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Get writing now! That’s the message of this month’s issue of Writing Magazine. Are you thinking of a new writing project? To get you warmed up this issue includes exercises to stop writer’s block before it starts. There are articles about perfecting your all-important first chapter and advice on how to write the popular YA fantasy genre. Also this month, we launch the 2019 Picture Book Prize - have you got an idea for a book for the littlest readers? There are challenges in the writing life and one of the biggest is losing an agent. Never give up hope thought - one author tells us how losing her agent set her on the path to publication. The October issue is packed with exercises to develop your writing skills, opportunities to get published, insider know-how and reader success stories. Pick up an issue and see how far your writing could take you! From the producers of Writing Magazine, the Competition Guide 2020 has a massive £1.3 million in international writing prizes - more than 670 in a wide range of genres - just waiting to be won. Entering writing competitions is a sure-fire way to hone your skills, and be in with the chance of attracting serious industry attention - as well as winning cash prizes. Whatever style you write, from fiction to poetry to drama to creative non-fiction, and wherever you live, there’s bound to be a competition that suits your style. Don’t miss the chance to be a winning writer - pick up a copy and start planning your competition entries now!