The Budleigh Salterton Literary Creative Writing Competition is inviting entries of short stories and poems on the theme of ‘Being There.’
First place prizes are £1,000 for adults (17+), £250 for ages 12-16 and £100 for 7-11s. Short stories may be up to 2,000 words and poems may be up to 600 words. All entries must reflect the theme, directly or indirectly, and must be original and previously unpublished.
Send entries as a doc file by email. Name the file with your name and age and include name, address and date of birth. Only one entry is accepted per writer. Entry is free. The closing date is 31 July.