BECOME A FAMOUS AUTHOR OVERNIGHT!!!

Ok, now that I have your attention… I figured you would want to know about the following competition.

The Adelaide Review, in conjunction with the University of Adelaide, is introducing their first ever Annual Short Fiction Award. Entries can come from worldwide but must be in English, never been published before (that includes on-line) and must be less than 2500 words long. Children’s fiction is not admissible. Deadline is 10 July, so get writing!

The prize is 1 dozen bottles of wine (I don’t know how that works, living in Singapore) plus you’ll have the honour of buying me lunch in acknowledgement of me drawing your attention to the competition. You can’t say that’s not a grand prize!

Entry and conditions are here.

Thanks to Wong Seng Chow for bringing this to my attention.

Nine More Days.

Ok people, according to the Singapore Writers Festival, there are just nine more days until the deadline for submissions to the Golden Points Award. Don’t let this opportunity go by without making an effort. There’s $10,000 in cash and training grants on offer for new short story and poetry writers. This is only open to Singaporean citizens and permanent residents. Submissions close 29 May 2009. Rules and regs plus application forms can be downloaded here http://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/programmes-gpa2009.html
Entries can be in any of four languages: English, Chinese, Malay or Tamil. Subject and theme for the competition are open. For more information contact nac_gpa@nac.gov.sgHave fun!