Best of the Shed
We feature some of the very best writing from inside the Shed, here on our front page. These are pieces that have earned wide approval and have been workshopped within 'The Lab', part of the Book Shed Forum.
- All rights available, please contact the authors through the Book Shed.
Longer Fuses will be the second compilation of stories produced by The BookShed. The submissions period for the new book is now open and continues until 1 September 2010.
For the second year running, literary website McSweeney's Internet Tendency is looking for five new columnists.
Mills and Boon are to launch a global search for fresh writing talent. New Voices is a contest open to previously unpublished writers. On offer is publication of the winning entry and the services of a Mills & Boon editor for a year.
Zoetrope has launched its 14th annual short story competition with a top prize of $1,000.
The Wildlife Trusts (TWT) have teamed up with independent publisher Elliott & Thompson and Foyles book shop to launch a brand new writing competition for unpublished authors.
Short story writers are being encouraged to enter a competition that organisers are calling the first of its kind.
UK writers are being encouraged to eavesdrop on conversations then use what they hear to inspire a new piece of work.
The Times and Chickenhouse Publishing have announced a contest offering a publishing contract to one new talented children's writer.
The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has announced nominations for its 2010 Audies competition, the only awards program in the United States devoted entirely to honoring spoken word entertainment. Winners will be announced at the Audies Gala on May 25, 2010, at The Museum of the City of New York in New York City.Twit Ring
A random selection from BookShed writers.
