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Writing Magazine competitions
Hi
When entering the competitions in writing magazine, do the manuscripts have to be anonymous and just have the name on the cover sheet, or is it fine to put your name on the manuscript itself?
While I've started this topic I was wondering how many of you have had success with the competitions in the Writing Magazine and do any of you have any tips to share?
Thanks
Louise
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My advice, check and double check your entry for silly errors before sending off. I kicked myself once when I realised I had sent off a poem with a word missing! I don't know how it happened but it did.
Good luck!
sounds like me that, after a night on the razzzzle.
Thanks again and good luck for any more you enter. I'd be smiling for days if I saw my name in the shortlist. Oh and I'm so happy we can enter online now. I won't have to worry about the lack of stamps I usually suffer from, or the endless bank holidays at the minute (and I'm not complaining about the latter).
Several years ago I tried a few of the short story comps and 'won' runner-up in the Annual Crime Story comp. It was in the days when the runner-up story was published in the magazine, so I was chuffed to bits.
I sent in an entry just yesterday - first time in yay years. Now that I've looked at the posts about on-line entries I'm kicking myself because I went through the rigmarole of posting it. Could I have entered on-line??
So true. I read some of the first novel I wrote (second draft) I still love the idea, but ouch on the writing.
no, they get so vibrant though whenever I blink everyone thinks the police have turned up
[quote=Neph]So true[/quote] ... funny how it seems ...
I must make more effort.
fingers crossed :)