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Aiming to highlight new writers, the free-to-enter James White Award has a first prize of £200 plus publication in Interzone for the winner. It is open to entries of original stories of 1,000-6,000 words from non-professional writers of any age around the world. If you have had ‘three short story sales to a professional level market or one professionally published novel’ then you will not be defined as non professional for this competition.

All entries must be science fiction stories written in English and as judging will be anonymous your name should appear on the entry form only. No entry should have been previously published or be under consideration for publication in any language or format.

Format your work double spaced with margins of approximately 2.5cms and indent the first line of each paragraph. You are only allowed to submit one story each year.

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Writing Magazine
April 2018
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Writing Magazine
Welcome…
At Writing Magazine one of our core aims is to identify
REGULARS
THE WORLD OF WRITING
Ships of fools, secret scripts and short-form stories sail past Derek Hudson in this month’s look at the world of writing
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
We want to hear your news and views on the writing world, your advice for fellow writers – and don’t forget to tell us what you would like to see featured in a future issue…
Helpline
Your writing problems solved with advice from Diana Cambridge
Editorial calendar
Strong forward planning will greatly improve your chances with freelance submissions. Here are some themes to consider for the coming months.
Away from your desk
Get out of your garret for some upcoming activities and places to visit
GLOBAL SPECFIC MARKET
Spectacle is a lavishly produced new US-based print
Blue pencil, green light
The Bluepencilagency First Novel Award 2018 is inviting
Small, but perfectly useful
Patrick Forsyth suggests that thinking small can lead to something larger
FLASHES
Richard Bath edits Scottish Field magazine. He will
GLOBAL SPECFIC MARKET
K Ferrin is a US fantasy author (Across The Darkling
Keep it short
The competition, which is run by the visual literary
Got a story to tell?
Watch This Space Productions has joined up with the
Get flash for Edinburgh
The Scottish Arts Club is inviting entries for its
UK SPORTS MARKET
Ockley Books is a small sports book publisher with
Poets get battered
Battered Moons is inviting entries for its Poetry Competition
And another thing…
Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because
FLASHES
The Literary Review, edited by Nancy Sladek, has a
GLOBAL CHILDREN’S MARKET
Gnome On Pig Productions is a young Canadian indie
A bounty of competitions
The Edinburgh based Scottish Arts Club has three competitions
For and about women
Welcoming freelance writers Sasee is a monthly woman’s
INTRODUCTIONS
Writing Magazine presents a selection of children’s magazines currently accepting contributions. We strongly recommend that you familiarise yourself with their guidelines before submitting and check websites, where given, for submission details.
Aim high with Shooter
Shooter Literary Magazine is inviting entries for the
FLASHES
Grow Your Own monthly kitchen gardeners’ magazine welcomes
GLOBAL BOOK MARKET
Crooked Lane Books, founded in 2014, aims to publish
Let your writing take wing
Published twice a year by Virginia Commonwealth University
Let’s write for Leicester Writes
The Leicester Writes Short Story Prize 2018 is open
Darke stagings
The Nick Darke Award was conceived in 2006 after the
UK FICTION MARKET
Margō Collective is a new independent publisher dedicated
Get it write
Win representation by Darley Anderson and ebook publication
Novel Ideas Going shipping
Want to be a real writer? Get your work out there. Ship it, says Lynne Hackles
FLASHES
Music Teacher monthly magazine is edited by Christopher
GLOBAL MAGAZINE MARKET
Renaissance is a glossy US print title published bimonthly
UK SPECFIC MARKET
Galli Books is a new Glasgow-based indie, publishing
Specfic shortlists
The Best Fiction nominations by the US National Book
INTERNATIONAL ZINE SCENE
Mojo is an online literary biannual produced by the
FLASHES
Stripes, an imprint of Little Tiger Press, will be
GLOBAL LITERARY MARKET
Five Points is a literary print journal dedicated to
Get flash for Edinburgh
The Scottish Arts Club is inviting entries for its
Branch out here
Original unpublished poetry, fiction, creative non
Audio comes to Asda?
US retail giant Walmart is to sell e-readers, ebooks
GLOBAL FICTION MARKET
Forces of Nature (working title), is a new anthology
Nimrod hunting
Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry is
New shapes
Geometry is a new international literary endeavour
Making stuff up
Patrick Forsyth suggests a useful link between travel writing and storytelling
FLASHES
Stephen Pollard is the editor of the weekly Jewish
GLOBAL FICTION MARKET
Pantheon Magazine editor Sarah Read is seeking short
’Holy grail’ stolen
Several rare books were stolen from SN Books in Thetford
Clore your way into Poetry London
Poetry London is inviting entries for its 2018 competition
Book Talk BY JOHN JENSEN
A while back I quoted some aphorisms by Hans von Fraugroppe
UK MAGAZINE MARKET
Coin Collecting Magazine is a brand new print and digital
Twelve years of independence
The International Welsh Poetry Competition is inviting
It’s getting flashy over at Storgy
Storgy litmag is inviting entries for the Storgy Flash
Not too short for Short Fiction
Literary journal Short Fiction is inviting entries
ASK THE EXPERTS
That’s the way to do it
One writer’s career offers Michael Allen a clue to the secret ingredient for success
On Writing
Tony Rossiter explores great words from great writers
From the OTHE SIDE R OF THE DESK
Piers Blofeld argues that there needs to be transparency in publishing, as well as cultural sensitivity
Ask a Literary Consultant
Whats the best way to present your submission to a
Writer’s voice
In the first of a new monthly column, The Society of Authors chief executive Nicola Solomon introduces the UK trade union for more than 10,000 writers, illustrators and literary translators
BEHIND THE TAPE
Expert advice to get the details right in your crime fiction, from serving police officer Lisa Cutts
CEMETERIES & FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
Dig deep into burial sites with Tarja Moles
An affinity with IMAGES
Greta Powell looks at options in image-editing software
INSPIRATION AND EXERCISES
Make the dream real
Simple steps and changes of perspective could make your writing dreams more achievable than willpower alone. Personal development trainer Terry Gillen shows you how
BEAT writers’ block
Can’t write? Struggling to find words or inspiration? Follow Sophie Beal’s advice to make writer’s block a thing of the past
Free range writing Free range writing
Take a leap into the creative unknown with these writing exercises from Jenny Alexander
A problem shared
Let the members of your group help solve each others’ writing problems in this exercise from Julie Phillips
Sort out the sonnet
Choose whichever sonnet form you prefer to give it the best chance in WM’s poetry competition, says Alison Chisholm
Red Editing Pen
Each month, we give you a few sentences which would all benefit from some careful use of your red editing pen. As writers and regular readers of Writing Magazine, you should not find any of these too difficult. But if you would welcome a little help, you can always check out Richard Bell’s suggested solutions set out below:
INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES
Highs & lows
Dorothy Koomson takes her readers on a rollercoaster with her emotional thrillers, as Tina Jackson discovers
SARA ALEXANDER
The Sardinian-British writer tells Dolores Gordon Smith how she achieved debut success first in America, then in the UK
The style & technique of MICHAEL BOND
Tony Rossiter explains how he created the much-loved bear from darkest Peru
CLARE MORRALL
The novelist, Booker-shortlisted for her debut, shares her five favourite reads with Judith Spelman
SUBSCRIBER SPOTLIGHT
Share your writing success stories. If you subscribe to Writing Magazine and would like to feature here, email Tina Jackson, tjackson@warnersgroup.co.uk
CIRCLES’ ROUNDUP
If your writing group would like to feature here, whether you need new members, have an event to publicise or to suggest tips for other groups, email Tina Jackson, tjackson@warnersgroup.co.uk
A. J. FINN
The publisher turned novelist tells Chris High how he mined his own experience of mental illness for his noiresque debut
STUART TURTON
A blend of cosy crime and time-travelling specfic makes for an intriguing debut, says Adrian Magson
VENERO Armanno
The Austrialian author and university lecturer tells Lynne Hackles that his busy schedule means a lot of his writing gets done in the middle of the night
WRITING LIFE
Ack nicely
A thank you goes a long, long way, says Adrian Magson
Time flies
Jane Wenham Jones advises a writer who is worried that she’s frittering away the time she’s given herself to write a novel
London calling
The London Book Fair has opened its door to writers in recent years. Simon Whaley considers the business case for going.
Is that ME?
Lorraine Mace casts a wry eye over people who think she’s based her characters on them… even when she hasn’t
COMPETITIONS
WIN! £500
IN CASH PRIZES & PUBLICATIO
The Upgrade
I already have a history, I find, when I was, but was
Stitched Up
Her face was exquisite but what enthralled me were
WIN! £250
IN CASH PRIZES & PUBLICATION
Cold Water Shock
Mike Chapman is a science teacher living in Suffolk
CREATIVE WRITING
Under the Microscope
James McCreet examines the opening of a reader’s supernatural thriller
SETTING OFF
Plan the journeys your characters need to undertake in your fiction with advice from Margaret James
In my mind’s eye
Helen M Walters looks at the functions of internal dialogue in Finishing Touch by Claire-Louise Bennett
Talking TEENS
Amy Sparkes talks to leading YA author Anne Cassidy to get insider information about writing for the popular young adult market
The new breed
Alex Davis looks at writing blending crime and the supernatural
POETRY
The forming of a relationship
A poet who has written a modern-day villanelle impresses Alison Chisholm
Poetry in practice
Always revise your poetry competition entries to give your work the best chance of winning, says Doris Corti
Poetry from A to Z
Poet Alison Chisholm guides you through the language of poetry
WRITERS’ NEWS
Staunch support for thrillers without violence to women
Your essential monthly round-up of competitions, paying markets, opportunities to get into print and publishing industry news.
Be the best for the Bridport
The international creative writing prize has four categories:
Big prize for BAME women
The SI Leeds Literary Prize for unpublished fiction
Stroud ahead
Stroud Book Festival is inviting entries for its international
UK MAGAZINE MARKET
T3 magazine covers consumer technology – from the big
FLASHES
Lincolnshire Life monthly magazine covers county life
GLOBAL MAGAZINE MARKET
Founded in 1970, Early American Life is a full colour
New writers for New Reader
New Reader Magazine is a US online literary and lifestyle
Short plays wanted
Editorial Dalya’s first International Short Play Writing
UK FICTION MARKET
Mirror Books, which was featured in Writing Magazine
It’s a Funny Old World
Sunday Times investigative reporter Philip Jacobson
FLASHES
Angela Gilchrist edits The People’s Friend magazine
GLOBAL BOOK MARKET
Scribe is a well-established indie publisher with both
Tell two sides
Tell A Tale is a free to enter gothic fiction competition
Fired up
Demonstrating that attempting to ban something is a
Poets can win with Poetry Can
Poetry Can is inviting entries for the Bristol Poetry
COMPETITIONS GUIDE 2018
Competition Special 2018
How many competitions do you enter each year? How many
Short story competitions 2018
All the competitions previewed on this page are open
SUBSCRIBER–ONLY Short story competitions 2018
The competitions previewed on this page are open only
OPEN TO ALL Poetry competitions 2018
These poetry competitions are open to all writers,
COMPETITION GUIDE 2018
Pick your favourites and start scheduling your entries with over 250 competitions to enter. This could be the year you win big!
Bin Day
Sallie Anderson lives in Gloucestershire. Her experiences
New Subscribers’ Poetry Competition
A variety of themes and styles were submitted for the
Writer on fire
Paul Beatty won publication of his book by The Book Guild in our competition for a book proposal. Here, he highlights the motivational difference a win can make and introduces his book Children of Fire