Courses and Competitions: Chipping Norton Literary Festival 2017
The Chipping Norton Literary Festival is back for 2017.
Chip Lit Fest is due to take place between 27th – 30th April and the box office is open now for the many great events and sessions taking place over the four day event.
This excellent writing festival offers free and paid events featuring many workshops and authors. All venues are within a 10-15 minute walk of each other around the centre of Chipping Norton.
Events include Desert Island Books with Armando Iannucci, a talk with Veronica Henry as well as a writer’s workshop with Clare Bailey. Ian Rankin will be talking to Mark Billington, Nadiya Hussain will be talking about The Secret Lives of the Amir sisters, Sarah Phelps will be talking about writing for the screen and Emily Barr, the author of The One Memory of Flora Banks, will be talking about creating characters.
Each event is individually priced. For more information, call 01608 642350 or visit their website, https://www.chiplitfest.com
You are also able to keep up with all the latest news about the festival on Twitter, https://twitter.com/ChipLitFest
by 
Courses and Competitions: Writing Courses With The Writing Magazine
Opportunity to enrol on various writing courses with the Writing Magazine.
It is the new year. If one of your resolutions is to finally write that novel, poem or short story then these courses could be what you need.
The Writing Magazine offers a selection of creative writing courses all of which are available online.
Their courses include fiction (novel-writing,) poetry, scriptwriting, short stories and writing for children. There are discounts on course prices if you subscribe to the magazine.
The advantage of these courses is that you can choose to receive course materials via e-mail or post, there is a 21 day money back guarantee and you get a welcome gift if you join one.
You’ll have up to two years to complete the course of your choosing. There’s a professional writing tutor and you’ll be able to connect with other students via a dedicated welcome page.
For more information on courses and how to enrol, visit https://www.writers-online.co.uk/writing-courses/
by Courses and Competitions: Travelex Team’s Up With Penguin To Find Aspiring Travel Writers
Calling all aspiring travel writers….
Travel can really excite the imagination. The best travel writing can transport us, make us feel as though we are there.
This is why Travelex and Penguin have come together. They want to find the best new writing talent in travel writing.
So whether you’re a student with writing ambition, a well-travelled person who likes documenting your adventures or spend days writing notes on your next trip, Travelex and Penguin are giving you a chance to win a session with a Penguin editor.
They are looking for travel savvy short stories inspired by ‘a travel experience unlike any other.’
What the experience is and how you tell it is entirely up to you as long as the story is up to 1,000 words.
One lucky writer will win an hour with an editor from Penguin and will be able to get tips, advice and feedback. The winner will also receive £1,500.
There will also be an additional £500 bonus prize for the best entry by a current university or college student.
There will also be a chance for the general public to vote for their favourite travel writer through social media. This will be for entries that make the short list.
If you’re planning on entering, you need to be over 18, and a UK resident (exc. NI.) The piece needs to be unique so not something that has been submitted elsewhere.
by Courses and Competitions: WriteInvite
Write Invite is an initiative to invite anyone to write.
They welcome writers of all ages, experiences and styles to get involved in their short story competitions.
It’s run online. The write Onsite competition in particular. This opens at 5.30pm every Saturday.
Three themes are given. Choose your theme, pay the entrance fee (which is £4 and you’ll need a PayPal account,) and you’ll then get a certain amount of time to write and submit your entry.
The entries will then be judged and the top three will then be chosen. These three stories will then be made available to the other participants. They will be online to read and be judged from the following Wednesday to the Saturday at 5pm.
by Courses and Competitions: Mslexia’s Children’s Novel Competition 2016
Are you an unpublished female novelist or are you thinking of writing a children’s novel? Mslexia are now taking submissions for their 2016 Children’s Novel Competition.
This competition welcomes books written for children (who are able to read for themselves) as well as Young Adult and can be in any genre.
The first prize is £5,000 and five finalists will also receive an invitation to a special networking event with literary agents.
It is £25 per novel to enter and you’ll need to submit the first 3,000 words of your completed children’s novel (which needs to be at least 15,000 words to qualify.)
by Book Club
