Welcome to the 16th edition of our weekly selection of writing competitions and opportunities.
This week Limebird celebrates its 2nd Birthday! Yay! Happy birthday to us, and to all of you lovely Limebird followers. To start off the celebrations, we’re giving away a box of Celebrations chocolates in our own mini writing competition, see the first on this week’s list for details.
If you missed the last edition of our digest, you can view it here.
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Opportunity type – Limebird 2nd Birthday celebration!
Theme – Chocolate.
Word count – One sentence.
Organiser/publisher – Limebird Writers.
Reward – A box of Celebrations chocolates, posted to you, to celebrate our second birthday.
Eligibility – International.
Deadline – October 7, 2013.
Notes – To enter, simply complete this sentence “Chocolate is…”. Write your sentence in the comments section below. We will allow up to 3 entries per person. After the deadline, the Limebirds will decide on which sentence is the most creative, and that person will win a yummy box of Celebrations chocolates!
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Opportunity type – Book publisher accepting unsolicited manuscripts.
Theme – A range of different book types; see website for details (no long acquiring adult fiction).
Word count – Varies.
Organiser/publisher – Chronicle Books.
Reward – Rates vary.
Eligibility – Not specified (they are based in San Francisco).
Deadline – Ongoing.
Link for info – Chronicle Books submissions guidelines.
Notes – The company was established in 1967. They accept digital or paper submissions, but prefer digital.
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Opportunity type – Micro-fiction contest.
Theme – Not specified.
Word count – Up to 500 words. Up to 3 stories per entry.
Organiser/publisher – River Styx magazine.
Reward – $1500 First Prize plus one case of micro-brewed Schlafly Beer. Publication in their magazine.
Eligibility – Not specified.
Deadline – December 31, 2013.
Link for info – River Styx contest.
Notes – Entry is either $20 which includes a year’s subscription to the magazine (3 issues), or $10 which just includes the edition containing the winning entries. Your choice.
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Opportunity type – Magazine looking for article submissions.
Theme – British nostalgia.
Word count – Up to 1,200 words, but preferably 1,000.
Organiser/publisher – Best of British magazine, part of The Metropolis Group.
Reward – Site mentions payment at their “normal rates”, but not sure what that is.
Eligibility – Not specified, but you are clearly expected to have genuine British nostalgic memories to write about!
Deadline – Ongoing.
Link for info – Best of British submissions.
Notes – They say that articles which are accompanied by pictures stand a greater chance of publication.
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Good luck everyone! Don’t forget to give us your chocolate sentence below to be in with a chance of winning a box of Celebrations chocolates to help us celebrate our 2nd Birthday!
Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information given here, but please verify details yourself before submitting anywhere as Limebird Writers cannot be held liable for any inaccuracies. Listing of opportunities here is not necessarily an endorsement of them.
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