| Writers' and Artists' Yearbook, in association with Bloomsbury Publishing and The Crime Writers' Association, have launched the Short Sentence crime writing competition. Here's their announcement: |
We're challenging you to write a tale of dastardly deeds in 1000 words or less. Entries will be collected throughout the year and each month we will announce one winner and four runners-up. An overall winner will be announced during National Short Story Week in November.
Prizes include a place at the Writers' & Artists' Yearbook conference 2013, £100 worth of Bloomsbury books, a ticket for Harrogate Crime Festival 2013 and your winning story published as part of the Short Sentence Collection e-book. For more details, visit www.shortsentence.wordpress.com.
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I don't list contests too often because I think most of the time you're better off working on your own projects rather than fulfilling the brief of a competition. In this case, though, the entries are so short and there's no entry fee, so it could be fun to do it as a writing exercise. Do read their complete rules--if you win, they will publish your entry and have the rights to it for a year. They're not making any money from it and therefore contributors won't get paid, either, which is fair enough. It would be a nice little credit, though.
Also be sure to see the site to find out what the current theme word is--this changes as the year goes on.
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