Cinnamon Press Writing Awards
Cinnamon Press competitions offer writers in different genres excellent publication opportunities. We run each of the competitions twice a year with closing dates of June 30th and November 30th in 2010.
Poetry Collection Award £100
The aim of this award is to provide a platform for new voices in poetry.
The winning author has his/her poetry collection published with Cinnamon Press and receives a prize of £100. We also publish an anthology of the best poems submitted and entry includes a copy of the winners’ anthology. We have commissioned several other collections as a result of being short-listed.
Short Story Award: £100
The competition is open to new and published authors.
The first prize for a story between 2,000 and 4,000 words is £100 & publication. Up to ten runners up stories’ are also published in the winners’ anthology. Entry includes a copy of the winners’ anthology.
Novel/Novella Writing Award £400
The aim of this award is to encourage new authors, enabling debut novelists/novella writers to achieve a first publication in this genre. The winning author has his/her first novel published by Cinnamon Press and receives a prize of £400. The four runners up also receive a full appraisal of their novel. We have also commissioned other novels as a result of short-listing in the competition.
Guidelines for all Genres
- Entrants for the novel/novella and poetry categories should not previously have had a novel/novella or full poetry collection published. Short story writers may have had stories, but not a single author collection published.
- Entries may be made by post or submitted electronically – send as two email attachments – one with the work and the other with contact details – please ensure you have up to date virus protection and send as a .doc or .docx or .rtf file.
- Submit the first ten thousand words of your novel/novella or 10 poems up to 40 lines (unpublished) or story of 2,000-4,000 words (unpublished) in a clear type script, double spaced for prose.
- Please mark each sheet with a nom de plume and working title in the header.
- Do not put any other identification on the work, but enclose a separate sheet with name, address, email contact & nom de plume and titles of poems/working title.
- Next deadline for submissions – 30th November 2010.
- Entry is £16 per entry for all categories (this includes a copy of the winners anthology for the poet and short story categories, worth £8.99)
- Please make cheques payable to ‘Cinnamon Press’ or you can pay online in a range of currencies using PayPal
- Work will not be returned, so please keep a copy.
- Send your work to: Cinnamon Press Novel Writing Award, Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 3SU or to jan@cinnamonpress.com
- Results will be sent to everyone who includes a sae or valid email by October (for June competitions) or March (for November competitions)
- All enquiries: jan@cinnamonpress.com
Envoi Poetry Competitions
There is also a regular poetry competition for single poems in the June issue of the Poetry Journal Envoi. with a deadline of February 20th 2011.
