Louise Cooper (1952-2009) was one of Britain’s finest authors of fantasy fiction. For several years, she was also a visiting lecturer and project tutor on the MA Professional Writing course at University College Falmouth. Louise was an extraordinarily insightful and generous teacher, and her loss was felt keenly both by staff on the course and former students who had been lucky enough to be tutored by her.
In memory of Louise, Bloc is launching a new annual competition for aspiring writers of fantasy and/or science fiction. As well as seeing their work published on Bloc, the winner will receive a complete set of Louise Cooper’s Time Master and Star Shadow trilogies.
The judge for this competition is Emily Thomas. Emily edited several of Louise’s books and is now Publisher of Young Adult Fiction for Hodder Children's Books.
To enter the competition, please submit a piece of fantasy fiction (which may include
science fiction) up to a maximum length of 2500 words. This can be either a short story or an extract from a longer work of fiction, and can be aimed at either adults or younger readers.
The closing date for the competition is 17 July 2010 and the winner and four runners up will be announced six weeks later.
More information here.
In memory of Louise, Bloc is launching a new annual competition for aspiring writers of fantasy and/or science fiction. As well as seeing their work published on Bloc, the winner will receive a complete set of Louise Cooper’s Time Master and Star Shadow trilogies.
The judge for this competition is Emily Thomas. Emily edited several of Louise’s books and is now Publisher of Young Adult Fiction for Hodder Children's Books.
To enter the competition, please submit a piece of fantasy fiction (which may include
science fiction) up to a maximum length of 2500 words. This can be either a short story or an extract from a longer work of fiction, and can be aimed at either adults or younger readers.
The closing date for the competition is 17 July 2010 and the winner and four runners up will be announced six weeks later.
More information here.
