Monday Miscellany for October 26, 2009

Hello:

I’m bringing you a handful of contests in this week’s Monday Miscellany.  Be sure to let us know if you win any of them!

Here’s to your writing success,

Mary Anne

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So You Want To Be A Travel Writer? Writing Competition

The British Guild of Travel Writers has announced that as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, it is launching a new travel writing competition for unpublished travel writers.The competition is open to all writers aged over 18 who have not been published [paid work] in the travel field. 800-word article with the theme: A Very Special Place. Closing date is December 31, 2009. First prize: Four-day travel trip to Istanbul, Turkey.

For more information, go to http://www.bgtw.org/2010/index.php

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Review Fuse’s Book 1st Chapter Contest – November 2009

This contest is open to all authors. All submissions must be posted and assigned critiques completed by November 30, 2009. Your chapter must be 10,000 words or fewer. You may post additional chapters to this site for critique, but only one chapter  will be eligible for the contest.  $50 first place prize.

Find out more at http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/2009/09/book-1st-chapter-contest-november-2009/#

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Abbey Hill Literary seeks short fiction submissions in most genres that incorporate one of the writing challenges listed on http://www.ahliterary.com. Prizes total $425 USD, entry feeis $10, or $20 for single entry PLUS critique. Length: up to 1500 words. Electronic entries preferred. Current deadline: 11/30/09.

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Elle Magazine and Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron present The Love, Loss and What I Wore Contest

What item of clothing makes you remember your first love, your worst love, your best friend, your mother? What were you wearing when the most embarrassing thing in the world happened? Or the most wonderful? What clothes changed your life or your identity? Bras, bikinis, bomber jackets, tube tops, stillettos—whatever. Tell us your story in 500 words or less and you may be selected to win a trip to New York to see your story adapted and performed for one night in Love, Loss and What I Wore, the new off-Broadway play by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron. Submit your entry by October 31, 2009.  Hurry to http://www.elle.com/Fashion/Fashion-Spotlight/Love-Loss-and-What-I-Wore-Contest/Official-Rules-for-the-Love-Loss-and-What-I-Wore-Contest-at-ELLE for more details.