Debbie Wilkinson has been in touch to ask me to give a mention to the Short Story Competition that Erewash Writers’ Group is running – and it has a charity element.
The competition has an open theme. All ages are eligible and it closes on 27th June 2012. There is a maximum word count of 1,500.
The prizes are £60, £30, £15 and there is also a £25 donation (likely to increase if a good response to this competition is received) available to either a UK charity or voluntary group. Entrants can nominate their favourite charity or voluntary group with every entry. Names will be put into a hat and one drawn at the close of the competition. Full details about this charitable donation are here.
The entry fee is £3 but additional entries by the same person attract a discount.
The competition judge is Keith ‘Carrot Nappers’ Large. His humorous fantasy ‘The Tisbech Terror’ won first prize in Freelance Market News’s 2010 short story competition, along with a piece of reverse creativity, adapting his stage play ‘Whine Fever’ into a short story to win the 2011 PCS/Words national competition. You can read his biography on the competition website.
The full details for the competition are here.
So why not have a go and increase that charitable donation fund!
Sally Jenkins 
#1 by susanjanejones on February 9, 2012 - 5:29 pm
That looks good fun Sally. I think I’d better get doing some writing for all these competitions I’ve got lined up..;))
#2 by Sally Jenkins on February 9, 2012 - 8:39 pm
That’s the problem Susan isn’t it – too many competitions but too little time!
#3 by toxicvegan on February 11, 2012 - 5:37 pm
I have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award because I love reading your blog
Thank you!
http://toxicvegan.com/
#4 by Sally Jenkins on February 11, 2012 - 5:44 pm
Toxicvegan (love the name!) – Many thanks for this, I feel really honoured. It’s lovely to get positive feedback (instead of all those rejections from editors!)
#5 by toxicvegan on February 11, 2012 - 6:06 pm
You’re welcome Sally – your site is such a great resource for aspiring writers!
This is Melanie from completewriteoff by the way – I have moved over to just my wordpress blog now 🙂
#6 by Keith Havers on February 12, 2012 - 11:25 am
Thanks for the info, Sally. I’m not a member of Erewash Writers because I belong to a couple of clubs already. But I have been involved in some of their projects and they are a very active group. I’ll certainly be supporting this comp.
#7 by Sally Jenkins on February 12, 2012 - 12:17 pm
Good Luck with it, Keith and thanks for popping by to comment.
#8 by Debbie W on March 24, 2012 - 12:18 am
Thanks for posting this, Sally.
The donation is up to £30 for the time being, as at 24th March.
Regards
Debbie
#9 by Sally Jenkins on March 24, 2012 - 8:24 pm
Thanks for the update, Debbie, and hope it gets higher!