LLANDUDNO & DISTRICT WRITERS CLUB
MONTHLY COMPETITIONS
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Llandudno Writers Club
Competitions, 2018-2019 COMPETITIONS CONTINUE AS NORMAL, and submission deadlines are unchanged. COMPETITIONS FOR 2023:
by JANUARY 11th 2023 Story - Title - The One and Only Poem - Title - Unique by FEBRUARY 8th 2023 Story - Title - The Night Shift Poem - Title - Dancing in the Dark by MARCH 8th 2023 Story - Title - The Way Ahead Poem - Title - Tomorrow by APRIL 12th 2023 Story - Theme - Diamonds Poem - To contain the word ‘Sparkle’ by MAY 10th 2023 Story - Title - And Again, Please! ... Poem - Title - Over and over again by JUNE 14th 2023 Story - First line - ‘I clearly remember when....’ Poem - Title - Memory by JULY 12th 2023 Story - Title - Going for Gold Poem - Title - The Prize AUGUST 2023 NO COMPETITION by SEPTEMBER 13th 2023 Story - Title - Mount Pleasant Poem - Title - Facades by OCTOBER 11th 2023 Story - Genre - Crime Poem - Title - Briar by NOVEMBER 8th 2023 Story - Title - Run Poem Title - The White Horse by DECEMBER 13th 2023 Story - First Line -“I’m sorry . . . it’s not good news.” Poem - Theme - Getting old/ageing COMPETITIONS FOR 2024: JANUARY 2024 Story - Theme - Freedom Poem - Title - Free FEBRUARY 2024 Story - Title - Inside Number Nine Poem - Title -Magic Man MARCH 2024 Story - Containing a CHASE ... Poem - Title - Speed APRIL 2024 Story - First Words - “ It just didn’t make sense …….” Poem - Mrs. Sensible MAY 2024 Story - Format - a Diary Poem - Title - Asking Mr. Google JUNE 2024 Story - Title - Cold Water Poem - Title - Wild Life JULY 2024 Story - Genre - Romance Poem - Title - Non-Binary Me AUGUST 2024 NO COMPETITION SEPTEMBER 2024 Story - Title - Justice Poem - Title - Justice OCTOBER 2024 Story - First line - (S)He wasn't all (s)he appeared to be ... Poem - format - a Macaronic NOVEMBER 2024 Story - Theme - Cruising Poem - Title - All Aboard DECEMBER 2024 Story - To contain the word “skeleton” Poem - Title - Old Bones |
Llandudno Writers' Club Competitions - Rules
*A flat entry fee of £22 is payable annually in August to cover 11 months of entries, including both poems and stories. Members joining part-way through the Club year may pay pro rata. Ad hoc entries are also OK; fee of £2 per story or poem payable to the club Treasurer at or before the monthly meeting deadline. • Enter a Short Story or Poem (or one of each) - either format 1500 words maximum. (Poems: an entry consists of a single poem, whatever its length.) • Text: 1.5 line spacing in 12 point Cambria. Full justification. Paragraphs indented 0.25" Title bold, 18 point; then pseudonym underneath, in Cambria 12 point italics • Entries must be anonymous; only the title and your pseudonym on the text. ***Please choose a different pseudonym - first name and last name - for every story or poem you enter. Inappropriate pseudonyms may be changed by the editor. • At the end, please add the word count. • Please save your text file as RealName-PseudoNym-StoryTitle .doc (or .txt), and email this to Llandudno.Writers@aol.co.uk in good time before the stated deadline. Later is too late! • Entries are sent to an independent judge and critiques are returned before the next meeting Winners are notified by email, and published both on the News page of this website and on our Facebook page. The top 3 short stories are placed. Prizes: Winning story - £10 Winning poem - £5 • As many entries as possible - with authors’ permission, and space permitting - will be published in The Moving Finger magazine. |
