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Our competitions exist to encourage and reward writing You are invited to enter our 'SEASIDE' THEMED FREE ENTRY WRITING COMPETITION The winner will receive a copy of Helter Skelter written by Elizabeth Young There is no minimum amount of words. Maximum 500 words for short stories or maximum 40 lines for poetry. FREE ENTRY. Entries from worldwide are welcome. Helter Skelter is set mostly in a seaside town. Your brief is to write a story of no more than 500 words story or a poem, no more than 40 lines, using the theme of 'SEASIDE'. One winner will receive a copy of Elizabeth's paperback Helter Skelter and publication on our website. Closing date: Thursday 28th October 2021. Please read Rules of Entry below. RULES OF ENTRY 1) We are currently not accepting postal entries. Entry by email only to [email protected] 2) Please follow link to complete our entry form details then paste them into the body of an email, followed by your entry. Entry Form SEASIDE 2021 (weebly.com) 3) Attachments will not be opened. We are not accepting attachments for this competition. If you send an attachment your entry will be ignored. Paste your entry into the body of an email. 4) Wordcount - You can send any of the following: Poetry maximum of 40 lines. Max 500 words entries. Not including title. 5) FREE ENTRY Two entries per entrant permitted. Only one entry per entrant can win a prize. 6) Entrants can be any age. All entries will be judged anonymously and no allowance made for age. 7) We will publish one winning entry on this website and remove it at a later date if you require us to do so. Subject to editorial approval, you are welcome to put a link to your blog, website or email with your winning entry if you wish. We reserve the right to choose as our winning entry - poem, 500 words or none of these if we do not receive an entry that we consider is of winning quality. |
Albie is twelve when his mother abandons him in favour of her latest man friend, and her parting shot of “gypsy brat” is his only clue to his father’s identity.
George, the owner of the helter-skelter on the pier in a Kent seaside town, adopts the homeless waif. Growing up in a loving home at last, Albie never abandons his search for his real father. Helter-Skelter takes the reader from a working class home in Kent to the battlefields of France, where Albie must rely on his gypsy instinct to keep himself and his friends safe. Elizabeth Young lives in Sussex. Each week she posts 100 words of flash fiction on her blog at http://lizy-writes.blogspot.co.uk You can also find Elizabeth on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lizyoungwriter HELTER-SKELTER is an historical novel in which Albie, a boy abandoned by his mother, is adopted by the owner of a seaside helter-skelter, but still wants to track down the gypsy who fathered him. The story sees Albie grow to manhood in the 1920s and 1930s, and follows him to France in the early months of WW2. Later this year Liz plans to publish its sequel, CAROUSEL, which picks up Albie’s story ten years later. He is the father of a growing family when disaster strikes, and they all struggle to survive. Liz has also published her LIVING ROCK series, a four-book fantasy set in prehistoric times, when the Earth is still experimenting with different life-forms, and the dominant race is formed of volcanic rock. Their superior strength means the have few enemies, but their pliable rock bodies are extremely susceptible to cold. A VOLCANIC RACE, the first book, introduces Tomboro, whose psychic powers develop during his clan’s journey to find the volcano from which their next child will be born. Tomboro senses that his entire race is in danger, and foretells a disaster that is revealed in the final book of the series. 
And finally, for children – or for anyone who has ever owned a soft toy – Liz wrote and illustrated STRIPEY CAT & other poems – a book
of poems originally written for her own children and grandchildren. All Liz Young’s books are available on Amazon in print or e-book format. |
8) We require a few words about your writing experience to accompany the winning entry (see entry form). Don't worry if you are a complete beginner and don't have any experience. Writers of all abilities and experience are welcome to enter. Provide a link to your blog or website if you have one. Entry form link:
Entry Form SEASIDE 2021 (weebly.com)
9) Copyright remains with author.
10) Entries cannot have been previously published and must be the original work of the entrant. We do not want to read work that can be found to be in print or online anywhere, including blogs.
11) Please do not send entries that:
- received an award from other competitions, or anywhere else;
- have been submitted for publication and are awaiting response;
- you will also submit to another competition or for publication elsewhere before our competition
result is announced.
12) Closing date for the competition is noon (GMT) Thursday 28th October 2021. Entries received after this date may not be entered into the competition.
13) Kindly please try not to leave it to the last minute to enter our competition. We do not read entries in the order they are received. We suggest the earlier you send your entry, the better it will be for your peace of mind and will help our admin process. Entries sent in the last few minutes may have problems reaching us in time. Entries are not read in the order they are received. You may decide sending your entry in at the last minute suits you better but we advise, as it will not be the last entry read by our team of readers and we would rather NOT have to manage receipt of your entry in the last minute, please try to send your entry in earlier if at all possible.
14) Winner will be announced on this site before end of November 2021.
15) One prize of a copy of Liz Young's book 'Helter Skelter' (sent to a UK address postage free, for a non UK address we may require assistance with postage costs) will be awarded to one winner of either poetry or max 500 words. Publication will be on this website and announcements on Twitter. You can follow us on Twitter @EWGCompetition.
16) The judge's decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
17) No corrections will be accepted.
18) Entry implies acceptance of the rules.
19) Feedback is not generally being provided for this competition.
20) READ THE RULES and use the entry form.
Entry Form SEASIDE 2021 (weebly.com)
9) Copyright remains with author.
10) Entries cannot have been previously published and must be the original work of the entrant. We do not want to read work that can be found to be in print or online anywhere, including blogs.
11) Please do not send entries that:
- received an award from other competitions, or anywhere else;
- have been submitted for publication and are awaiting response;
- you will also submit to another competition or for publication elsewhere before our competition
result is announced.
12) Closing date for the competition is noon (GMT) Thursday 28th October 2021. Entries received after this date may not be entered into the competition.
13) Kindly please try not to leave it to the last minute to enter our competition. We do not read entries in the order they are received. We suggest the earlier you send your entry, the better it will be for your peace of mind and will help our admin process. Entries sent in the last few minutes may have problems reaching us in time. Entries are not read in the order they are received. You may decide sending your entry in at the last minute suits you better but we advise, as it will not be the last entry read by our team of readers and we would rather NOT have to manage receipt of your entry in the last minute, please try to send your entry in earlier if at all possible.
14) Winner will be announced on this site before end of November 2021.
15) One prize of a copy of Liz Young's book 'Helter Skelter' (sent to a UK address postage free, for a non UK address we may require assistance with postage costs) will be awarded to one winner of either poetry or max 500 words. Publication will be on this website and announcements on Twitter. You can follow us on Twitter @EWGCompetition.
16) The judge's decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
17) No corrections will be accepted.
18) Entry implies acceptance of the rules.
19) Feedback is not generally being provided for this competition.
20) READ THE RULES and use the entry form.
