Writers Monthly Meet-Up

Greenacre Writers are organising a monthly writers meet-up.

To begin with it will be a social gathering. It may turn into a bring and read event but that will be decided by those who attend.

When: Monthly Every 2nd Wednesday 

Where: The Bohemia Pub, 762-764 High Road, North Finchley London N12 9QH

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New Short Story Competition

We are delighted to announce the Greenacre Writers Short Story Competition

Closing Date: Monday 20 October 2014 (midnight GMT)

Word Count: Maximum 1000 words on any subject.

Prizes: First Place – £45; Second Place – £20; Third Place – £10

Entry fee: £4.00

Story length – maximum 1000 words.

The story can be written on any theme or in any genre.

Stories must be written in English.

Please write it in an easily read font such as Ariel 12pt.

Send your story by email, as an attachment, to greenacrewriters@gmail.com. Put ‘Story Competition’ in the subject line of the email. Please include your name and story title in the email and add your PayPal receipt number as well. (If you are unable to pay by PayPal and post your entry to: Greenacre Writers, 25 Chislehurst Avenue, London N12 0HU) 

Pay the £4 entry fee via PayPal using the button above. You may enter more than one story but each entry costs £4.

We will email confirmation that we have received your entry and PayPal payment.

We will publish a longlist of 25 and a shortlist of the best 10 stories as well as naming the prizewinners.

The winning story will be published on our website but the copyright remains with the author. We are happy to put a link to your blog, website or email with your winning entry if you wish. 

The shortlist and winner will be announced on this website by 31 October 2014.

       

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Judges

All stories will be read and judged by Greenacre Writers. They have a mixture of backgrounds in publishing and teaching, as well as qualifications – Writing MA.

Happy Writing!

Dragon's Pen Winner and Runner-Up

Greenacre Writers and the Finchley Literary Festival are delighted to announce the winner and runner-up of this year's Dragon's Pen. Here is the announcement:

We three Dragons are delighted to let you know that Lindsay Bamfield has won this year's Finchley Literary Festival's Dragon's Pen for her novel-in-progress Do Not Exceed Fifty. 

Lindsay writes extremely well. Her narrative voice is engaging and convincing and we were impressed with the flow of the story, the immediacy of the voice, the structure of the narrative and the tone of her dialogue. Her internal and external observation is excellent and we found ourselves drawn in to Xanthe's life, eager to know if her quest to 'find a man' works out. There is an effortless tone to her writing -  a fiendishly difficult skill to pull off. 

Lindsay will now have the opportunity to be mentored by Gillian Stern, an editor and writer for Bloomsbury, Orion and Penguin. 

In addition, we are also awarding a runner-up spot to Anne Oatley, for her novel-in-progress Blue Devil. We were excited by the strength and originality of her writing, which is taut, intriguing and surprising. Anne will also be given the opportunity to be mentored by Gillian. 

We loved being Dragons and over the next couple of days, will be sending some feedback to all the writers who entered. Thank you for having us and we hope to be back next year.  

Gillian, Cari and Mary

This is fantastic news. A well-deserved winner and runner-up. Congratulations Lindsay. And congratulations Anne. We are very pleased for you both. Well done. 

And a huge thank you to Gillian, Cari and Mary for all their hard work. All the writers who were brave enough to enter the Dragon's Pen will receive feedback from the dragons in the next couple of days. So, keep an eye on your inbox.