Category: Competitions

HWS Gala Evening

25/4/2015

Hampshire Writers’ Society Gala Evening - Lady Antonia Fraser in Conversation with John Miller.
Tuesday 9th June from 6pm

Please come along to Winchester University and enjoy an evening with one of Britain’s most versatile and respected authors. There will be a host of VIPs to rub shoulders with from all aspects of the publishing world, including dignitaries from Winchester University and Winchester City, as well as free strawberries and cream.

There will also be a celebration of HWS Authors at the Book Fair in the Foyer. I was thrilled to be invited to be one of them to promote my book The Company of Goblins.

Other invited authors include: Claire Fuller, Richard Frankland, Sue Spiers, Dai Henley, Damon L Wakes, and Sharon Garrett.

Members are free and Guests are welcome for only £5

There is also a competition to test your writing skills: ‘Write the first page of a memoir of a real or imaginary person.’ Entries should be emailed to the Competitions Secretary of the HWS by noon 1st June 2015: competitions.hws@hotmail.com

Please read the rules on the HWS Website, or follow the link for more information.

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Young Writers’ Poetry Competition

8/3/2015

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The University of Winchester Writers’ Festival 2015 has just announced a competition that I think may interest budding young writers across the country. It is FREE to enter and entrants are invited to send poems about summer of no more than 30 lines as follows:

Age group 6-11: write about what summer means to you.
Age group 12-16: write about your experiences of summer: travel, staying at home, exams, or simply the feelings, impressions or sensory details it evokes.

Each of the categories offers prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners and a framed certificate. Prizes will be awarded at an awards tea on 27 June 2015 in Winchester.

Follow this link to the competition for instructions on how to submit by post. Good luck everyone!

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BBC 500 words writing competition!

22/1/2015

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The BBC 500 word writing competition is back - for its 5th year, bigger and better than ever! Children from ages 5 to 13 can enter. The final will be held at St James Palace, with the Dutchess of Cornwall and a host of top celebs - to find out more, follow the link to the competition here.

All you have to do is write a fictional story in 500 words. The deadline is Thursday 26th February. The top 50 authors will all be invited to the 500 Words Final on Friday 29th May to hear the winners announced live on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show - it sounds fantastic ... so get writing!

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Orlando Competition

15/12/2014

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Hello, everybody – it’s Orlando here. The competition, or I should say, my competition, has ended. Since it was named after me, I insisted that I be involved in the judging, and I helped the illustrator in his difficult task.

Here I am looking through all the entries. They were all so good! There were one hundred and fifty-eight in total. In fact, they were so good that the job of picking a winner was almost impossible!

It was so difficult that at one point I got dizzy and needed a quick nap. I shuffled the entries around to make myself a bed and snoozed away. I don’t think anyone noticed me sleeping on the job, I’m sure I got away with it.

Anyway, after many hours of careful consideration, the illustrator and I came to an agreement on a shortlist. Any one of the ones below could have won, so I wanted to display them on my blog for everyone to see.

Abby, Charlotte, Ynas, Felicity, Megan, Vuyelwa, and Alex drew the above pictures - a really really big congratulations to all of you. You were picked for the shortlist because you came up with some really new and fantastic ideas.

Please click on the pictures to see a better view of them.

Unfortunately there had to be three winners, and as hard as it was here they are ...

THE WINNERS

1st place - Madison Jane, age 8, for her picture “Elfwater”. We picked this one because the colours and ideas were amazing. You made up a brilliant new mythical creature from lots of different things - like an eagle’s wings, a lion’s face, a hippo’s nose, and a shark’s gills - but what made your creature so special was that it didn’t look like lots of different creatures put together, it looked like it was supposed to be the way it was. A really big congratulations!

2nd place - Lydia, age 9, for her picture “Leafarwough”. This drawing was one of the best we got. I like the fox. You have really got the idea of Anglo-Saxon myths by drawing a forest pixie which is both mischievous, and protects nature. Most mythical creatures in Anglo-Saxon mythology, including goblins, were neither good, nor evil, most were mischievous and looked after some aspect of nature. Very well done!

3rd place - Gabby, age 7, for “Woody”. We liked this one because you again got the idea of a mythical creature being linked with nature. Woody looks like a tree, and we liked the thought of him scaring children in the darkest part of the woods. This is similar to lots of Anglo-Saxon myths where stories are told to scare children from going near dangerous places - like pools of stagnant water, or dangerous forests.

The winners will be getting their prizes shortly - I think you’ll all like them ... because they look like me ... and I am the most charming cat after all!

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Writing Competition for Children

9/3/2014

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Would you like to be a writer? The Winchester Writers' Festival is a great place to start. They hold a competition for children every year that is judged by famous authors and editors. I’ve learned a lot about writing by entering competitions.

Read on, then follow the link to find out more ...

Young Writers’ Poetry
Food is our theme this year. Competitors are invited to send poems about food of no more than 30 lines as follows:

Age group 6-11:
Write about your experiences with food. Your poem might be about your favourite food, focusing on the taste, texture or smell of something memorable you have eaten. Does a grandparent make a special dish? What would your dream meal consist of? Let your imagination wander!

Age group 12-16:
Write about food in relation to your life or your family. It might be a celebration or an occasion such as a picnic or meal out, or it might simply be about those everyday mealtimes or quick, takeaway food. What about your experiences of cooking or baking?

Each of the categories will offer prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners and a framed certificate. Prizes will be awarded at an awards tea on June 28, 2014 in Winchester.

Here is the link to the Winchester Writers' Festival.

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HWS Gala Evening

Young Writers’ Poetry Competition

BBC 500 words writing competition!

Orlando Competition

THE WINNERS

Writing Competition for Children

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