Win yourself a Fully Inclusive Stay at The Swanwick Writers' Summer School

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WIN yourself a FULLY INCLUSIVE STAY at

​The Writers' Summer School

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HOW TO ENTER

We are delighted to be working with WRITING MAGAZINE again who are sponsoring THREE FREE PLACES at the Summer School for 2025 - plus some amazing runner up prizes in their writing competition.

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The theme for this year is

'HORIZONS'

which can be interpreted in any way.

You can enter in three different categories

FICTION: up to 1,000 words

POETRY: up to 40 Lines

CHILDREN'S FICTION: up to 1,000 words

1. Eligibility
Entry is open to any writer, 18 years old and above, and entries must be the original and unpublished work of the entrant which is not currently submitted for publication nor for any other competition or award. There is no limit to number of entries. Entrants retain copyright in their manuscripts.

2. Entry Fees
Fee for each entry is £6 for subscribers and £7.50 for non-subscribers.

3. Manuscripts
Manuscripts can be uploaded in pdf, doc, docx and txt formats.
Please layout your poems in single spacing with double spacing between stanzas, on single pages of your file, with a front page giving your name, address, daytime telephone number and email address.

4. Competition Judging
Competition judges will be appointed by Writing Magazine and their decision will be final, with no correspondence being entered into.

5. Notification
Winners will be notified within two months of closing date after which date unplaced entries may be submitted elsewhere. Winning entries may not be submitted elsewhere for twelve months after that date without permission of Writing Magazine who retain the right to publish winning entries in any form during those twelve months.