First Line Competition
1st Prize: £100.00
2nd Prize: £50.00
3rd Prize: £25.00
Closing Date: January 10th 2011
Entry fee: £2.50
Enter this fantastic competition and create an imaginative response to our opening first line.
The mist was rolling down the hills around her and soon she was enveloped in an eerie, unfamiliar cloak ….
Maximum word count 1600.
Must be original and previously unpublished
Submissions can be sent by email to [email protected]
We prefer stories to be typed in the body of the email as opposed to attachments. Please add ‘first line competition’ to the subject line.
Alternatively, Uk residents may submit by postage and attach a cheque made payable to Annette Young
Hi! I just stumbled upon this writing competition and I’d like to take a go at it. The deadline however is short and I just wanted to make sure that I know exactly what time on January 10th the competition closes. I’m from Canada so I need to account for the difference in time zones. Thank you.
Julie
Hi,
Because our competitions are open to writers worldwide, we would ask that you submit on or by the closing date (GMT). If submitting by post, then we must ask that we receive your entry on the closing date (GMT) at the latest so allow a little more time. Late entries are disquailified. You can check out time differences on the Internet.
Hope that helps.
Annette
Hi,
I’m not sure why you received that error message but don’t worry, I have just checked and we received your submission safe and sound.
Good luck,
Annette
I’ve been looking at the recent competition winners and their works are amazing. Has a winner been chosen for the First Line Competition? It’s the only one I cant seem to look at.
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Hi, I was just wondering when the results for this competition are going to be published?
- J. Smith
Hi Jess,
It takes a while to judge all of the submissions and this competition is very much in the early stages of assessment. Results will be published online and in the free newsletter as soon as we have made a final decision.
Best wishes,
Annette
Hi – when will the results of this competition be announced?
Best wishes
Jed
Annette – do you have a timeline for when results of this competition will be released?
Thanks
Tim
Hi Jed,
We are still in the process of short-listing currently. We received a good response to this competition and a high standard.
Will probably take a few more weeks.
Best wishes,
Annette
Hi Tim,
The standard is really high for this competition and so it’s making it very difficult to select the winner. Will probably be a few more weeks yet.
Regards,
Annette
Thanks Annette.
I just wanted to make sure I hadn’t missed it