- Current Competitions:
(Click Here for previous competitions and results)(Download Competition Guidelines)
Micro-Fiction Competition
Postcard and Short Travel Writing Competition
Creative Writing Workshop Competition
Write About Writing Competition
Poetry Competition
Nano Fiction Competition now closed - judging in progress - we are aiming for results to be out Aug/Sept.
Drawing Competition: SPRING - click here for results
Wales Themed Competition - click here for results
Memoir Competition - results out at last! Thanks for all your patient patience. We had so many good entries the judging has been epic and pretty difficult. There will be an article in the next issue of the magazine (Autumn) about how we finally chose what we finally chose. Meanwhile click here for the winners.
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Micro-Fiction Competition
Closing date: September 30th 2010
Leaf Books invites you to submit micro-fiction (max 300 words) on any subject imaginable.
Winning and outstanding entries will be published in the Leaf Writers’ Magazine. These, and further commended entries, will also be published in an anthology.
First prize: Winner receives £150 and a free copy of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine and the anthology.
One runner up will receive a free copy of the magazine/anthology.
Further successful entrants published in the magazine will get a free copy, and commended
authors for the anthology will be able to pre-order the book at a reduced rate.
To enter: £3 per entry, 4 entries for £10Enter by post: you can download an entry form (word document) here
or just send your details and a cheque. click here for postal address
If you’d like your submission returned by post, please include a SAE with your entry.
Enter online: pay via paypal (they take credit cards if you don't have a paypal account). The button will take you to paypal and then you just email us the writing. Please send your work as an attachment to contact@leafbooks.co.uk as a .doc or .rtf file.
For a single entry (£3.00):
For 4 entries (£10):
Postcard and Short Travel Writing Competition
Visiting new places can be very inspiring for writers. Leaf Books invites you to submit a short piece of Travel Writing (up to 300 words) or a postcard from an interesting destination (you don’t have to send us an actual postcard, but feel free to if you like – if you’re not using an actual postcard, your piece should be no longer than 300 words; if you are, you can write on both the back and front of the postcard). Your writing can be a journalistic piece, a diary entry or a piece of micro-fiction – as long as your piece evokes a clear sense of place then you’re welcome to use a form of your choice.
Winning and outstanding entries will be published in the Leaf Writers’ Magazine. These, and further commended entries, will also be published on the Leaf Books showcase site.
First prize: Winner receives £150 and a free copy of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine.
Further published entrants will receive a free copy of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine.
To enter: £3 per entry, 4 entries for £10.Closing Date: 31st August 2010
Enter by post: you can download an entry form (word document) here
or just send your details and a cheque. click here for postal address
If you’d like your submission returned by post, please include a SAE with your entry.
Enter online: pay via paypal (they take credit cards if you don't have a paypal account). The button will take you to paypal and then you just email us the writing. Please send your work as an attachment to contact@leafbooks.co.uk as a .doc or .rtf file.
For a single entry (£3.00):
For 4 entries (£10):
Closing Date: 31st August 2010
Creative Writing Workshop Competition
Send us a short poem (20 lines or fewer) or up to 300 words of prose inspired by the following writing exercise (below). This is an extract from the first edition of the Writers' Magazine and everyone who buys the magazine gets a free entry to this competition or £3.00 off any other competition entry.
Ten-minute writing exercise:
This is a good way to get into the habit of conveying information by showing rather than telling. Think of a person you know well and write a brief piece (a paragraph or two; maybe a short poem) that tells the reader something about that person’s character … but without using adjectives, adverbs or abstract nouns. So if your chosen person is kind, for example, you cannot simply say ‘She is kind’, ‘She acts kindly’ or ‘She shows kindness’: you have to demonstrate her kindness through her actions, for example through laying the table, folding clothes or through the way this person interacts with others.
You could also try describing a person’s room in a way that reveals something about their character – a slew of biscuit crumbs in the bed is as informative as
any abstract noun.
Workshop competition:
The winning entry will be published in the next edition of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine, and the winner will receive £150 and a free copy of the magazine.
To enter: £3 per entry, 4 entries for £10. You’re entitled to one free competition entry if you’ve bought the magazine.
with your entry.
Competition closes: July 15th 2010Enter by post: you can download an entry form (word document) here
or just send your details and a cheque. click here for postal address
If you’d like your submission returned by post, please include a SAE with your entry.
Enter online: pay via paypal (they take credit cards if you don't have a paypal account). The button will take you to paypal and then you just email us the writing. Please send your work as an attachment to contact@leafbooks.co.uk as a .doc or .rtf file.
For a single entry (£3.00):
For 4 entries (£10.00):
Competition closes: July 15th 2010
New Write about Writing Competition
Leaf Books invites you to send us up to 300 words on one of the following themes:
- Where you write
- Fitting writing into a busy schedule
- Writing resources (the web, books, writing groups etc.)
- Editing
- Publishing successes and failureThe winning entries will be published in the second edition of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine. One winning entry will receive £100 and a free copy of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine in which they are published. Further successful entrants may also be published in the magazine and will receive a free copy.
To enter: £2.50 per submission, 5 submissions for £10.
Enter by post: you can download an entry form (word document) here
or just send your details and a cheque. click here for postal address
If you’d like your submission returned by post, please include a SAE with your entry.
Enter online: pay via paypal (they take credit cards if you don't have a paypal account). The button will take you to paypal and then you just email us the writing. Please send your work as an attachment to contact@leafbooks.co.uk as a .doc or .rtf file.
For a single entry (£2.50):
For 5 entries (£10)
Competition closes: June 30th 2010
New Poetry Competition
Closing Date: 31 May 2010
Leaf Books invites you to submit poems (max 35 lines) on any subject. Winning and outstanding
entries will be published in the Leaf Writers’ Magazine. These, and further commended entries, will also be published in an anthology.
First Prize: Winner receives £200 and a free copy of the Leaf Writers’ Magazine.
One runner up receives a free copy of the magazine/anthology.
Further successful entrants published in the magazine will get a free copy, and commended authors for the anthology will be able to pre-order the book at a reduced rate.To enter:
£3 per entry, 4 entries for £10.
Enter by post: you can download an entry form (word document) here
or just send your details and a cheque. click here for postal address
If you’d like your submission returned by post, please include a SAE with your entry.
Enter online: pay via paypal (they take credit cards if you don't have a paypal account). The button will take you to paypal and then you just email us the writing. Please send your work as an attachment to contact@leafbooks.co.uk as a .doc or .rtf file.
For a single entry (£3.00):
For 4 entries (£10):
Closing Date: 31 May 21020
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