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Creative Writing Competition

 

Win £500 and publication with the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition!

Aesthetica Magazine is inviting all writers and poets to submit their work into the Creative Writing Competition.
The Creative Writing Competition has developed from the Creative Works Competition, which ran for four years, and is hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the international art and culture publication.

The Creative Writing Competition is a fantastic opportunity for existing and aspiring writers and poets to showcase their work to a wider, international audience: previous entrants have gone on to achieve success and recognition across the world. There are two categories for entry: Poetry and Short Fiction.

Deadline for entries: 31 August 2012
Winners and Finalists will be announced on the 31 October.

 

Prizes

 

• There will be two winners; one Poetry winner and one Short Fiction winner.
• Each winner will receive £500.
• Each winner will receive a selection of books from our competition partners.
• Winners and finalists will be published in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual.
• Click here to purchase a copy of last year’s Creative Writing Annual.
• Winners and shortlisted finalists will receive a complimentary copy of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual.

How to Enter

 

The Creative Writing Competition has two categories for entry: Poetry and Short Fiction.

Entry is £10 +VAT and this permits the submission of two works into any one category.
You may enter as many times as you wish.

 

 

Step One
To enter the competition, please select a category below to make your payment.

 

Poetry Entry Fiction Entry

 

 

Step Two
Upon receipt of payment, a unique Order Reference number will be automatically emailed to you.

 

 

Step Three
Attach your submission to an email and send it to writing@aestheticamagazine.com.
Please make sure that you write your unique Order Reference Number in the subject line
and your full name, address and the title of your work in the body of the email.

 

No work sent after 31 August 2012 will be accepted into the competition.

For more information, please read our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Guidelines

 

• Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words each.
• Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines each.
• Both Fiction and Poetry entries should be written in English.
• Winners and Finalists will be announced on the 31 October.
• For any questions, please see our Frequently Asked Questions page.

 

Refund Policy

 

For information regarding our cancellation and refund policy, please click here.

 

The winners and finalists

 

The finalists of the 2011 competition are listed below. The winner of the Poetry section was Charlotte Lydia with Coppe. The winner of the Short Fiction section was Mark Wagstaff for Riding Without a Ticket.

The Poetry and Short Fiction Finalists of the 2011 Creative Works Competition were:

Abeer Hoque
Abegail Morley
Alex Howard
Amy Wright
Andy Ferguson  
Angela Bridge 
Angela Croft 
Anne Welsh
Anthony White  
Arlene Humphrey  
Beverly Akerman  
Bruce Turnbull  
Carol Carpenter  
Charles Wilkinson 
Charlotte Lydia
Christian Wethered  
David Mark Williams

Dorothy Fryd  
Edward Nudelman  
George Amabile  
Greta Ross  
Henry Spottswood  
Ian Crockatt 
Jacqueline Winn  
Jeanette O’Shea  
Jendi Reiter  
Jenifer Lawrence
Joan Kunsch 
John Darley  
Joyce Youmans 
Julie Chilver  
Kathrine Sowerby 
Leland James 
Lisa May

Lucy Dougan  
Mari-Lou Rowley  
Mark Wagstaff 
Martina Newberry  
Ren Warom  
Rod Usher
Ronan McDonnell
Ruth Furness
Sarah Reilly
Sarah Stutt
Sharon Black
Sinead Rooney
Susan Kelly-DeWitt
Theo Greenblatt
Wendy Klein
Wes Lee
Zelda Chappel

The work of the winners and finalists is published in the 2012 Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual available now.
To find out more click here.