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Stories of St Leonards

The Hastings Modern Art Beach Book

The Hastings Modern Art Beach Book

Visions of Hastings - stories, memories, pictures and articles by the people of Hastings. £9.99 from Earlyworks Press.

Visions of Hastings Anthology

Picture © Colin Breck

Picture © Colin Breck

Picture © Kath Keep

Picture © Kath Keep.

Competitions

The competitions offer cash prizes and publication opportunities. Our competition anthologies are good quality paperback and ebooks, of which the authors receive a free copy, plus further discounted copies if they wish to sell their own. Our winners' anthologies are promoted online and around the country, giving winning writers a chance to profit from their success.

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Competitions 2013

All competitions carry a minimum of £100 1st prize

Quality book publication for best entries

All shortlisted authors will receive a free copy of the book containing their work

as well as the opportunity to order discounted copies of any of our anthologies

for entry details and rules, please click the link directly beneath the competition you wish to enter.

The Earlyworks Press

Biography Challenge

First prize £350

or £100 advance + royalty-based contract

As well as the annual fiction and poetry competitions, Earlyworks Press runs occasional genre challenges, usually offering the choice of a larger cash prize or a full royalty contract for the winning author. For 2013, the challenge is to plan a biography. It can be autobiography or the story of someone you know well - personally or by reputation. To enter, you must have the agreement of the person you're writing about, an outline of the proposed book and at least three chapters complete.

Click here for entry details

Poetry Competition £100 first prize Any style, any topic 40 lines max £3 per poem or £15 for up to six entries Poetry comp now closed Click here for the results	Flash Fiction £100 first prize Any style, any topic 100 words including title £3 per entry or £15 for up to six entries Closing 31st July 2013 Flash comp entry details here
Comedy Competition* £100 first prize Poetry, short stories, cartoons, one liners - whatever you think will make us laugh! poetry 80 lines max: prose 1000 words max £3 per entry or £15 for up to six entries Closing 30th August Comedy comp entry details here *Includes instant mini-comp: make us laugh, win Porkies!	Short Story Competition £100 first prize Win a place in our popular annual fiction collection. Any style, any topic up to 4000 words £5 per entry up to 8000 words £10 per entry Closing 31st October 2013 Short story comp entry details here