Letter to Santa Competition

1st Prize: £75.00.

2nd Prize: £50.oo

3rd Prize: Short Story Critique (of your choice) up to 1500 words.

Closing Date: December 10th

Entry Fee: £2.00

Bring out your inner child and tell us what you would like for Christmas. It can be written in the style of a child or from your own personal perspective.Indulge in a little pre-Christmas creativity and you could win a nice prize as an extra present this year.

If you like letter writing with a creative slant, then this could be a perfect competition for you.

No set word count. But it must be in your own words and as usual, previously unpublished.

Submit your entry to [email protected] and add Santa competition to the subject line.

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5 Comments

Maria McInnis December 4, 2010

Uh, question about this contest, is it open to Canadians, or just the UK?
annette young December 4, 2010

Thanks for your question, all of our competitions are open to writers across the globe.
Leonie Lemphers December 6, 2010

Hi,

I want to enter this. I assume I click the buy now button for payment to be processed. Do I email my submission separately or is there a place to attach it?
Kia December 15, 2010

hi, when will the winners be announced?
annette young December 17, 2010

We are still in the judging process for this competition so it may take a little while yet. Judging does take a while I’m afraid as we like to be thorough. Results will be announced both on the website and in the free weekly newsletter.
Best wishes,
Annette

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