 10 and 20 lines on this theme.
The poem must be delivered or posted to Canterbury University Bookshop,
University Drive, Ilam, Christchurch 8041 before 20th July. No email entries.
Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, author of Shaken Down 6.3 will judge
There will be 10 prizes. The first 5 winners receive a $50 UBS book voucher
Next 5 winners receive a copy of Shaken Down 6.3.
Please add you contact details to entry.
All 10 winners will be invited to read their poem at the Canterbury University Bookshop National Poetry Day Event 27th July 12.30pm – 1.30pm.
Poets Respond to the Quake.
Performers Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Helen Lowe, Writer in Residence UC 2012 and Ben Brown
The first 30 people to attend the event will be given a free voucher for coffee or tea at the newly opened adjacent AdLib Café.
In addition, in the week leading up to the event, we will feature poetry inside the shop with book displays and poetry walls inside and out…
Children’s Novel Writing competition (Women only)
2012 Children’s Novel Competition
[Entry fee of £25]
1ST PRIZE: £5,000
The competition is open to children’s novels in any genre by previously unpublished women novelists, but it must be for children who are able to read for themselves or for young adults. Crossover fiction (i.e. that aimed at children and adults) is eligible. Nonfiction, and fiction intended for adults is not eligible. To qualify as a novel, your book must total at least 30,000 words.
Closing date: 10 September 2012
Full Details: http://www.mslexia.co.uk/whatson/msbusiness/ncomp_active.php#new
Short Story competition
The NZ Writers’ College 2012 Annul Short Story Award
This competition is to acknowledge excellence in creative writing in the Short Story genre. The contest is open to any emerging writer residing in New Zealand or Australia, who has had fewer than four stories/articles published in any format (print or digital).
PRIZES:
- First Prize: $1 000.00 plus entry into one of our short courses
- Second Prize: $ 500.00
- People’s Choice Award $ 250.00
THEME: Full Circle
DEADLINE: 30 September 2012
Full details: http://www.nzwriterscollege.co.nz/Competitions+and+Writers+Resources/
NZ+Writers+College+Writing+Competitions++Archives/
2012+NZ+Writers+College+Short+Story+Competition.html
August Writing Prompt
A simple challenge this month, as I have randomly decided we will have alternate months of word lists and “other” prompts this month is one of the “other”. A first line prompt!
The line:
“It seemed like such a good idea at the time…”
Aim: about 500 words starting with this line.
As usual use the line however you like and have fun!
Happy writing!
Armageddon 2012
We are fortunate, thanks to members’ hard work and heaps of donations, to have a Christchurch Writers’ Guild table at the Christchurch Armageddon this weekend.
All members have been given an opportunity to have their self-published books on the table, with an opportunity to sell something and to be a presence at the convention which we hope will bring in some thousands of people.
If you’re local, please come down and see us at Addington Raceway. Below there is a schedule for writer appearances if you’re interested in talking to, or getting an autograph from, a particular author. Other members, such as myself, who haven’t got to selling their work yet will also be around to talk to, or get autographs from 😉
A huge thank you to all of our supporters who have made this possible, and to our awesome authors who are sharing their wonderful words with the world.
😀 Fran
Author Appearances:
Beaulah Pragg The Silver Hawk Saturday & Sunday 10-12 & 3-5pm
Gonzalo Navarro Aotearoa Whispers Saturday & Sunday 1-4pm
Francis D. Tanner David Tremain Series Saturday & Sunday 10-1pm
Angela Oliver Aroha’s Grand Adventure Saturday only 11-2pm
Christopher Keene Sunday only 1-3pm
Au Contraire Anthology Submissions open
The wonderful people over at Random Static are looking for short story submissions on the topic of Regeneration for next year’s anthology. Due date is December 2012, so gives you a bit of time to think about the topic.
Here’s a bit more info from the page:
Tell us stories of how cities and societies regenerate after disaster; of bodies regenerated by science or magic, and the consequences; or natural – or unnatural – environments thriving once more. We’d also like to see stories that examine the psychological or moral dimensions to regeneration, or any other interpretation of the theme.
I figure that, being from Christchurch, we should have a pretty unique perspective on this theme – and it could be kathartic to write about the regeneration (not just the destruction and loss).
Full link is: http://randomstatic.submittable.com/submit/13305/account
Writing Prompt for July
Here is the next month’s writing prompt, unlike the previous format this time there are 10 words. You may use as many or as few as you wish, the place I got the idea from taunted me by saying it was impossible to use all 10 but here are this month’s words:
Victim
Impervious
Position
Check
Burn
Quick
Clean
Silk
Run
Sharp
Good Luck!
If you want to do the buddy system of last time then if you get your names to me by 4pm Monday the 18th (ish) I’ll buddy you up.
Otherwise you are welcome to post your stories on here, facebook or link to a website, blog or whatever.
(Any suggestions for next month’s prompts are welcome too)
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