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Deadline extended on Birmingham Writers’ Group opencompetition
After a busy Christmas and New Year period, Birmingham Writers’Group has extended its open competition deadline to 1 February …
What’s your New Year’s resolution? To write every day? To enter more competitions?If you’ve been slow to get into the swing of 2009, we’ve got good news for you.Birmingham Writers’ Group has extended the deadline on its open competition to 1February, giving you three extra weeks to make your story sparkle. To celebrate the National Year of Reading and to tie in with Birmingham LibraryService’s ‘Write the Future’ events, the theme of the Birmingham Writers’ Groupcompetition is ‘Birmingham through Time’. If you can submit a well-written, originalstory of no more than 2,500 words set in Birmingham’s past, present or future, you’rein with a chance of winning a £50 cash prize and earning publication in theforthcoming
Birmingham through Time
anthology.“We want stories that move us, surprise us, engage us and make us smile,” says IainGrant, chairman of the Birmingham Writers’ Group. “Whether you choose to writeabout bygone Birmingham, create a story that reflects modern life here today, or youpresent a vision of Birmingham in the future, the scope for imaginative writing isendless.”If you have a story to tell about our city, in 2,500 words or fewer, BirminghamWriters’ Group is eager to hear from you. You can enter as many stories as you like. Just print out your story in a standard 12pt font on single-sided A4 pages and send itto: Birmingham through Time short story competition, 36 Barn Lane, Moseley,Birmingham, B13 0SW by 1 February 2009. Please include a postal order or cash forthe entry fee (£3 per story or £10 for four stories).For more information (including full rules, and inspiration on Birmingham’s past,present and future), visitwww.birminghamwriters.org.uk.
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