Segora International Writing Competitions 2013
Vignette Competition maximum 300 words. Judge: Bernard Lord
Short Story Competition from 1,500 to 3,000 words. Judge: Tom Bryan
Poetry Competition maximum 40 lines. Judge: John Hudson
Deadline for all competitions: Saturday 8th June 2013
Competition guidelines and how to enter
Read 2012 winning entries Vignette Short Stories Poetry
Vignette Competition maximum 300 words. Judge: Bernard Lord
Short Story Competition from 1,500 to 3,000 words. Judge: Tom Bryan
Poetry Competition maximum 40 lines. Judge: John Hudson
Deadline for all competitions: Saturday 8th June 2013
Competition guidelines and how to enter
Read 2012 winning entries Vignette Short Stories Poetry
News - Recent successes from Segora entrants
Roger Elkin is the winner of the poetry section in This is a Book about Alice (Earlyworks Press, 2013) and Jocelyn Simms is one of the commended poets. Christopher North came second in The New Writer collections, 2012, with Margaret Eddershaw commended. Owen Lowery’s collection Otherwise Unchanged is published by Carcanet. Neil mac Neil has four poems in Ravenglass Poetry Anthology Vol 111, 2013, and his poem, White Sails of a Regatta is published by OUP Workbook for International schools. Thelma Laycock’s poem ‘Sea Battle’ has been selected by Grey Hen Press for an anthology, Running Before the Wind, and her Birthday Wishes by Indigo Dreams for Heart Shoots. Other poems by Thelma appear in The French Literary View. ‘All these recent poems came from Correspondences. Thank you for the inspiration!’ TL.
Short story writers Fleur Smithwick and Clare LeMay are both short-listed for the Fish competition and Anne Woodford will be running writing workshops in Saumur in association with the English Library, Angers www.ellia.org. Bruce Harris is featured in an anthology by Sentinel with Cleaning Up, first short-listed in Segora, 2011. So, please get your pens or keyboards out and send in more entries to the Segora Competitions. A new Segora anthology will be produced in 2013. Good luck to all the writers.
Gordon and Jocelyn may be contacted for reviews (except for self-published work). Evaluation of 6 poems £36. “Thank you for your feedback. You opened up my eyes to so many possibilities.” Ynes Pauly, Belgium.
Dates announced for 2nd St Clémentin Bilingual Litfest: 29th 30th & 31st August 2014
Roger Elkin is the winner of the poetry section in This is a Book about Alice (Earlyworks Press, 2013) and Jocelyn Simms is one of the commended poets. Christopher North came second in The New Writer collections, 2012, with Margaret Eddershaw commended. Owen Lowery’s collection Otherwise Unchanged is published by Carcanet. Neil mac Neil has four poems in Ravenglass Poetry Anthology Vol 111, 2013, and his poem, White Sails of a Regatta is published by OUP Workbook for International schools. Thelma Laycock’s poem ‘Sea Battle’ has been selected by Grey Hen Press for an anthology, Running Before the Wind, and her Birthday Wishes by Indigo Dreams for Heart Shoots. Other poems by Thelma appear in The French Literary View. ‘All these recent poems came from Correspondences. Thank you for the inspiration!’ TL.
Short story writers Fleur Smithwick and Clare LeMay are both short-listed for the Fish competition and Anne Woodford will be running writing workshops in Saumur in association with the English Library, Angers www.ellia.org. Bruce Harris is featured in an anthology by Sentinel with Cleaning Up, first short-listed in Segora, 2011. So, please get your pens or keyboards out and send in more entries to the Segora Competitions. A new Segora anthology will be produced in 2013. Good luck to all the writers.
Gordon and Jocelyn may be contacted for reviews (except for self-published work). Evaluation of 6 poems £36. “Thank you for your feedback. You opened up my eyes to so many possibilities.” Ynes Pauly, Belgium.
Dates announced for 2nd St Clémentin Bilingual Litfest: 29th 30th & 31st August 2014
Hema Macherla
Hunting Horns
Helen Dunmore
John Hudson
The Fringe
Roger Elkin
