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Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize 2009 in association with The Daily Telegraph |
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The Benjamin Franklin House Literary Prize 2009 is endowed by Benjamin Franklin House
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
The winner of the Young Writers Prize will receive £500 while the winner of the Professional Writers Prize will receive £1000. Winning essays will be published by Britain’s leading newspaper the Daily Telegraph at Telegraph.co.uk. Find out more |
Lovewriting.co.uk – new promotional website for writers |
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www.Lovewriting.co.uk is a promotional tool that is designed to help authors who have already published a book. For £100, the Lovewriting team will build you a micro-site on their webiste which you can link to your own website. Or, if you don’t already have a website, this is an affordable way to build a presence online. Because it acts as an aggregator to promote books, it will also get you and your books higher up the Search Engines. Find out more |
Donate your old computer to charity |
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Members have reminded us about Computer Aid International, a UK registered charity and the world’s largest provider of professionally refurbished PCs to the not-for-profit sector in the developing world. Find out more |
Would you read a short story on your mobile phone? |
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The University of Central Lancaster (UCLAN) and a top publisher are currently looking at the relationship between mobile phone use, current reading habits and attitudes towards ebooks. If you would like to take part in this research project, please click here
Find out more |
Short story competition and residency |
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The Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition is run by InterAct Reading Service, a registered charity that uses professional actors to provide a live and interactive reading service in hospitals and stroke clubs (www.interactreading.org). Find out more |
The Harry Bowling Prize |
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The prize is for an unpublished novel – entrants may be established writers but must not have published a novel for adults. The first prize is £1,000 and there is an entry fee of £10. Find out more |
Literature training |
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The literaturetraining website contains information for writers and those involved in creating or supporting new writing and literature in the UK. Find out more |
Bleak House – For Sale |
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The finest residence with the most inspriring views…
Bleak House commands one of the most prominent positions in Broadstairs – high up on the cliffs on the coast of Kent stands this Mansion House, known far and wide as the once seaside residence of the great novelist, Charles Dickens. Find out more |
The Word Cloud – a free social networking site for writers |
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The Word Cloud is a free social networking site where writers can read each other’s work, offer comments and get feedback. It’s also a place where you can discuss books, scripts and writing with like-minded souls, enter regular competitions, and much more. Find out more |
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust |
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Each year the Trust aims to award 100 Travelling Fellowships to British citizens. Each Fellow receives a grant to cover return and internal travel, daily living and travel insurance within the countries visited. Find out more |
Turn2us – helping those in financial need |
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Turn2us, is an independent charity that helps people access the money available to them – through welfare benefits, grants and other help. Their free, accessible website is a comprehensive and invaluable resource that helps you find sources of financial support, quickly and easily, based on your particular needs and circumstances. In some cases, you can make online enquiries to grant-giving charities listed on the site.
To find out about the money that may be available through welfare benefits and charitable grants, visit www.turn2us.org.uk. Find out more |
The Professional Writing Research Portal |
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Whatever field you’re working in as a writer, you need to know how to research effectively.
The Professional Writing Research Portal provides you with links to the best writing-related research sites on the Web, with short descriptions of what they offer. There’s also a section on research skills where you can access expert advice on different types of research, both online and offline. You can search the site by clicking on the search button at the top of each page. Find out more |
Free Intellectual Property Events |
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Own-it: a free intellectual property resource. Own-it organises regular events and workshops covering Intellectual Property issues for creative people. The majority of the events are free, however you must register with Own-it in order to make a booking. Find out more |
Meet the Author |
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Meet the Author works with leading publishing companies, authors and their agents, filming short video clips of authors introducing their books. There are over 1,200 clips at the moment and more are filmed every day.
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Online database of UK Literary Festivals |
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The British Council has an online, searchable database containing a comprehensive guide to Literary Festivals (and general Arts Festivals with a literary content) happening around the UK. Find out more |
Scottish Memories seeks contributors |
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Scottish Memories, the monthly magazine of stories, history and nostalgia, is looking for new contributors. The publishers would like to hear from anyone who can write about unique and fascinating aspects of Scotland’s history, in any period, from the dark ages through to the twentieth century, though nostalgia from the 1930s onwards is of particular interest. Find out more |
CBN CandleBook News |
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CBN CandleBook News is a bilingual (English/Spanish), independent, online, cultural publication and an online bookshop based in Spain. Find out more |
Call for University of the Third Age workshop leader – Cambridge |
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Members of the U3A Cambridge are looking for a member of The Society of Authors, preferably retired, who would be interested in running writer’s workshops. Find out more |
Notes From the Underground – call for submissions. |
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We accept submissions of all sorts, from 1800-2000 word feature stories to novels in a sentence or a paragraph, comedy poems and sketches, and non-fiction features on books, film, theatre and art. Find out more |
CompletelyNovel.com – an online community for Booklovers |
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CompletelyNovel.com is an online community for everyone who loves books. It is free, fun, and for the first time links everyone in the book industry together. Find out more |
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