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A quick competition update! I saw this in the back of True Singapore Ghost Stories 20, which you can find at most local bookstores. Angsana Books, an imprint of Flame of the Forest Publishing, is offering S$2,000/RM4,000 in cash and other prizes for short ghost stories. Here’s what it says in the back of the book: All you have [...]
It’s that time of year again! This year, we’ll be merging the NaNoWriMo kickoff party with a book launch. :D Happiness at the End of the World is a collection of short stories written by a few people who did NaNoWriMo last year, and will be on sale at the party-launch.
I got back from holiday a few days ago to find out that Neil Gaiman is coming to Singapore for the Sinagpore Writers Festival in October-November! You need tickets to get in, but I’d already missed the ticketing date — apparently all the tickets were gone within 1.5 hours, but the SWF organisers decided to [...]
The Youth Writers Awards Asia 2010 is a competion brought to you by Reader’s Digest Asia and the National Library Broad. This year’s theme is “Dare 2 Dream: Stories of Imagination, Passion and Sporting Excellence” because Singapore will be hosting the 2010 Youth Olympic Games. Here’s some info from the ad, which you can find [...] The library used book sale is back! Basically the NLB takes all its old books and puts them on sale for really cheap. Date: 22 and 23 August Books are going for cheap! English books are $2, while magazines are going for $5 for ten issues. Prices vary according [...] I’m really excited to report this. Heck, I’m practically bouncing away! The Happy Smiley Writers Group (which I’m a part of!) is proud to present a preview of their upcoming novel, Bubble G.U.M. You may remember it being mentioned in our appearance in the newspaper recently. You can download it from the Singapore Novelists website; here’s a direct [...] War of the Words is a scifi novel contest brought to you by SciFiNow, Play.com and publisher Tor UK. It’s organised by agencies in the UK, but it’s open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Some details: Participants need to send in three chapters and a synosis of your novel By that date, [...] The Budding Writers Project is back! One of the better-known children’s competitions, it features children’s books written for kids by kids. Unfortunately, entry is only open to primary and secondary students through their schools. So any teachers or educators out there, listen up :D Anyway, here are some of the rules: Only one entry per student is allowed; students [...] Book Camp is a two-day intensive workshop organised by the National Book Council. Date: 29 & 30 June (Mon and Tues) It’s quite expensive, but it looks like it’s pretty intensive. Over two days, the workshop [...]
The Adelaide Review is having its first Annual Short Fiction Competition! The prizes include: A case of South Australia’s best wines What you need to know: Submissions close Friday, [...] |
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