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Would you enter a competition
which charges an entry fee?
A recent survey by Inscriptions Ezine
found 79% of writers would not?
Their reasons range from-
It must be a con
The organiser was profiteering
Prizes should be given free.
Over 2000 magazines closed in 1998
through lack of finance. Competitions provide a useful
way for a magazine to
increase its readership admitedly, but the subscriptions
gained would rarely be enough to cover the cost of printing advertising
leaflets and entry forms.
Then there's the time involved, staff wages(if any), payment
of judges, postage..... The list goes on. Unless a substanial prize
is offered a competition is not going to attract many entries, so that
the same people who are avid competition entrants will be winning all the
prizes.
Eventually, the competitions would cease due to apathy.
Why Enter
Competitions are invaluable as a
learning tool. By studying past
entries you can see how the winners
work was more tailored to the judges requirements and learned to better
target your work in future. The
publicity gained from even being a runner up is a major boost. Editors
at large publishing houses and agents often use competitions as a way of
sourcing new talent.
In the rare event that the organiser
makes any money out of the competition this is always pushed back into
making improvements to the small press, which in turn ensures you will
have a market to send your work to.
Support the small press - you know it makes sense.
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| Some Past Winners |
 David Gibson from
Glasgow was one of the winners of the new Millennium Novels competition
in 1999. His story Dragon Slayer was
first serialized in NMN magazine and has since been published |
 Ron Phillips
from Derby won the 1999 Voyage International Poetry Competition.
He chose to have his novel Vision of Johanna
published |
 Selina
Shaw from Blackheath won last years Voyage short story competition with
her story Carnival. Her novel Evil has a Name is currently
being printed and will be available here soon |
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Announcing the Winners of
the
Voyage
Short Story & Poetry Competitions 2001
Short story first prize - The Black Mare -
William Hatton
Poetry first prize
- I Dreamt That I Dwelt In Marble Halls - Sinead Costello
Both William and Sinead will
have their novels or anthology of poems and/or stories published and promoted
by Regent Publications.
| Stories |
Author |
| The Beautiful Myth |
Richard Beverley |
| Arthur's Clones |
David Shonfield |
| Nana Bubastis |
Clinton wastling |
| The Visit |
Hugh Underhill |
| Choke |
Peter Harris |
| All So Easy |
Nadine Jackson Croker |
| Variations On A Butterfly |
Martyn Harrison |
| The Kite Flyers |
Dr Sharad Paul |
| Bone China |
Christine Paul |
| A Fenland Journey |
Geoff Jackson |
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| Poems |
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| Jean Jones |
Never Cry Wolf |
| China Syndrome |
Carolyn Garwes |
| Skin Deep |
Pat Earnshaw |
| This |
Matthew Tarbuck |
| Shadows of the Devine |
Adrian Edwards |
| Venice Preserved |
Norman Bisset |
| Foot And Mouth |
David Harris |
| Renaissance |
Joan Gordan |
| Reasons |
Carla Lamont |
| Suddenly |
John Light |
| Late Autumn |
Joyce Walker |
| Dear Friend |
Sharad Paul |
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