The Dying Matters Coalition is running a new creative writing competition about dying, death and bereavement. Anyone touched by dying, whether directly or as a relative, friend, colleague or carer, can enter.
The judges will be looking for original writing in which the author’s feelings and thoughts about the end of life have been crafted into a succinct piece of work that attracts the reader’s attention and retains their interest.
1st: £200; 2nd: £100; 3rd: £50; plus highly commended certificates. All entries will also be considered for publication online or in print form.
* Entry is free of charge
* The competition closes at midnight GMT on 31 March 2012. Prize winners will be contacted within five weeks of the closing date
* Entries should be a maximum of 2,500 words of prose or 40 lines of poetry
blighters rock | February 9, 2012 - 18:44
Thanks Alex. I entered 'I'm not saying goodbye'. I love a free comp and they're usually quite suspect but this one seems very sound indeed.
Stan | February 9, 2012 - 20:20
Thanks Alex. I have an old poem I could enter.
oldpesky | February 9, 2012 - 23:14
Hope I'm not out of order hijacking this thread, but who can say no to a free competition? Here's another one I found today -
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/thebigread/competition/
alex_tomlin | February 10, 2012 - 01:56
Bloody hijackers. Coming here, taking our dogs, feeling our women.
The oldest category for that competition is 13 and over but it seems to be pretty much a children's comp. But I am 13 and over. Looks like a loophole here.
oldpesky | February 10, 2012 - 10:12
You may just get away with it. Remember Rodney winning a painting competition on Only Fools and Horses?
alibob | May 17, 2012 - 16:10
Just reviving this old thread to blow my own trumpet and say I came third in the Final Chapters Dying Matters Competition. So pleased. And what a great organisation they seem.
oldpesky | May 17, 2012 - 18:27
Congratulations Alibob. Why am I not surprised you continue to place well in comps? Where/when can we read your entry?
alibob | May 18, 2012 - 17:32
Oldpesky, I'm not sure yet. Watch this space! And thank you!