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What do you want the world to talk about? news.bbc.co.uk Live - Scottish Premier League With the Old Firm playing on Sunday, Hamilton, Hearts and Kilmarnock have the chance to top the SPL. news.bbc.co.uk 'The Barracuda' Sarah Palin adds energy and sizzle to McCain campaign news.bbc.co.uk New giant clam species discovered in Red Sea Scientists have discovered the first new living species of giant clam in the Red Sea in over two decades. news.bbc.co.uk Rose-tinted view Why it's good that things aren't like they used to be news.bbc.co.uk Live text - Premier League Everton host Portsmouth and Blackburn travel to West Ham in the Premier League, with Arsenal hosting Newcastle later. news.bbc.co.uk Two bodies found at arson house Two bodies are recovered from the burnt-out home of a millionaire and his family in Shropshire. news.bbc.co.uk 'Boil water' warning to thousands Tens of thousands of people are told to boil their drinking water after increased levels of bacteria are found in supplies. news.bbc.co.uk Cuba braces for deadly hurricane Mass evacuations are under way in Cuba hours before Hurricane Gustav is due to blow in after sowing chaos in the Caribbean. news.bbc.co.uk Darling speaks of Wendy 'respect' The chancellor speaks out after an article in which he rounds on an ex-Scottish Labour leader and predicts economic doom. news.bbc.co.uk Thai airport warning for Britons British citizens in Thailand should avoid large gatherings and stay away from airports hit by demonstrations, the Foreign Office advises. news.bbc.co.uk Live text - Challenge Cup final St Helens clinch their third successive Challenge Cup final win with a 28-16 win over Hull at Wembley. news.bbc.co.uk Front line The RAF flies the flag in Iraq and Afghanistan news.bbc.co.uk Impulse control Links between childhood trauma and violence news.bbc.co.uk Woman dies in fall from mountain A woman dies and her husband and daughter are seriously injured in a 200ft fall from a mountain ridge in the Lake District. news.bbc.co.uk Two released in shooting probe Two men are released without charge after being questioned about the shooting of a 40-year-old man. news.bbc.co.uk Cuba punk rocker spared jail term Outspoken Cuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila is cleared of 'social dangerousness' but fined for playing music too loud news.bbc.co.uk Arctic melt North Pole kayak trip to highlight global warming news.bbc.co.uk | World Catalog > Arts > Writers Resources > Contests Last searches:medical health insurancehome equityangelina joliefriendsterwiiva refinancing World Catalog > Arts > Writers Resources > ContestsContests:Annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence An annual competition for writers, editors, publications staff, and both business and non-profit communicators. http://www.apexawards.com Arizona Authors Association Awards AAA requires entries for unpublished poetry, short stories, essays/articles, and novels. Cash prizes of $100 in each category, plus publication, are offered. Deadline: July 1, annually. Entry fees vary from $10 (poetry) to $30 (novels). http://azauthors.com Associated Writing Programs Awards Annual awards of $2,000 (plus publication) are offered for original, unpublished, book-length work in each of three categories: novels, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Reading fee: $20. Deadline: February 28. Open to U.S. residents only. http://www.awpwriter.org Free Classified Ads Portal www.graand.com Information on major literary awards throughout the USA and other countries, particularly focusing on (though not limited to) science fiction and fantasy. http://www.dpsinfo.com/awardweb/ San Jose State University sponsors this yearly challenge "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels". No entry fee. Official deadline: April 15. http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/ Annual competitions honoring excellence in all areas of communication, with separate categories for print (177 sub-categories), video (216 sub-categories) and audio (140 sub-categories). http://www.communicator-awards.com/ 6th Annual Flyway Sweet Corn Prize. $150 and a book bag of Iowa sweet corn for top entries in each category: fiction, nonfiction (maximum: 4,000 words) and poetry. Reading fee: $18. Deadline March 1st. http://www.engl.iastate.edu/publications/flyway/homepage.html Foster City International Writer's Contest Seeks entries in four categories: short stories (limit: 3,000 words); poetry (limit: 2 pages); children's stories (limit: 2,000 words); humor or personal essay (2,000 words). Entry fee: $12. Total prize money: $1,500. Deadline: December 31. http://www.geocities.com/fostercity_writers/ Milkweed Editions is a non-profit publisher of literature for adults and young adults based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Milkweed National Fiction Prize is awarded annually for the best fiction manuscript submitted by an author not previously published by Milkweed. http://www.milkweed.org Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Non-Fiction Humorous stories and essays up to 750 words are required. Reading fee: $5. Deadline: December 1. Cash prizes total $850. http://www.brashcyber.com/mona.htm The New Writer Magazine Annual Prose and Poetry Prizes Offers prize money totalling 2,500 pounds for essays (maximum 2,000 words), short stories (maximum 4,000 words), serials or novellas (up to 20,000 words), and poetry (maximum 100 lines). Closes November 30. Modest entry fees. http://www.thenewwriter.com Painted Bride Fiction and Poetry Contests Literary short stories (maximum 5,000 words) and poetry are sought in contests sponsored by Rutgers University. Reading fees: $10 and $5 respectively. Deadline: September 30. $1000 prize in each category, plus publication in PBQ. http://pbq.rutgers.edu Publishers of the magazines, "Scribble" and "Countryside Tales", holding quarterly competitions for original, unpublished short stories and poems, some open, some limited to specific themes. http://www.parkpublications.co.uk Annual contest seeks poetry (maximum: 30 lines), short stories and non-fiction (both maximum: 2,000 words). Minimum entry fee: $10. Cash prizes total: $750. All entries considered for publication. Deadline: August 15. http://peraltapress.homestead.com/ Annual contest seeks original, unproduced plays, open in theme, but suitable in both subject, and language, for family-oriented amateur groups. The winner receives a $1,000 royalty advance, and publication. http://www.pioneerdrama.com/stuff/contest.html Pomegranate Words Writing Contests Offers free monthly contests for poetry and fiction. Open worldwide, but to teenagers only. http://www.pomegranatewords.com Promotes annual prose (up to 5,000 words) and poetry (no more than 60 lines) contests relating to contemporary life in three specific regions, namely, the Rockies, the Desert Southwest, and the Northwest Coast. http://www.pronghornpress.org SFWP provides resources for authors and features online fiction as well as an annual writing contest for prose, both fiction and non-fiction, including short stories, essays and sample chapters of novels. $6,000 in cash prizes. Deadline: mid-January. http://www.sfwp.com/ Sarabande Books - Poetry & Short Fiction Contests Open to U.S. citizens only, Sarabande offers an annual $2,000 prize for both poetry (minimum 48 pages) and short fiction (minimum 150 pages). http://www.sarabandebooks.org Writing contests open to all types of entries including essays, short stories, and poetry. Maximum length: 700 words. Entries are published in a book and readers determine the winners. http://say.com.au/index.htm Southeastern Writers Association Contests These contests and awards are restricted to writers attending the annual week-long Southeastern Writers Conference, held in June at St. Simons Island, Georgia. . http://www.southeasternwriters.com/contests.htm Tickled by Thunder fiction magazine Sponsors quarterly poetry contests (closing February 15, et seq) and an annual fiction contest (closing February 15). A $10 subscription to the quarterly magazine offers one free entry to both contests. http://www.tickledbythunder.com/TbT/Magazine/02_Contest_Info.html The University of Michigan Press Annual awards, worth $1,000 each and publication, for literary fiction in the form of both a novel and a short story collection. Entrants must have at least one publication credit in the realm of literature. No entry fee. Deadline: July 1. http://www.press.umich.edu/fiction William Saroyan International Prize for Writing An annual prize of $12,500, this award is intended to encourage new writers who have recently published a work of fiction or memoirs. http://library.stanford.edu/saroyan/ Writing contest for women seeks a story, memoir or book chapter on a given theme. Deadline; December 31, thence monthly. Entry fee: $7. First prize: $70. http://www.awomanswrite.com Word Smitten Annual Literary Fiction Contest Offers a prize of $1,010 for the best on-line submission of literary (no genre) fiction totaling exactly 1,010 words. Reading fee: $15. Deadline: July 1. http://www.wordsmitten.com/fiction.html Writers Notes Annual Writing Award Annual writing awards for fiction and nonfiction by the free resource tool and Writers Notes Magazine http://hopepubs.home.comcast.net/wawards.html Annual awards are granted to qualifying small-press and self-published books in eleven categories. $100 cash prize in each category. Entry fee: $40 per book. Deadline: January 15, 2005. http://hopepubs.home.comcast.net/awards.html | Impulse control Links between childhood trauma and violence news.bbc.co.uk National shock Israel stunned by search for missing four-year-old news.bbc.co.uk What do you want to talk about? What do you want the world to talk about? news.bbc.co.uk Dozens injured in Sri Lanka blast A large explosion has struck Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, with the military saying that dozens have been injured. news.bbc.co.uk Live - Scottish Premier League With the Old Firm playing on Sunday, Hamilton, Hearts and Kilmarnock have the chance to top the SPL. news.bbc.co.uk New giant clam species discovered in Red Sea Scientists have discovered the first new living species of giant clam in the Red Sea in over two decades. news.bbc.co.uk 'Man drought' - some 100,000 young men have left Australia Census data reveals that some 100,000 young men have left Australia, leading to a serious "man-drought" in many areas. news.bbc.co.uk Woman dies in fall from mountain A woman dies and her husband and daughter are seriously injured in a 200ft fall from a mountain ridge in the Lake District. news.bbc.co.uk Two bodies found at arson house Two bodies are recovered from the burnt-out home of a millionaire and his family in Shropshire. news.bbc.co.uk Arctic melt North Pole kayak trip to highlight global warming news.bbc.co.uk Live text - Premier League Everton host Portsmouth and Blackburn travel to West Ham in the Premier League, with Arsenal hosting Newcastle later. news.bbc.co.uk Two released in shooting probe Two men are released without charge after being questioned about the shooting of a 40-year-old man. news.bbc.co.uk 'The Barracuda' Sarah Palin adds energy and sizzle to McCain campaign news.bbc.co.uk Thai airport warning for Britons British citizens in Thailand should avoid large gatherings and stay away from airports hit by demonstrations, the Foreign Office advises. news.bbc.co.uk Front line The RAF flies the flag in Iraq and Afghanistan news.bbc.co.uk Rose-tinted view Why it's good that things aren't like they used to be news.bbc.co.uk Ex-mayor rejects Met race claim The former mayor of London Ken Livingstone rejects claims that Sir Ian Blair is guilty of racial discrimination. news.bbc.co.uk Boy stabbed to death after party A 16-year-old boy is stabbed to death after an argument at a party, say police. news.bbc.co.uk Darling speaks of Wendy 'respect' The chancellor speaks out after an article in which he rounds on an ex-Scottish Labour leader and predicts economic doom. news.bbc.co.uk Capsize in India floods kills 20 At least 20 people in Bihar, India, die when their boat capsizes, amid floods that have stranded hundreds of thousands. news.bbc.co.uk Darling defends economy warning Chancellor Alistair Darling says he stands by his comments warning that the UK is facing the worst economic crisis in 60 years. news.bbc.co.uk Cuba punk rocker spared jail term Outspoken Cuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila is cleared of 'social dangerousness' but fined for playing music too loud news.bbc.co.uk Live text - Challenge Cup final St Helens clinch their third successive Challenge Cup final win with a 28-16 win over Hull at Wembley. news.bbc.co.uk Cuba braces for deadly hurricane Mass evacuations are under way in Cuba hours before Hurricane Gustav is due to blow in after sowing chaos in the Caribbean. news.bbc.co.uk 'Boil water' warning to thousands Tens of thousands of people are told to boil their drinking water after increased levels of bacteria are found in supplies. news.bbc.co.uk |
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