Galiano Island Literary Festival – Island To Island Oct 7

Name: Open Mic: Your Life in 200 Words!
Start: 2024-11-20
End: 2024-11-20

Connecting authors from two unique island communities: Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada with Aotea on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand at the Small Island, Big IdeasLiterary Festival.

Link: https://www.galianolit.ca/island-to-island

Category: CommunityBy Graeme Kennedy October 2, 2023

Author: Graeme Kennedy

Commonwealth Short Story Prize – deadline Nov 1

The 2024 Prize is open for submissions until 1 November 2023. The prize is free to enter and open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country aged 18 and over. It is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words). Submissions should be made via the online entry form which is available from the link below. The eligibility and entry guidelines can be found here. The international judging panel will select a shortlist of around twenty stories, from which five regional winners are chosen. One of the regional winners is then selected as the overall winner, who receives £5,000. The regional winners will receive £2,500. All five regional winning stories will be published on Granta. Scroll down to read answers to frequently asked questions about the prize, including who can enter, how stories are judged and what languages we accept.
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Galiano Island Literary Festival – Island To Island Oct 7

Connecting authors from two unique island communities: Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada with Aotea on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand at the Small Island, Big IdeasLiterary Festival. Link: https://www.galianolit.ca/island-to-island
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Pulp Literature – The Raven Short Story Contest Sep 1 to Oct 15

Pulp Literature is seeking submissions for The Raven Short Story Contest Submissions will be accepted between Sep 1 and Oct 15, 2023. View the submission guidelines at https://pulpliterature.com/contests/the-raven-short-story-contest/
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Author: Graeme Kennedy

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