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Push the Boat Out: Call for Commissions and Residencies at Little Sparta

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  Full drtails Push the Boat Out, Edinburgh’s International Poetry Festival is looking to support the creation of three new poetry-led performance pieces, responding to this year’s festival theme The Space Between .  Who it’s for We invite submissions from artists or groups of artists living and working in Scotland, working in poetry or a related art form. Applications are open to artists at any stage of their career. Submissions are welcome from artists working in any of Scotland’s indigenous languages or BSL, and from people under-represented in the literature sector. What’s involved This opportunity supports the creation of a new poetry-led performance piece of 15–20 minutes in length. Artists will develop their work over several months, with support from both Push the Boat Out and the National Theatre of Scotland. We encourages divergence, exploration and experimentation when responding to The Space Between both in terms of theme and form. We’re using this th...
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Applications Open Image Jerwood Writer in Residence Applications

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  Full details tabus are looking for an emerging theatre artist to become our third Jerwood Writer in Residence. The Bursary supports a professional playwright in the early stage of their career, giving the recipient the opportunity to spend up to a year at our base in Ludlow in South Shropshire. During their time with Pentabus, the recipient will write at least one new full length play or piece of theatre. The £12,000 Bursary is generously supported by the Jerwood Foundation. It is intended to cover the recipient’s living costs while they are resident at Pentabus for at least six months of the year-long bursary. The Writer in Residence will be the working artist at the core of the company. They will write at least one full length play while they are with us, supported dramaturgically by the Artistic Director. They will take part in all our...
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  FUll detailsls 2th Man is launching Happy as Larry , a new creative project delivered in partnership with Norwich University of the Arts and National Centre for Writing. The next phase of the project will bring together six writers, each commissioned to produce two short stories exploring the theme, with all work illustrated by Malik Furtado from NUA. Happy as Larry is designed to blend storytelling and illustration to create engaging, relatable content that connects with people in an accessible and creative way. We are currently inviting submissions from writers who would like to be part of the project, with full details available in our Call to Action and Character Profile .    
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Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Literary Festival Poetry Competition

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Six Word Wonder

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  FUll details   Tell a Story in Exactly Six Words Win $100 cash + Publication in the next Anthology Free to enter • Open worldwide 2026 Six Word Wonder Contest Deadline: 30 September 2026 • Midnight PST “For sale: baby shoes. Never worn.” — The most famous six-word story ever told SUBMIT YOUR SIX-WORD STORIES NOW
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Anthology Nature Writing Competition

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 F ull Details o enter the Anthology Nature Writing Competition, submit an original, previously unpublished work, written in English with a maximum of 1,500 words. Adapted, revised or otherwise reworked versions of previously published material are not eligible for entry. There is no limit to the number of entries you can submit. Each submission will require a separate entry form and will be subject to a separate entry fee. There is no age limit. In order to minimise administrative costs and maintain affordable fees, please note that entry fees are non-refundable. Submissions will be judged on their emotional impact, creativity, and the ability to captivate the reader.  Once selected, the winner will be contacted by email or telephone. Copyright remains with the author but  Anthology  reserves the right to be the first to publish or arrange a broadcast of selected works.  The use of Generative AI is not permitted for e...
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The First Page Challenge

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 FUll Details you want a reader to buy your book or an agent to offer you representation, then it only makes sense to have a stunning first page. That's what the First Page Challenge is all about—we're open to fiction or narrative nonfiction, short stories or full-length manuscripts.  Our judge, Michelle Barker, will be asking herself one question: how likely am I to turn this page and keep reading? First place: $700 CAD Second place: $200 CAD Third place: $100 CAD All three finalists win publication on the Chopping Blog and receive complimentary access to one of our craft books. The Finer Points • Entry is $5 CAD • One page: double-spaced, 12-point font • Multiple submissions accepted • Original, unpublished, unrepresented work only • Once you've paid, send your docx/pdf to editors@darlingaxe.com • Submission deadline: September 30 Check out the 2025 winner here . And the 2024 winner here . And the 2023 winner here . And the 2022 winner ...
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