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FictionFire
offers creative writing day courses, mentoring, critiquing and editorial advice with novelist and experienced writing tutor Lorna Fergusson. Inspiration in the beauty of historic Oxford. Courses include: Making Memorable Scenes (2 October) and Shape Up and Make Your Pitch (16 October).
Trinity College, Oxford
2 and 16 October
£95
for each course, including refreshments and a course pack
07827 455723
www.fictionfire.co.uk
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Competitions
McLellan Award for Playwriting
is for plays of 40-90 minutes for up to five actors with a maximum of three settings. Prize: £1,000, and, funding permitted, the opportunity to workshop their play with Nutshell Theatre Company culminating in a performance reading. Email submission only.
Closing date: 31 July
Entry fee: £5 per play
www.arranart.com
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The Yellow Room
is a place where women writers can gather for support, encouragement and friendship. It produces a smart print magazine twice a year full of short stories written by women in the UK, as well as an informative and welcoming website with invaluable information about how to write a good short story for any market.
Do Send short stories of up to 5,000 wds
Don't send multiple submissions
www.theyellowroom-magazine.co.uk
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Festivals
The Westcountry Storytelling Festival
is a packed festival of storytelling, with stories, music, poetry, comedy, workshops, activities and talks including early morning Tai Chi.
Embercombe, Higher Ashton, Exeter
27-29 August
www.weststoryfest.co.uk
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Courses & Retreats
Top Left Corner
runs creative retreat weeks that provide opportunities for people to have new and inspiring experiences at Glencanisp Lodge in the north west highlands of Scotland.
Glencanisp Lodge, Assynt, North West Highlands, Scotland
26 June-3 July, 11-18 September, 30 October-6 November
01571 844 112
www.topleftcorner.org
Mslexia LATEST
NEW! POETRY COMPETITION workshops
Try our series of weekly workshops devised by Jane Holland, designed to help inspire your entry for the 2010 Poetry Competition ◊ Click here
Mslexia Women's Poetry Competition 2010
is NOW CLOSED. Judge: Vicki Feaver. Prizes: £1,000, £500, £250, 22@£25. All winning entries published in Mslexia. Winners will be notified mid-September
SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Congratulations go to Sarah Klenbort, winner of the 2010 Mslexia Women's Short Story Competition ◊ Click here
MSLEXIA ROADSHOW Now Online!
Try your hand at a series of Get Published workshops for prose writers, devised by novelist and Mslexia founder Debbie Taylor ◊ Click here
Mslexia Writer's Diary
The Mslexia Writer's Diary 2010 is still available to order. Make 2010 your most creative year yet – hurry, while stocks last!
POETRY COMPETITION WINNErS
Congratulations go to Sarah Roby, winner of the 2009 Mslexia Women's Poetry Competition ◊ Click here
Short story workshops
devised by Laura Fish to help kick-start your entry for the 2010 Short Story Competition ◊ Click here
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