NOVOSTI
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Tribina Jutro poezije
poziva vas na pjesničke susrete
u caffe bar Krivi put čiji su ovotjedni gosti
riječki književnici: Valerio Orlić, Lari Šeta ...
Voditelj tribine je Robert ROKLICER
Runjaninova 3, caffe Krivi put, u 11,30 sati - subota 17.04.2010.
VALERIO ORLIĆ hrvatski književnik, pjesnik, rođen je u Rijeci 13. veljače 1967. godine gdje živi i stvara. Književne radove objavljivao u domaćim i inozemnim publikacijama (Književnom peru, Književnoj rijeci, Sovremenosti, Irin-Pirinu, Trend...). Do danas je objavio (15) petnaest knjiga. Pjesme su mu uglazbljivane te prevođene na talijanski, engleski, njemački, poljski, bugarski, makedonski, slovenski, češki, romski, slovački jezik.... Osnivač je i predsjednik: Hrvatskog književnog društva, te redovni Član nekoliko kulturnih asocijacija: Društva hrvatskih književnika, Društva hrvatskih haiku pjesnika, Društva haiku pjesnika - Rijeka. Pokretač je '' 1. FESTIVALA KNJIŽEVNOSTI – '' Dani prijatelja knjige '' u Rijeci - 2008., časopisa za kulturu – ''Književno pero'', te raznih kulturnih manifestacija Književnog seta, suorganizator je međunarodnih haku susreta u Rijeci, dobitnik je 1. nagrade za najbolju dječju zbirku pjesama '' Veseli vrtuljak'' u nakladi Hkd-a, u 2009.g, knjigu je darovao u humanitarne svrhe za djecu s autizmom, ove 2010. g pokreće međunarodni književne festival „Opatija u stihu i riječi“.....
LARI ŠETA rođen je 3.travnja 1987. u Rijeci. Pisanjem se bavi od kasnih razreda osnovne škole. Piše pjesme i priče. Dvije godine sudjeluje na manifestaciji ‘’Susreti mladih pjesnika i pisaca’’(u organizaciji Društva hrvatskih književnika – Ogranak u Rijeci). 2006. objavljuje priču ‘’Badnjak, krhkost i bol’’ u časopisu ‘’Književna Rijeka’’(za koju je nagrađen diplomom DHK-a), a od osnutka ‘’Hrvatskog književnog društva’’ (listopad 2007.) njegov je pričuvni član te objavljuje u časopisu društva ‘’Književno pero’’, surađuje na knjizi ‘’Mrva srca’’ Nadije Rubeša, uređuje glazbu na božićnim CD-ima ‘’U duhu i nadi’’(autor Josip Eugen Šeta) i ‘’Ljubav je…’’(autori Riccardo Staraj i Josip Eugen Šeta). Studira na riječkom Filozofskom fakultetu. Živi i stvara u Rijeci.
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Dragi naši autori,
Zbog nedavnih blagdana, koje će neki produljiti i do nedjelje, moramo promijeniti termin tečaja na 3. i 4. ponedjeljak u travnju. Molimo sve koji su se prijavili da potvrde odgovara li im to. Ne uspijemo li se uskladiti, morat ćemo, nažalost, tečaj pomaknuti na svibanj.
Podsjetnik: cijena tečaja za 2 termina je 50 kn za članove Webstilus kluba, a 100 kn za ostale.
Između ostalog, na tečaju ćete naučiti i o terapijskim učincima boja.
http://www.webstilus.net/content/view/11312/97/
Srdačan pozdrav svim sadašnjim i budućim slikaricama i slikarima,
Uredništvo
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--- On Fri, 4/9/10, Jadran Zalokar
From: Jadran Zalokar
Subject: FW: haiku-samobor
To: borivojbukva@yahoo.com
Cc: "'Boris Nazansky'"
Date: Friday, April 9, 2010, 9:38 AM
From: Ivo Markulin [mailto:Ivo.Markulin@hnb.hr]
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 9:38 AM
To: ami; Silvija; Ljiljana Lukacevic; Dubravko; dvr; robi.selan@vip.hr; Kolinda Vukman; malvina; Ljerka Antonic; Vlatko Majić; marinko kovacevic; Dejan Pavlinović; Jadran Zalokar; Marija Pogorilic; Rozalija Mokos-Matuka; Slavica Cilas; Bojana Car; Obradovic Family; dunja pezelj; zeljko funda; dinko; marijanović
Subject: haiku-samobor
lijepi pozdrav svima
Ovogodišnji Susreti bit će 24.04.2010. u 11 sati u Gradskoj knjižnici Samobor. Molim vas da mi odgovorite hoćete li DOĆI na susrete ili NE. To mi je važno da mogu organizirati domjenak.
pozdrav Ivo Markulin (Marka)
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Tanja
Konkurs za nagradu „Miodrag Borisavljević“
Opštinski kulturni centar iz Apatina raspisuje Konkurs za nagradu „Miodrag Borisavljević“ za kratku priču
Uslovi konkursa:
- Jedan autor može poslati najviše 3 priče
- Priče se šalju u 3 primerka
- Tema je slobodna
- Priče moraju biti neobjavljene
- Priča ne sme biti duža od 100 redova
- Radove slati pod šifrom sa rešenjem šifre u posebnoj koverti
- Jedan autor može da učestvuje samo sa jednom šifrom
- Konkurs je otvoren od 10. marta do 1. maja 2010. godine
- Dodela nagrada je u junu 2010. godine
Adresa:
Opštinski kulturni centar Apatin
za nagradu „Miodrag Borisavljević“
Petefi Šandora br. 4
25260 Apatin
XXIV Konkurs Dana humora i satire Pljevlja, 2010.g.
1. Za dodjelu nagrade „TIPAR”
- za humoristicko-satirično djelo iz prethodne i tekuće godine, objavljeno na prostoru bivše SFRJ, kao godišnja nagrada, i u posebnim prilikama kao nagrada za životno djelo. (Nagrada se sastoji od plakete, i novčanog iznosa od 1000.00 evra). Svako ima pravo da podnese predlog za dodjelu nagrade. Predlog se podnosi u pisanoj formi i mora biti obrazložen. Predlozi za ovu nagradu uz četiri priložena primjerka predloženog dijela, dostavljaju se na adresu: Sekretarijat za društvene djelatnosti Opštine Pljevlja, ul. Kralja Petra I br. 48, 84210 Pljevlja, najkasnije do 25. maja 2010. godine.)
2. Za dodjelu nagrade „VUKO BEZAREVIĆ”
- za neobjavljenu satiričnu priču sa govornog područja bivše SFRJ. (Nagrada se sastoji od diplome, novcanog dijela od 500,00 evra i učešca na manifestaciji. Mogu se dostaviti najviše tri priče dužine do dvije kucane strane sa proredom, potpisane šifrom i rješenjem šifre u posebnoj koverti. Radovi se dostavljaju Sekretarijatu za društvene djelatnosti Opštine Pljevlja u četiri primjerka najkasnije do 25. maja 2010. godine.)
3. Za dodjelu nagrade „MLADI TIPAR”
- za humoristicko-satiričnu priču ili školsku anegdotu autora srednješkolskog uzrasta. (Nagrada se sastoji od plakete, novčanog iznosa od 150,00 evra i učešca na ovoj manifestaciji). Radovi se dostavljaju u četiri primjerka, pod šifrom i rješenjem šifre u posebnoj koverti, Sekretarijatu za društvene djelatnosti Opštine Pljevlja najkasnije do 25. maja 2010. godine.
Ista nagrada istom licu može se dodijeliti samo jedanput.
Uručenje nagrada je 19.juna na Danima humora i satire »Vuko Bezarević« u Pljevljima.
Ostale informacije mogu se dobiti na tel. + 382 52 300 047, 00382 69 300 702, www.pljevlja.in
Natječaj za književnu nagradu 'Tin Ujević'
Upravni odbor Društva hrvatskih književnika (DHK) objavio je natječaj za književnu nagradu 'Tin Ujević', na kojemu mogu sudjelovati nakladnici i autori pjesničkih zbirka objavljenih u vremenu od svibnja 2009. do svibnja ove godine.
Tri primjerka zbirke kandidati trebaju poslati do 1. svibnja na adresu - DHK, Trg bana Josipa Jelačića 7/I, 10.000 Zagreb.
Nagrada 'Tin Ujević' dodjeljuje se za novu zbirku pjesama i sastoji se od plakete - rad akademskoga kipara Krune Bošnjaka, diplome i novčanog iznosa. Njome se nagrađuju značajni doprinosi u hrvatskome pjesništvu i smatra se najprestižnijom nagradom u hrvatskome pjesništvu.
Nagrada nosi ime hrvatskoga pjesnika Tina Ujevića i njemu u čast 1980. utemeljilo ju je Društvo hrvatskih književnika koje ju i dodjeljuje od 1981.
Proglašenje pobjednika bit će na Godišnjoj skupštini DHK-a u Zagrebu. Do 1993. nagrada se dodjeljivala u Zagrebu, a nakon toga u Ujevićevu rodnu Vrgorcu, na njegov rođendan 5. srpnja, tijekom manifestacije 'S Tinom u Vrgorcu'.
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Konkurs za "Vaska Popu"
Konkurs Društva prijatelja Vršca "Vršac lepa varoš" za književnu nagradu "Vasko Popa" za najbolju pesničku knjigu objavljenu u 2009. godini otvoren je do 15. aprila.
Za nagradu mogu da konkurišu sve pesničke knjige stvarane i objavljene na srpskom jeziku, a da pravo predlaganja za nagradu imaju sva pravna i fizička lica.
Knjige pesama za konkurs se mogu slati na adresu Srpskog književnog društva u Beogradu (Francuska 7), sa naznakom "Za nagradu Vasko Popa".
Odluku o izboru najbolje knjige pesama za 2009. godinu doneće tročlani žiri koji je imenovao osnivač nagrade, a nagrada će biti uručena u Vršcu na dana rođenja pesnika Vaska Pope, 29. juna 2010. godine.
Nagrada se sastoji od novčanog iznosa i povelje, koju dodeljuje darodavac Fondacija "Hemofarm" iz Vršca.
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--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic
From: Djurdja Vukelic-Rozic
Subject: IRIS
To: borivojbukva@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 5:15 PM
Molimo pošaljite suradnju za novi broj časopisa IRIS što prije:
haiku
senrju
haibun
vaka
hajga
esej
nove zbirke
Svima želim Sretan Uskrs!
Urednica Đurđa Vukelić-Rožić
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NEWS
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http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/search/database.cgi?Category=Poetry
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Dear All,
This is to inform you about a new address of Haiku Reality/stvarnost:
http://haikureality.webs.com/
The old one http://sasavazic.50webs.com/indexeng.htm
is no more in function.
Thank you for noting this.
Best wishes,
Sasa Vazic
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Dear Haiku Friend,
This May will mark the 10th year anniversary of my Haiku of Kobayashi Issa website. As part of a month-long celebration, I'd like to post your messages to Issa. These can be in the form of short notes addressed to Issa, telling him what he means to you--and, if you feel inspired, a haiku on any topic.
Along with these messages and haiku, I'm planning some other special surprises for my website in May--so be sure to stop by!
http://haikuguy.com/issa/
I appreciate your participation. Thanks!
David G. Lanoue
david1gerard@hotmail.com
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Tatjana Debeljacki
Tatjana DebeljackiApril 1, 2010 at 12:52am
Naslov: X International Poetry competition
X International Poetry competition
AWARDS sponsored by ALESSI
closing 15th May 2010
Three Categories: Silver Wyvern (max.60 lines), Formal Verse (max 40 lines), Short poems (max. 10 lines)
Suggested (but not obligatory) theme for all categories: "Mediterranean"
adjudicators:
James Harpur (Silver Wyvern), Carole Baldock (Short), Kevin Bailey (Formal)
The adjudicators will read all the entries
Prizes - to be awarded at the Celebration 1-3 October 2010
Silver Wyvern + €500; €100 each x 3 runners-up
Formal Verse : €100 Short Poems : €100
and Alessi designer bowl to all winners present at awards.
New 2010:
First prizewinners in each category will also receive a year's subscription to ORBIS ,
offered by Carole Baldock, editor of Orbis and Kudos
http://www.facebook.com/l/0ab21;www.kudoswritingcompetitions.com
and their winning poems be published therein.
POETRY ON THE LAKE X International Poetry Competition Guidelines
Closing Date: 15th MAY 2010.
Categories:
Silver Wyvern :, max. 60 lines
Formal verse: max. 40 lines.
Short poems: max. 10 lines
suggested (not obligatory) theme all categories ‘Mediterranean', Interpret as wishe
Fees:
UK: Ł8 first poem, 2nd & 3rd Ł6; then Ł5 per poem.
Euro: €20 for 2 poems ; then €10 per poem
We accept: UK cheques or postal orders payable to G.Griffin-Hall and CROSSED. Italian cheques payable as above, marked Non trasferibile. Or euro notes (see below).
USA & Rest of World
US & CA dollars: count fees in dollars as for euro. Send notes only, safer wrapped in metallic foil.
No entry form required. Send 2 copies of each poem (poems should be unpublished and not have been awarded a prize previously), mark category top right; one copy anonymous, other with contact details, email address.
EMAIL ENTRIES
are accepted from outside Europe and may be paid through PAYPAL. There is an additional charge of ten euro for your entry. Preferably send as Word (doc but not docx) attachments, with cover details of name, address etc.
To pay through Paypal, calculate competition fees in euros according to number of poems entered, add ten euro, then email poetryonthelake(at)http://www.facebook.com/l/0ab21;yahoo.co.uk. We will ask Paypal to send you a request form for this sum.
The same poem may be entered in two or more categories but will count each time as a separate entry. An entrant may win two or three prizes if poems have been entered in different categories but only one prize in each category. Results will be published on site, winners contacted. Poems will not be returned.
At the adjudicators' discretion, a prize may not be awarded if there is no poem of required standard.
Possible publication with Italian translation facing for selected poems (we try to contact all authors first for permission and proof correction, although entry to the competition implies automatic permission to publish). Copyright remains with the author.
Entering the competition implies acceptance of the rules.
Results July. Autumn awards with winners/commended reading at Lake Orta 1-3 October 2010.
SEND TO: Poetry on the Lake, Isola San Giulio, 28016 Orta NO, Italy.
n.b. please use correct postage for Italy and seal envelopes securely.
Enquiries- contact: email: poetryonthelake(at)http://www.facebook.com/l/0ab21;yahoo.co.uk tel. mobile (+39) 347 8464227
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The Heron's Nest
THE HERON'S NEST
VOLUME XI Print Edition
Prepublication orders for Volume XI have been mailed and we are now accepting new orders. Early response has been enthusiastic and we encourage readers to order now since there is a limited supply of remaining copies. The print annual edition includes all four 2009 issues of The Heron's Nest plus a full report on the Readers' Choice Awards and winning selections from our illustration contest. For information on how to order, please visit http://www.theheronsnest.com/journal/
Congratulations to all contributors to Volume XI. Reading through the poems again, I was struck by our good fortune in being honored to publish some of your best work!
John Stevenson
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Newsletter April 2010
Winners of the Fish Short Story Prize and Shortlist for One-Page Prize
Jane Camens is the first Australian to win the Fish Short Story Prize. Competition judge Ronan Bennett chose her story 'A Matter of Luck', a story of a poet/civil servant in Macau, over second placed 'The Birthday Book' by Eve Vamas. He said that there was little to chose between them and that Jane got it by a short head. Eve will be enjoying a weeks retreat at Anam Cara Writer's and Artist's Retreat as second prize winner. Third place went to Stef Pixner for 'The Sort of Luck that Happens to Curtis' Stef's story 'The Window Kisser' is also among the seven runners-up, who are as follows:-
Stef Pixner
The Window Kisser
Gabriel Valjan
Back in the Day
Gabriela Blandy
Playing With Guns
Ingrid Baier
The Best Laid Plans
Wendy Dranfield
Blue
Bernadette M Smyth
Sightseeing in Louth
Jacob M Appel
Ghost Wedding
Congratulations to all of these writers, who were selected from a total of 1,800 entries.
The anthology of winning stories, along with poems and flash fiction from our other competitions, will be launched at the West Cork Literary Festival on Wed 7 July. All are welcome.
The Shortlist for the 2010 Fish One-Page Prize is now on the Fish website. There were 1,500 entries to this competition, and as usual the challenge of the very short form has thrown up some intriguing results. This is a deceptively difficult form to master. The rules are different to Short Story writing. It is also a relatively new form that many writers have not yet come to grips with. Fish will post some pointers on the website within the next weeks, along with an online course in Flash Fiction.
The winners of the One-Page Prize will be announced, along with the winners of the Fish Poetry Prize, on the website on 30 April.
Clem Cairns
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The 11th Tanka Society of America’s International Competition Call for Submissions
Deadline: Postmark date of May 10, 2010.
Eligibility: Open to all, members and non-members alike, except TSA officers and judges.
Regulations: Any number of tanka may be submitted. Entries must be original, in English, unpublished, and not submitted for publication or to any other contest.
Entry Fee: $1.00 per tanka, U.S. funds only. Please make checks/money orders payable to the "Tanka Society of America."
Submissions: Submit each tanka on three separate 3 x 5 inch cards, two with the tanka only (for anonymous judging), the third with the tanka and the author's name and address in the upper left-hand corner. Type or print neatly please.
Submit entries and fees to: Carole MacRury, 1636 Edwards Drive, Point Roberts, WA 98281-8511 USA
Awards: First prize: $100; Second Prize: $50; Third Prize: $25. Amount of prizes may be reduced if an insufficient number of entries are received. Winning poems will be published in Ribbons, the Tanka Society of America journal.
Adjudication: The name(s) of the judge(s) will be announced after the contest.
Rights: All rights revert to the authors after publication.
Correspondence: Unfortunately, entries cannot be returned. Please send a business size SASE for answers to queries or for a list of winning entries. For foreign entries, send a self-addressed envelope and one international reply coupon.
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http://yamadera-basho.jp/?p=log&l=177346
The 2nd Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest
Guidelines for Submissions
1 Only unpublished English haiku poems are acceptable.
Each contestant is allowed to submit up to two poems.
If possible, also include Japanese translation with each poem,
however non- native Japanese speakers need not send a translation.
2 Judging will be byTakeshi Iijima (President of the International
Association of Japanese Studies, Professor Emeritus of Yamagata
University), Noboru Oba ( Chairperson of the Board of Directors of
the Yamagata City Culture Foundation, and former President of the
Yamagata Prefecture English Education Research Association ),
and Colin Rennie (a CIR of the Yamagata Prefecture International
Association).
3 Four divisions:
(1) Division One: adults, and college students and others
(2) Division Two : junior high school students
(3) Division Three: high school students
(4) Division Four: non-Japanese
4 Application procedure:
On one sheet of A4 size paper or a post card include the division,
the name, age, sex, nationality, address, and phone number of the
applicant along with the poem.
If the applicant is a junior or senior high school student,
also include the name of his or her school and the grade.
5 Participation is free.
6 The Deadline: Applications should be postmarked not later than
Friday, June 12, 2010.
7 Questions and applications should be addressed
to:999-3301 The Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum
4223 Nanin Yamadera, Yamagata-shi, Yamagata-ken
(023-695-2221 Fax:023-695-2552
8 Prizes to be awarded: a certificate printed in both English and Japanese, and an additional prize)
( 1) One top prize in each division.
(2) Two distinguished prizes in each division.
9 Announcement of the results of the judging:
The prize winners will be notified by mail in advance and they will
be requested to attend the awards ceremony for the Second Yamadera
Basho Memorial Museum English Haiku Contest.
The awards ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. on the 18th of July, 2010.
The prize winning haiku poems are to be shown in the home page of
the Yamadera Basho Museum in July, 2010.
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http://kidsearthdayhaiku.blogspot.com/
Kids Count for Earthday 5-7-5 Haiku Contest 2010
2010 Bath Japanese Festival UK in association with With Words (UK); Sketchbook Haiku Journal (USA); and Planetpals (Worldwide) are in partnership with the planet to bring the Earthday Haiku Contest.
We are also pleased to have the support of Akita International University; and International Haiku Spring Festival with Japanese festival director Hidenori Hiruta (Akita, Northern Honshu, Japan).
The contest is designed to combine the love of earth with the sheer simple fun of writing Japanese haiku in English!
We call it the "Kids Count for Earthday" Earthday Haiku Contest 2010. Kids will need to count 5-7-5 to create their Earthday haiku and help all of us to learn how to keep the planet clean and healthy!
The contest is open to individual students 7 -20 years old.
Best of luck!
Judith, Karina, and Alan
Contest Rules
Starting Date: April 22, 2010
Ending Date: Bath Japanese Festival, England - -
May 22nd, 2010
Announcements:
Winners will be announced by June 15th 2010
Theme:
The contest theme is "What Earthday means to you".
Who Can Enter:
Children and young people aged from 7 years old right up to 20 years from the USA, UK and English Speaking Countries (including Alaska, PR and Hawaii; as well as Japan; Africa; India; Pakistan; Bangladesh; China; Middle East; and Australia; New Zealand and all other countries). If English is not your first language please do add an English language version of your haiku entry as well.
***ONLY ONE ENTRY PER STUDENT!
Age Groups:
7-9 years old
10-12 yrs old
13-15 yrs old
16-18 yrs old
19-20 yrs old
Winners:
There will be 2 winners for each category and entries based age appropriately.
Submissions:
All entries must be postmarked no later than May 22nd, 2010 and include the students name and address or school name and address. (*NOTE: winners private information will not be distributed to any 3rd parties - all information is for internal purposes only )
Entries must be e-mailed to:
kidscount4earthday@gmail.com
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LEAF BOOKS NEWSLETTER APRIL 2010
In this newsletter:
· Leaf Writers' Magazine Launch;
· Spring Drawing competition results;
· New and Ongoing Competitions;
· Rhys Davies Short Story Competition anthology to be published by Leaf Books.
Leaf Writers' Magazine Launch – featuring Simone Mansell Broome, Holly Howitt, Jasper Fforde and the Leaf Books Team
This spring, Leaf Books sprouts the first issue of their brand new publication – The Leaf Writers’ Magazine – for emerging creative writers. The first edition is due out any day now – there have been a few hold-ups due to untimely software failures but it’s now with the printer and is expected back in good time for the Launch on April 27th. Many thanks to everyone who pre-ordered a copy, and we thank you for your patience: you will receive your copy/copies as soon as they’re in their hands, so hopefully within a very few days. We’d love to hear your opinions of the magazine when you’ve had a look at it – contact us at the address below.
The launch party will take place on Tuesday April 27th 2010 at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff – make sure you’re there to celebrate the beginnings of this exciting new writers’ resource!
Starting at 7.30pm on the Glanfa Stage, the launch will include lively performances and talks from Jasper Fforde, Simone Mansell Broome and Holly Howitt, who are all included in the first issue. Leaf Books will also be announcing the winners of their Wales themed writing competition, to be published in an anthology later this year.
There’ll also be chance to mingle and meet with other writers and literary enthusiasts and to meet the Leaf Team.
So what’s in the Leaf Writers’ Magazine?
Between the rich green covers of Issue 1, guest contributors Jasper Fforde, Sheenagh Pugh and Roselle Angwin share their writing experiences and wisdom. They are set alongside writing and literary commentary from emerging voices in poetry and short fiction.
The magazine also serves as an informative directory for the latest course and event listings, opportunities, competitions and ideas for literature lovers.
‘I believe this magazine will fill a valuable niche in the ecology of writing in Wales... the creative work they publish [is] well worth reading’ - Phillip Gross, T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize Winner and Creative Writing Course Leader at University of Glamorgan.
‘The magazine offers excellent first publishing opportunities for creative writing students’ - Shelagh Weeks, Cardiff University Tutor
The Leaf Books Team is confident that this resource will promote and encourage new writing to bloom throughout Wales and further afield.
The Leaf Writers’ Magazine is available from the Leaf Books website, and will also be on sale in the Cardiff Waterstones store. A single issue costs Ł6, a yearly subscription Ł15. Visit the Leaf Books website for information on how to purchase and submit to the magazine.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=405633017315&ref=mf
To receive further updates about the Leaf Writers' Magazine and other opportunities for writers, visit www.leafbooks.co.uk and sign up to our newsletter: you can unsubscribe at any time.
Spring Drawing Competition – Results
Winner:
‘Twins’ by Catherine Edmunds
Commended:
‘It is Spring’ by Kuo Chien-Yu
‘Rhododendrons’ by Catherine Edmunds
‘Black Lamb’ by Catherine Edmunds
‘Spring Tree’ by Alex Friend
‘Bird Heart’ by Angharad Martin
Congratulations to all of the above. The entries will be printed in the first edition of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine and on the Leaf Books Showcase.
New and Ongoing Competitions
Note: You’re entitled to one free competition entry if you buy edition one of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine: just send us the enclosed voucher with your entry.
*NEW* Postcard and Short Travel Writing Competition
Visiting new places can be very inspiring for writers. Leaf Books invites you to submit a short piece of Travel Writing (up to 300 words) or a postcard from an interesting destination (you don’t have to send us an actual postcard, but feel free to if you like – if you’re not using an actual postcard, your piece should be no longer than 300 words; if you are, you can write on both the back and front of the postcard). Your writing can be a journalistic piece, a diary entry or a piece of micro-fiction – as long as your piece evokes a clear sense of place then you’re welcome to use a form of your choice.
Winning and outstanding entries will be published in the second edition of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine. These, and further commended entries, will also be published on the Leaf Books showcase site.
First prize: Winner receives Ł150 and a free copy of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine.
Further published entrants will receive a free copy of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine.
To enter: Ł3 per entry, 4 entries for Ł10.
Enter by post or online.
Competition closes: August 31st 2010
*NEW* Ten minute writing exercise competition
A tantalising extract from the first edition of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine. Send us a short poem (20 lines or fewer) or up to 300 words of prose inspired by this writing exercise:
This is a good way to get into the habit of conveying information by showing rather than telling. Think of a person you know well and write a brief piece (a paragraph or two; maybe a short poem) that tells the reader something about that person’s character … but without using adjectives, adverbs or abstract nouns. So if your chosen person is kind, for example, you cannot simply say ‘She is kind’, ‘She acts kindly’ or ‘She shows kindness’: you have to demonstrate her kindness through her actions, for example through laying the table, folding clothes or through the way this person interacts with others. You could also try describing a person’s room in a way that reveals something about their character – a slew of biscuit crumbs in the bed is as informative as any abstract noun.
The winning entry will be published in the next edition of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine, and the winner will receive Ł150 and a free copy of the magazine.
To enter: Ł3 per entry, 4 entries for Ł10.
Competition opens: April 2010
Competition closes: July 15th 2010
Write about Writing Competition
Leaf Books invites you to send us up to 300 words on one of the following themes:
- Where you write
- Fitting writing into a busy schedule
- Writing resources (the web, books, writing groups etc.)
- Editing
- Publishing successes and failure
The winning entries will be published in the second edition of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine. One winning entry will receive Ł100 and a free copy of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine in which they are published. Further successful entrants may also be published in the magazine and will receive a free copy.
To enter: Ł2.50 per submission, 5 submissions for Ł10.
Enter by post or online.
Competition closes: June 30th 2010
Poetry Competition
Leaf Books invites you to submit poems (max 35 lines) on any subject.
Winning and commended entries will be published in an anthology and very outstanding poems in the Leaf Writing magazine.
First Prize: Winner receives Ł200 and a free copy of the anthology.
Runner up receives a free copy of the anthology and 10 free mini-books.
All published authors will be able to pre-order the book and the magazine at a significantly reduced rate.
To enter:
Ł3 per entry, 4 entries for Ł10
Enter by post or online.
Closing Date: 31st May 2010
Nano-Fiction Competition *CLOSES THIS MONTH*
Can you tell a story in 100 words or fewer? Leaf Books invites you to write a piece of Nano Fiction on any subject. This is our second Nano competition - and with the success of our first collection of nano-fiction, Ada, hitting record sales we thought it was about time we put further writers of outstanding short sharp storywriting into print.
Winning and outstanding entries will be published in the Leaf Writing magazine,
These, and further commended entries will also be published in an anthology.
First prize: Winner receives Ł150 and a free copy of the Leaf Writing magazine and the anthology
One runner up will receive a free copy of the magazine / anthology.
Further successful entrants published in the magazine will get a free copy, and commended authors for the anthology will be able to pre- order the book at a reduced rate.
To enter:
Ł3 per entry, 4 entries for Ł10.
Enter by post or online.
Closing Date: 30th April 2010
Judging for the Memoir Competition is still in progress. We had to concentrate our efforts on edition one of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine, but we hope to announce the results of this competition in the May newsletter. The winner will receive Ł200 and a free copy of the anthology. The runner-up will receive a free copy of the anthology and a full set of Leaf mini-books. All selected pieces will be published in the anthology. Keep an eye on the website for further details.
The Wales Themed Competition has been judged and all winners have been informed. The results will be announced at the Leaf Writers’ Magazine launch and in the May newsletter.
Note: Relevant to all competitions that result in the production of an anthology. We always used to send every author featured in the anthology a free copy of the book, but due to general funding crises we will only be sending free copies to the winner and runners up and then all the other selected authors will be able to buy the book at a discounted price. We’re deeply sorry about that: rest assured, we would if we could.
Rhys Davies Short Story Competition anthology to be published by Leaf Books
Leaf Books has been chosen to publish the anthology of winning stories from the Academi Rhys Davies Short Story Competition 2009. The anthology will be called Getting Up: An Anthology of Winning Stories from the Academi Rhys Davies Short Story Competition. It’ll contain the winning story, ‘Getting Up’ by Siân Preece, and the ten runners-up: ‘Life-Task’ by Angela Graham; ‘Zeina’ by Craig Hawes; ‘July 1995’ by Clementine Hollister; ‘Things in their Season’ by Robert Hunt; ‘Members of the jury, what is your verdict?’ by Mike Jenkins; ‘If Those Who Have Plenty…’ by Sam Kemp; ‘Onions’ by Dave Lewis; ‘The Mary’ by Joâo Morais; ‘Sand’ by Jeb Loy Nichols and ‘Dammed’ by Sarah Wishart.
Further details about the publication of this anthology will be available on the website and in future newsletters. Visit www.academi.org to read the winning story.
Contacting Leaf Books
Email: contact@leafbooks.co.uk
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