has 3 categories: Silver Wyvern – for poems of up to 60 lines. Theme: Colour; Bill Winter – for poems of up to 10 lines; Formal verse – for poems of up to 40 lines. Prizes: Silver Wyvern – £400, £100, 2 @ £50; Bill Winter – £50; Formal verse – £50. Judges: Jo Shapcott, Penelope Shuttle, Michael Swan.
is open to all US and international writers whose fiction has not appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation of 5,000 or more. Stories up to 3,000 wds. Prizes: $1,000, 2@$500, and honourable mentions to other entrants whose work demonstrates promise.
WHERE?
WHEN?
Closing date: 15 May
PRICE/FEE
Entry fee: $12 for each story postmarked up to 1 May, $17 each thereafter.
CONTACT
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, PO Box 993, Key West FL 33041
is looking for entries to its Best Scripted Film competition. Entries must be a feature film with a minimum run time of 70 minutes and must be produced 2006-08.
WHERE?
Send entries in DVD format with entry form to: Fundacja Działań Artystycznych i Filmowych, „Ruchome obrazy‟, ul. Pasaż Ursynowski 1/111, 02-784 Warsaw, Poland.
The Times Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation.
Translate a poem from any language, classical or modern, into English. Three categories. Prizes: Open £750, £500, £200; 18-and-under £250, £150, £100; 14-and-under £100.
WHERE?
Stephen Spender Memorial Trust, 3 Old Wish Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 4JX.
are for short stories of up to 2,000 wds, rhymed poetry of up to 50 lines and free verse of up to 50 lines. All categories also have a 17 and under category for which a date of birth is essential. Monthly prizes awarded. All winners and runners-up from each month and re-read throughout December for the finals.
WHERE?
Contact Maurice James, Flat 1, 9 Wellington Street, Liverpool L22 8QL.
WHEN?
Closing dates: 26 Apr, 24 May, 28 Jun, 26 Jul.
PRICE/FEE
Entry fee: £4.50 per poem or story.
CONTACT
PHONE
07780 642 086.
EMAIL
WEBSITE
NZ Poetry Society International Competition
has four sections: Open, Open Junior, Haiku and Haiku Junior. Prizes (Adult): NZ$500 and the option of free accommodation for up to 2 weeks at a writers' retreat, NZ$200, NZ$100; Haiku: 5@NZ$100.
WHERE?
WHEN?
Closing date: 30 May
PRICE/FEE
Entry fee (Adult): Open - NZ$5 per poem ($4, members), Haiku - NZ$1 per haiku.
