This competition is open to New Writers only
EWG New Writer Competition 2015
We invite you to submit a short story to our
New Writer Competition 2015
3,000 words maximum
Closes Thursday 26th March 2015
First Prize
£40, online publication
and
free entry & critique to Open Short Story Comp
Second Prize
online publication
and
free entry & critique to Open Short Story Comp
Free basic critique is an optional extra to all entries to this competition
and is for this competition ONLY
Indicate on your entry form if you wish to receive this free service
RULES OF ENTRY
PLEASE MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE TO D WILKINSON
Entry fee: £3.00 for one entry, £5.00 for two, £2.50 thereon
If you entered our Open Short Story Competition 2013 or 2014 as a New Writer you can enter this competition
at a discounted fee of £2.00
First Prize: £40, one free entry to Open Short Story Comp 2015 incl basic critique, on line publication
Second Prize: one free entry to Open Short Story Comp 2015 incl basic critique, on line publication
There is no theme, you can write anything you like. There is no minimum word count, the maximum is 3,000 words. You can enter as many times as you wish but only one entry per entrant can win a prize. Every entry must be accompanied by the appropriate payment.
1 Open only to new writers. You're a new writer if
- you’ve never had a paid article or story published in a magazine, newspaper or on-line
- you’ve never won a competition or been runner-up (regardless of whether it was published or not)
- you’ve done none of the above but you have written (or posted work on) a blog; had letters published in a
magazine or if you’ve written for a non-profit making publication and not been paid (eg: an article for the
local parish magazine or a school magazine).
If you’re in any doubt, email Debbie who will tell you if you qualify as a 'New Writer’.
2 All entries must be in English. Double line spacing is preferable. Use a font size of 12 or 14. Make
sure word count is included at the end of your entry. Page number and title of entry is permitted on each page. As entries will be judged anonymously please ensure the entry form is completed. . Email Debbie if you have any problems.
You can find the entry form
http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2015-entry-form-new-writer-competition.html
3 Entry can be made either by email or by post.
3 (i) Entry by EMAIL: Send your completed entry form in the body of an email to Debbie
at erewashwriterscomps(at)hotmail.co.uk. The subject heading of your email will be:
ENTRY NEW WRITER 2015 (your name) eg
ENTRY NEW WRITER 2015 (Debbie Wilkinson).
It is preferable you send your entry attached to this email although you can send your entry in the body of the entry form email if you prefer, or in the body of a separate email subject heading EMAILED ENTRY NEW WRITER 2015 (your name).
If you send an attachment, please send each entry as a separate attachment in WORD and make sure the title of the attachment or file is exactly the same as the story title you put on the entry form.
Attachments will be opened when your payment has cleared so expect a slight delay between sending your entry and confirmation of receipt. For this reason, we suggest the earlier you send your entry, the better it will be for your peace of mind.
If you wish to enter by email, you can either send your entry fee in a cheque or postal order separately through the
post, or you can use Paypal, or bank transfer. Please see note (7) below about how to make a payment.
3 (ii) Entry by POST: Complete the entry form and enclose it with your entry/fee. Make sure you do not put anything on the entry to identify yourself. All entries are judged anonymously and any identifying marks could result in your entry not being entered into the competition and we will retain the fee.
Ensure correct postage is paid otherwise your entry will remain at the sorting office. Our postal address is:
EWG NEW WRITER Competition, Parklands Connexion, Stanhope Street, Long Eaton, NG10 4QN.
You can enclose entries to more than one competition in one envelope if you wish. Please make sure each entry is
accompanied by the correct entry form. It is acceptable to fold your entry once only if you wish to use a smaller size envelope.
If you require an entry form and the Rules of Entry to be sent to you by post, please provide us with a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
4 Entries will be acknowledged by email. PLEASE ENSURE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS WRITTEN CLEARLY otherwise we will not be able to provide confirmation of receipt. Your email address is seen by only our competition organiser and is not passed on to anyone. It's used only to contact you to confirm receipt of entry, and to inform you of our further competitions.
If you don’t use email and wish to send a self-addressed stamped postcard, we will use that to acknowledge your entry.
5 There is no theme for this competition. It is an OPEN themed competition. You can write about anything you want.
6 No minimum word count, maximum 3,000 words, not including title. Please ensure to include the word count on your entry form and at the end of your entry.
7 PAYMENT
PLEASE MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE TO D WILKINSON
£3.00 for one entry, £5.00 for two entries, £2.50 per entry thereon.
If you have entered our Open Short Story Competition 2013 or 2014 as a New Writer the fee is £2.00 for one entry, £4.00 for two, £2.00 thereon.
We accept payment by cheque, Paypal, postal order or bank transfer. We will accept payment by cash but do not advise you send cash by post.
You can enter as many times as you wish but only one entry per entrant can win a prize. Every entry must be accompanied by the appropriate payment.
If you wish to pay by Paypal, please send your entry form and entry first, then contact Debbie for the Paypal address, although the address remains as it was for the Open Short Story Competition and you can pay immediately if you have that information.
NB: Please add 50p to your total if paying for more than one entry with Paypal, to ensure Paypal’s transaction fee is met. We receive 18p (and 11p if submitting two entries) out of this fee.
8 Entrants can be any age. All entries will be judged anonymously and no allowance made for age.
9 We would like to publish your story on this website and we will remove it at a later date if you require us to do so. You are welcome to put a link to your blog, website or email with your winning entry if you wish.
10 Announcements to confirm winning entries will be made on EWG's blogs and via Twitter:
Website http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/blog.html
EWG's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Writing-Workshops-and-Competitions/182306558595298?fref=ts
Links will be tweeted from @EWGCompetition
11 Copyright remains with author.
12 Please do not send entries which have been previously published. Entries must be the original work of the entrant. We do not want to read entries found to be in print or online anywhere, including blogs.
13 Please do not send entries that have received an award from other competitions, or anywhere else. Please do not send entries currently waiting to be judged in other competitions, or that have been submitted for publication and are awaiting response.
14 Closing date for the competition is noon (GMT) Thursday 26th March 2015 . Entries received after this date/time may not be entered into the competition although we will retain the fee. Winners will be announced on this site, on or before Sunday 17th May 2015.
15 PRIZES
First prize is £40, one free entry to Open Short Story Competition 2015 INCL free critique, on line publication
Second prize is one free entry to Open Short Story Competition with INCL free critique, on line publication
16 The judge's decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
17 No corrections will be accepted.
18 Critique service: A basic critique for your entry can be provided, with notes on opening, ending, characterisation. We usually provide this service for £3.00 but are waiving the fee FOR THIS COMPETITION ONLY. Please confirm on the entry form if you want a critique.
A detailed critique service is also available, which includes advice about how to improve any weak areas in your story, a rewrite and more feedback. For this competition only, if you want use our detailed critique service the fee is £7.00.
If you require a critique for works of a higher word count, please email Debbie for more information at
erewashwriterscomps(at)hotmail.co.uk
19 Entry implies acceptance of the rules.
20 No refunds given. Only exception to this rule will be if the organisers cancel the competition (eg if not enough entries have been received to cover the prize fund).
SHORT STORY WRITING COURSE: We are pleased to offer a Short Story Writing Course. This course is suitable for beginners and for those who have been writing for a while yet would appreciate a helping hand. Our six-module course is £36 and this fee is discounted to £33 for those who have entered any of our Open Short Story Competitions. Please contact
Debbie erewashwriterscomps(at)hotmail.co.uk to find out more or if you wish to enrol on the course.
PLEASE MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE TO D WILKINSON
Entry fee: £3.00 for one entry, £5.00 for two, £2.50 thereon
If you entered our Open Short Story Competition 2013 or 2014 as a New Writer you can enter this competition
at a discounted fee of £2.00
First Prize: £40, one free entry to Open Short Story Comp 2015 incl basic critique, on line publication
Second Prize: one free entry to Open Short Story Comp 2015 incl basic critique, on line publication
There is no theme, you can write anything you like. There is no minimum word count, the maximum is 3,000 words. You can enter as many times as you wish but only one entry per entrant can win a prize. Every entry must be accompanied by the appropriate payment.
1 Open only to new writers. You're a new writer if
- you’ve never had a paid article or story published in a magazine, newspaper or on-line
- you’ve never won a competition or been runner-up (regardless of whether it was published or not)
- you’ve done none of the above but you have written (or posted work on) a blog; had letters published in a
magazine or if you’ve written for a non-profit making publication and not been paid (eg: an article for the
local parish magazine or a school magazine).
If you’re in any doubt, email Debbie who will tell you if you qualify as a 'New Writer’.
2 All entries must be in English. Double line spacing is preferable. Use a font size of 12 or 14. Make
sure word count is included at the end of your entry. Page number and title of entry is permitted on each page. As entries will be judged anonymously please ensure the entry form is completed. . Email Debbie if you have any problems.
You can find the entry form
http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2015-entry-form-new-writer-competition.html
3 Entry can be made either by email or by post.
3 (i) Entry by EMAIL: Send your completed entry form in the body of an email to Debbie
at erewashwriterscomps(at)hotmail.co.uk. The subject heading of your email will be:
ENTRY NEW WRITER 2015 (your name) eg
ENTRY NEW WRITER 2015 (Debbie Wilkinson).
It is preferable you send your entry attached to this email although you can send your entry in the body of the entry form email if you prefer, or in the body of a separate email subject heading EMAILED ENTRY NEW WRITER 2015 (your name).
If you send an attachment, please send each entry as a separate attachment in WORD and make sure the title of the attachment or file is exactly the same as the story title you put on the entry form.
Attachments will be opened when your payment has cleared so expect a slight delay between sending your entry and confirmation of receipt. For this reason, we suggest the earlier you send your entry, the better it will be for your peace of mind.
If you wish to enter by email, you can either send your entry fee in a cheque or postal order separately through the
post, or you can use Paypal, or bank transfer. Please see note (7) below about how to make a payment.
3 (ii) Entry by POST: Complete the entry form and enclose it with your entry/fee. Make sure you do not put anything on the entry to identify yourself. All entries are judged anonymously and any identifying marks could result in your entry not being entered into the competition and we will retain the fee.
Ensure correct postage is paid otherwise your entry will remain at the sorting office. Our postal address is:
EWG NEW WRITER Competition, Parklands Connexion, Stanhope Street, Long Eaton, NG10 4QN.
You can enclose entries to more than one competition in one envelope if you wish. Please make sure each entry is
accompanied by the correct entry form. It is acceptable to fold your entry once only if you wish to use a smaller size envelope.
If you require an entry form and the Rules of Entry to be sent to you by post, please provide us with a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
4 Entries will be acknowledged by email. PLEASE ENSURE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS WRITTEN CLEARLY otherwise we will not be able to provide confirmation of receipt. Your email address is seen by only our competition organiser and is not passed on to anyone. It's used only to contact you to confirm receipt of entry, and to inform you of our further competitions.
If you don’t use email and wish to send a self-addressed stamped postcard, we will use that to acknowledge your entry.
5 There is no theme for this competition. It is an OPEN themed competition. You can write about anything you want.
6 No minimum word count, maximum 3,000 words, not including title. Please ensure to include the word count on your entry form and at the end of your entry.
7 PAYMENT
PLEASE MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE TO D WILKINSON
£3.00 for one entry, £5.00 for two entries, £2.50 per entry thereon.
If you have entered our Open Short Story Competition 2013 or 2014 as a New Writer the fee is £2.00 for one entry, £4.00 for two, £2.00 thereon.
We accept payment by cheque, Paypal, postal order or bank transfer. We will accept payment by cash but do not advise you send cash by post.
You can enter as many times as you wish but only one entry per entrant can win a prize. Every entry must be accompanied by the appropriate payment.
If you wish to pay by Paypal, please send your entry form and entry first, then contact Debbie for the Paypal address, although the address remains as it was for the Open Short Story Competition and you can pay immediately if you have that information.
NB: Please add 50p to your total if paying for more than one entry with Paypal, to ensure Paypal’s transaction fee is met. We receive 18p (and 11p if submitting two entries) out of this fee.
8 Entrants can be any age. All entries will be judged anonymously and no allowance made for age.
9 We would like to publish your story on this website and we will remove it at a later date if you require us to do so. You are welcome to put a link to your blog, website or email with your winning entry if you wish.
10 Announcements to confirm winning entries will be made on EWG's blogs and via Twitter:
Website http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/blog.html
EWG's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Writing-Workshops-and-Competitions/182306558595298?fref=ts
Links will be tweeted from @EWGCompetition
11 Copyright remains with author.
12 Please do not send entries which have been previously published. Entries must be the original work of the entrant. We do not want to read entries found to be in print or online anywhere, including blogs.
13 Please do not send entries that have received an award from other competitions, or anywhere else. Please do not send entries currently waiting to be judged in other competitions, or that have been submitted for publication and are awaiting response.
14 Closing date for the competition is noon (GMT) Thursday 26th March 2015 . Entries received after this date/time may not be entered into the competition although we will retain the fee. Winners will be announced on this site, on or before Sunday 17th May 2015.
15 PRIZES
First prize is £40, one free entry to Open Short Story Competition 2015 INCL free critique, on line publication
Second prize is one free entry to Open Short Story Competition with INCL free critique, on line publication
16 The judge's decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
17 No corrections will be accepted.
18 Critique service: A basic critique for your entry can be provided, with notes on opening, ending, characterisation. We usually provide this service for £3.00 but are waiving the fee FOR THIS COMPETITION ONLY. Please confirm on the entry form if you want a critique.
A detailed critique service is also available, which includes advice about how to improve any weak areas in your story, a rewrite and more feedback. For this competition only, if you want use our detailed critique service the fee is £7.00.
If you require a critique for works of a higher word count, please email Debbie for more information at
erewashwriterscomps(at)hotmail.co.uk
19 Entry implies acceptance of the rules.
20 No refunds given. Only exception to this rule will be if the organisers cancel the competition (eg if not enough entries have been received to cover the prize fund).
SHORT STORY WRITING COURSE: We are pleased to offer a Short Story Writing Course. This course is suitable for beginners and for those who have been writing for a while yet would appreciate a helping hand. Our six-module course is £36 and this fee is discounted to £33 for those who have entered any of our Open Short Story Competitions. Please contact
Debbie erewashwriterscomps(at)hotmail.co.uk to find out more or if you wish to enrol on the course.
