The closing date for our short story competition is midnight 31st October 2012, so there are still a few days to polish your entry. Enter here.
The readers are gearing up to the task of reading and making notes on every entry to produce a longlist, followed by earnest discussions to select the shortlist to be forwarded to our judge Paolo Hewitt.
The longlisted stories will be posted here on the blog, followed by the shortlist, so keep a lookout for the title of your story!
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Two weeks to go...
Just two weeks left in which to enter your short story for the second Greenacre Writers Short Story competition. For all the details see Here
Monday, 3 September 2012
Prize Winning Greenacre Writers Anthology.
We are very pleased to announce that our first anthology was awarded third prize in the National Association of Writing Groups' Denise Robertson Anthology prize.Our stories were selected from the winners of our first short story competition and our own members. The top three competition stories win cash prizes, the top six win a year's membership to Greenacre Writers and publication in the anthology.
The second short story competition is under-way and entries are coming in. For your chance to be published in the second volume of our anthology send in your entry now.
For details on purchasing this anthology and how to enter the competition see:
Greenacre Writers Short Story Competition
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Two months to go...
There are still two months to write and submit a winning entry to the 2nd Greenacre Writers Short Story Competition.
Greenacre Writers
Short Story Competition 2012.
The winning entries will win cash prizes and will be published on this blog and our website and in the second Greenacre Writers Anthology.
Genre: Fiction
Word count: Maximum 2000 words
Prizes: 1st Prize £100, 2nd Prize £50, 3rd Prize £25
(3 Runners up: Greenacre Anthology)
Entry fee: £5 per entry (£5.50 on-line)
Closing date: 31st October 2012
Judge: Paolo Hewitt
About the judge: Paolo Hewitt is a former journalist and author of over 20 books. He has written for Melody Maker and NME, and The Sunday Times. Among other books, he is author of The Jam: A Beat Concerto, The Small Faces: The Young Mod’s Forgotten Story, Getting High: The Adventure of Oasis, and Alan McGee and the Story of Creation Records. His two excursions into fiction include the novels, Heaven's Promise and The Mumper which was recently made into the film, Outside Bet. His highly acclaimed autobiography, The Looked After Kid brilliantly chronicles his time growing up in the care system.
Entries may be made by post: e-mail greenacrewriters@gmail.com for entry form or enter online: Here
The winning entries will win cash prizes and will be published on this blog and our website and in the second Greenacre Writers Anthology.
Genre: Fiction
Word count: Maximum 2000 words
Prizes: 1st Prize £100, 2nd Prize £50, 3rd Prize £25
(3 Runners up: Greenacre Anthology)
Entry fee: £5 per entry (£5.50 on-line)
Closing date: 31st October 2012
Judge: Paolo Hewitt
About the judge: Paolo Hewitt is a former journalist and author of over 20 books. He has written for Melody Maker and NME, and The Sunday Times. Among other books, he is author of The Jam: A Beat Concerto, The Small Faces: The Young Mod’s Forgotten Story, Getting High: The Adventure of Oasis, and Alan McGee and the Story of Creation Records. His two excursions into fiction include the novels, Heaven's Promise and The Mumper which was recently made into the film, Outside Bet. His highly acclaimed autobiography, The Looked After Kid brilliantly chronicles his time growing up in the care system.
Entries may be made by post: e-mail greenacrewriters@gmail.com for entry form or enter online: Here
Friday, 3 August 2012
Workshop: Plot
* This workshop is now full *
Who dunnit? Why? And what happens next? Learn how to sequence events that take place within the narrative.
Do you get a bit muddled when trying to remember who does what, when and how? If so, this workshop will help. For beginners as well as the more advanced writer. We will design our own plot chart as well as work on creative writing exercises.
Where and when:
Saturday 25th August
25 Chislehurst Avenue
2-5pm
About me:
I am a co-founder of Greenacre Writers. I studied MA Writing at Middlesex University. I’ve recently started submitting stories for competitions – all of which have been either short or longlisted. I’ve written a novel, short stories, and am currently re-writing my autobiography, ‘Bibliotherapy: Stories that Saved my Life’.
For further details or to reserve a place, please contact:
Rosie Canning (MA Writing) 020 8346 9449
Email: greenacrewriters@gmail.com
There will be a small charge to include yummy cakes:
Members £5; Non-members £10
Who dunnit? Why? And what happens next? Learn how to sequence events that take place within the narrative.
Do you get a bit muddled when trying to remember who does what, when and how? If so, this workshop will help. For beginners as well as the more advanced writer. We will design our own plot chart as well as work on creative writing exercises.
Where and when:
Saturday 25th August
25 Chislehurst Avenue
2-5pm
About me:
I am a co-founder of Greenacre Writers. I studied MA Writing at Middlesex University. I’ve recently started submitting stories for competitions – all of which have been either short or longlisted. I’ve written a novel, short stories, and am currently re-writing my autobiography, ‘Bibliotherapy: Stories that Saved my Life’.
For further details or to reserve a place, please contact:
Rosie Canning (MA Writing) 020 8346 9449
Email: greenacrewriters@gmail.com
There will be a small charge to include yummy cakes:
Members £5; Non-members £10
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Greenacre Writers Anthology shortlisted
Very pleased and proud that our anthology has been shortlisted in the National Association of Writers Groups annual anthology competition.
If you have ever produced a collection of writing you will know about the labour of love that goes into getting it published.
If you would like the opportunity of being selected for our next anthology, enter our short story competition....
Monday, 2 July 2012
Meet the Writer: Rosie Canning.
We're proud to announce that Rosie Canning, co-founder of Greenacre Writers, is featured on The Word Hut's 'Meet the Writer', along with one of her winning flash fiction stories, Tree Love. The interview gives Rosie's take on the writing process and how she approaches her writing.
Read the interview here
Read the interview here
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