A selection of what I hope are helpful articles about entering competitions.
As these articles are subject to copyright, I respectfully ask that you do not post them elsewhere without my express permission. I would much rather you put a link to this page or the relevant page. If you would like to print some off to share with your face-to-face writing groups, that's fine as long as the article is clearly attributed to this website and Sally Quilford, and Writers Forum magazine.
I was going to put links to festivals etc, but as that only added to my workload of keeping this site up to date, I decided to shelve that idea. Instead the following pages will be devoted to a selection of my old Writers Forum articles. Either click on the links in this page or selected this page on the navigation bar, and select from the drop down list of links.
I will add more, or vary them as I go along. Here are six to be going on with.
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1) Warming to a Theme - advice on entering themed competitions. Originally published in Writers Forum October 2008.
2) Competition Nitpicks - what really gets entrants' goats? Originally published in Writers Forum January 2009
3) Getting Organised - How to keep track of all those entries. Originally published in Writers Forum February 2009
4) Keeping out of File 13 - Tips on ensuring your entry doesn't end up in the waste basket. Originally published in Writers Forum March 2009
5) Character Building - how to create memorable characters. Originally published in Writers Forum in April 2009
6) Have You Lost The Plot? - keeping your story on track. Originally published in Writers forum magazine in May 2009