Author Archive: Annette Young
Annette Young is the editor of the Creative Competitor and a successful freelance writer. Passionate about the written word, Annette provides writing courses and a professional manuscript critique service to give up and coming writers the help they need to get into print.
Create a Dramatic Start to your Short Story
Do you struggle to keep within any designated word count? Keep your story right on track by creating an effective and gripping opening paragraph that starts at a crucial point in the story…..
Quick Rules for Freelance Writing Success
If you are looking to break into freelance writing – whether on a full-time or part-time basis, there are some important characteristics that the top freelancers all share. If you can take into account and adopt some of these characteristics into your own writing, then you will stand a much better chance at becoming successful and earning money from your writing.
Regrets Poetry Competition
Regrets Poetry Competition
1st Prize: £200.00
2nd Prize: £100.00
3rd Prize: £75.00
Top Ten Pinterest Tips for Writers
The social network Pinterest is growing quickly as users post images and links to a virtual pinboard.
The official definition from Pinterest:
“Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes. Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests.”
Who Killed September Falls Book Trailer
Check out the trailer for Who Killed September Falls by editor/author Annette Young.
Open Poetry Competition
1st Prize: £100.00 2nd Prize: £75.00 3rd Prize: £50.00 Closing date: August 21st 2012 Entry fee: £2.00 or FREE to Creative Competitor Premier1 Members Fancy winning £100 cash in our open poetry competition? It’s easy. Simply submit your poem with a maximum of 40 lines to info@creative-competitor.co.uk and mark Open Poetry Competition in the subject [...]
Why You Can’t Make Money Writing
Wondering why you haven’t made a penny from your online freelance writing? I know why – and I’m about to reveal the exact reasons to you!
Suggestions For Writing the End of a Novel
By Sheila C Skillman
So important is the end, that it can spoil an otherwise excellent novel. As a regular Amazon reviewer, I have read novels thinking, This is superb. I’m going to give this novel 5 stars. And then I’ve reached the end, and my potential review slips a star.
500 Word Fiction Competition Winner
What a Con!
“‘Ere Darling, take a look at the quality of this” He thrust a torn brochure into her hands. “We can transform your ‘ouse” He sniffed, wiping his nose on his sleeve. “You can trust our ‘igh quality workmanship”
Summer Ghost Competition Winner
It didn’t really matter what the doctor had said to her. She was slowly going mad and that was that. There wasn’t even a reason as to why she was hallucinating.
Current Writing Competitions
Want an up-to-date list of our new writing contests? Well here it is.
All you need to do is to right- click on the document and choose the ‘save as’ option.
Witness to Murder Writing Competition
1st Prize: £200.00
2nd Prize: £150.00
3rd Prize: £100.00
4th Prize: £50.00
Closing date: 10th August 2012
Entry Fee: £4.00
Imagine that you have witnessed a crime and your life may be in danger. This competition is all about your story-telling abilities writing the story in the first person as the crime and any potential risks unravel for the reader.
You have a maximum of 2000 words excluding the title. Entries must be original and previously unpublished. All submissions must be written in English.We prefer submissions by email to info@creative-competitor.co.uk please mark the title of the competition in the subject line.
500 Word Writing Competition
1st Prize: £150.00
2nd Prize: £100.00
3rd Prize: £75.00
Closing date: 25th July 2012
Entry fee: £3.00 or FREE to Premier1 Members
To win this fabulous writing competition, all you
Family Secrets Writing Competition
1st Prize: £150.00
2nd Prize: £100.00
3rd Prize: £75.00
Closing date: 10th July 2012
Entry Fee: £3.00 or FREE to Premier1 Members
Using the photo for inspiration, write a story around the couple and create a family secret. You have only 1200 words excluding the title in which to wow us with your creativity so don’t waste a word.
The Text Message Writing Competition
1st Prize: £75.00
2nd Prize: £50.00
3rd Prize: 3 Months Premier1 Membership
Closing date: June 30th 2012
Character Profile Competition Winner
We asked for an in-depth character profile using the photo for inspiration. We received a great many amazing profiles and it was a very difficult decision but the winners are…
1st Prize: £100 – Stephanie Judd
2nd Prize:£75 – Audrey Coles
3rd Prize: £50 – Brian Stevens
4th Prize: 3 months Creative Competitor Premier1 Membership – James Harwood
The Winning Profile – by Stephanie Judd
Young Adult Fiction Contest
To win any one of our three fantastic prizes, simply create the opening page to a young adult fiction story and send to us. There is no set word count but please note that your entry must fit onto one A4 page including the title.
Give Your Manuscript A Fighting Chance!
Considering requesting a writing critique? Not sure what a professional critique could do for you or that labour of love? A professional critique can quite simply make the difference between publication and rejection and it makes sense to invest in having an impartial eye to view any manuscript before it is sent to the publishers. [...]
‘The Suitcase’ Fiction Writing Competition
1st Prize:£200.00
2nd Prize:£150.00
3rd Prize: £100.00
4th Prize: £75.00
Closing date: May 25th 2012
Featured Articles Coming Soon
We always try to provide inspiring articles in our Write to be Published newsletters, so here is a sneak preview at just some of the topics coming your way soon:
Writing for the Dating Market
Writing a Winning Book Blurb
About Write to be Published
Our Write to be Published newsletter forms a part of our Premier1 membership and provides the perfect way for you to improve your writing and to take it seamlessly to the next level.Even better, as part of our continued commitment to invest in our members, there will be more opportunities than ever to study the art of writing and to learn first-hand how to get your work to publication standard.
Simple Pleasures Poetry Competition
Simple Pleasures Poetry Competition: 1st Prize: £100
2nd Prize: £75
3rd Prize: £50
Closing date: 5th May 2012
Writing Jobs 24/02/2012
Blogger Needed
Citybuzz.com is looking for a blog writer for the city of Los Angeles. Write about your favorite places to eat/ drink/ and sightsee.
Each blog only has to be 150 words.
Compensation: $10 per post
Writing Jobs 17/02/2012
If you are interested in receiving writing jobs sent straight through to you by email, then sign up for our Premier1 membership and you can also get free entry to all of our writing competitions and discounts off our professional manuscript critiques or coaching and courses.
Writing Jobs 10/02/2012
Hyperink publishes high-quality non-fiction articles and books. We’re backed by top venture capitalists and our launch was featured in Forbes, BusinessWeek, and Publishers Weekly.
We’re looking for amazing freelance writers to join our writing team.
Writing Jobs 03/02/2012
Here are the brand new writing jobs for this week.
Copywriters Required
We are looking for a freelance professional copywriter to help part time write text and articles to promote a website specialising in IT Support Services
Crime Writing Competition Winner
Rob rubbed his eyes wearily. They had kept him up all night the bastards. He felt unkempt, unwashed and weak with hunger. They hadn’t even got him any food and the coffee had tasted foul, it still left a bitter taste in his mouth. He knew he had been subjected to a determined campaign to break him but they hadn’t got what they wanted.
Writing Competitions- The Judging Process
Last week I wrote that it may be much easier to win a writing competition than you might think and I wanted to follow on this week to clarify just what happens once you have submitted your entry.
All submissions get filed into a specific electronic folder the moment that they arrive in the in-box and this way, we know that we have all of the entries safe and secure for when judging begins. There is general admin work such as spending time to ensure that correct entry fees have been made and also checking the Premier membership entries are valid ones plus once reviewing starts we check that submissions do adhere to the word count rule.
Writing Jobs 27/01/2012
Blogger Wanted
We are seeking a blogger. We have 50 different blogs related to blind and visually impaired people. The task is to add one unique well written post to each of the blogs once a week every week. Each post needs to be 300 words
Can You Win a Writing Competition?
It might not be as difficult as you think to win a writing competition but many people are put off by the thought that they will not be able to make their entry stand out enough to catch the judge’s eye. Rest assured that any judge will spot your entry if it reflects the theme (if any provided) and if the writing is of high quality.
