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27 April: The Art of the Short Story
February 15th, 2013
On Saturday 27 April at the Society Club, W1, Cathy Galvin, founder of the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award and curator of the sparkling short-story salon The Word Factory, is hosting a one-day short story workshop with award-winning writers Michèle Roberts, Alison MacLeod, Adam Marek and literary agent Carrie Kania.
The day aims to help people find their writing voice and to offer advice on getting published. The group is limited to 15. More details on the WORD FACTORY website.
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Manchester Fiction Prize deadline Aug 12
July 15th, 2011
Under the direction of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University is launching the second Manchester Fiction Prize for unpublished short stories by new or established writers from anywhere in the world. Judges John Burnside, Alison MacLeod and Nicholas Royle will be shortlisting and picking the winner of the £10,000 First Prize, to be awarded at a gala ceremony on 14th October as part of the 2011 Manchester Literature Festival.
The winner of the inaugural competition in 2009 was Toby Litt (pictured left). For more information visit: www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk/fiction.