18 August 2013
2013 Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize | Call for entries | Rs. 10,000 top prize | India
Deadline: 31 August 2013
Entries are invited from young poets in India writing in English for the fifth Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize.
The Prize was instituted by the Srinivas Rayaprol Literary Trust to recognize excellence in poetry written in English and is being administered jointly by the Department of English, University of Hyderabad. The prize consisting of a cash award of Rs.10,000 and a citation will be presented at a literary event in Hyderabad in the month of October 2013. The entries will be judged by a distinguished jury of poets and literary personalities.
Entries are invited from Indian citizens between 20-40 years and writing poetry in English.
ENTRIES MUST INCLUDE:
ENTRIES MUST REACH:
Dr. Aparna Rayaprol
Convener, Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize
Director, Study in India Program
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad AP 500046
rayaproltrust@gmail.com
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: rayaproltrust@gmail.com
Website: http://www.uohyd.ac.in/
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Entries are invited from young poets in India writing in English for the fifth Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize.
The Prize was instituted by the Srinivas Rayaprol Literary Trust to recognize excellence in poetry written in English and is being administered jointly by the Department of English, University of Hyderabad. The prize consisting of a cash award of Rs.10,000 and a citation will be presented at a literary event in Hyderabad in the month of October 2013. The entries will be judged by a distinguished jury of poets and literary personalities.
Entries are invited from Indian citizens between 20-40 years and writing poetry in English.
ENTRIES MUST INCLUDE:
- Three (3) different, unpublished poems written by the applicant;
- Evidence of age; Scanned copy of passport/driver’s license/pan card/voter id/aadhar
- Complete contact information (including phone numbers and email addresses).
ENTRIES MUST REACH:
Dr. Aparna Rayaprol
Convener, Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize
Director, Study in India Program
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad AP 500046
rayaproltrust@gmail.com
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: rayaproltrust@gmail.com
Website: http://www.uohyd.ac.in/
2013 - 2014 Charles Pick Creative Writing Fellowship | Call for applications | South Asia
Deadline: 31 January 2014
The Charles Pick South Asian Fellowship is a six-month residential creative writing fellowship with an award of £10,000. The fellowship began in October 2002.
The Charles Pick South Asian Fellowship seeks to encourage the spirit of writing by giving support to the work of a new and, as yet, unpublished writer of fictional or non-fictional prose based in South Asia. The writer should be from South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Burma/Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan), but does not need to be domiciled there.
Application forms must be submitted with an original typescript of 2,500 words. All applicants must provide a reference from an editor, agent or accredited teacher of creative writing.
All application forms and full details are available here.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions: charlespickfellowship@uea.ac.uk
Applications: Fellowship Administrator, The Charles Pick Fellowship, South Asia School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/fellowships/
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The Charles Pick South Asian Fellowship is a six-month residential creative writing fellowship with an award of £10,000. The fellowship began in October 2002.
The Charles Pick South Asian Fellowship seeks to encourage the spirit of writing by giving support to the work of a new and, as yet, unpublished writer of fictional or non-fictional prose based in South Asia. The writer should be from South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Burma/Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan), but does not need to be domiciled there.
Application forms must be submitted with an original typescript of 2,500 words. All applicants must provide a reference from an editor, agent or accredited teacher of creative writing.
All application forms and full details are available here.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions: charlespickfellowship@uea.ac.uk
Applications: Fellowship Administrator, The Charles Pick Fellowship, South Asia School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/literature/fellowships/
Freelance Singapore-Based Writers wanted | SG Hotels Guide
SG Hotels Guide is looking for talented Singapore destination experts to join our team.
Our ideal candidates are Singapore-based writers or bloggers with experience in writing for the web and excellent command of the English language. You're an expert on your city, you know the ins and outs, the dos and donts, and you love sharing your knowledge with others.
Topics we cover include hotel reviews, event listings, and descriptions of sights and areas. We also plan to publish a few longer featured articles on a weekly basis.
Rates depend on article length and quality, but we typically pay 20-25U$D per 500-word article.
If you´re interested, please send an email to info@sghotelsguide.com with a brief introduction and a few links to your writing samples.
About us: SG Hotels Guide is a young travel startup aiming to make hotel search more efficiënt.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ applications: info@sghotelsguide.com
Website: http://www.sghotelsguide.com/
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Our ideal candidates are Singapore-based writers or bloggers with experience in writing for the web and excellent command of the English language. You're an expert on your city, you know the ins and outs, the dos and donts, and you love sharing your knowledge with others.
Topics we cover include hotel reviews, event listings, and descriptions of sights and areas. We also plan to publish a few longer featured articles on a weekly basis.
Rates depend on article length and quality, but we typically pay 20-25U$D per 500-word article.
If you´re interested, please send an email to info@sghotelsguide.com with a brief introduction and a few links to your writing samples.
About us: SG Hotels Guide is a young travel startup aiming to make hotel search more efficiënt.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ applications: info@sghotelsguide.com
Website: http://www.sghotelsguide.com/
2013 NUHA Foundation Writing Competition | £150 top prize | worldwide
Deadline: 1 November 2013 (confirmed deadline)
Whether you're from Mauritius, Mexico or Malaysia, we would like to hear what YOU have to say about 'education'. The competition has been established as an international platform to debate issues of education and development.
Absolutely anyone can participate, and three prizes are on offer:
Find out more by clicking on one of the links below.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ applications: editor@nuhafoundation.org
Website: http://www.nuhafoundation.org
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Whether you're from Mauritius, Mexico or Malaysia, we would like to hear what YOU have to say about 'education'. The competition has been established as an international platform to debate issues of education and development.
Absolutely anyone can participate, and three prizes are on offer:
- Young Writers Prize, for those born between 1999 and 2003: £50
- Youth Prize, for those born between 1995 and 1998: £100
- Adult Prize, for those born before 1995: £150
Find out more by clicking on one of the links below.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ applications: editor@nuhafoundation.org
Website: http://www.nuhafoundation.org
Call for submissions | The Literary Yard | India
The Literary Yard is an e-journal that aims at identifying and featuring the best literary works awaiting publication. The idea is to tender budding as well as established authors a constructive platform which helps them to reach out to a mass audience. An ever-increasing repository of quality, critical articles, poems, short fiction, literary essays and reviews on the e-journal is a living example of the committment.
Our effort is also to focus on new books and recognise fresh literary trends. The e-journal seeks to offer a constructive platform for booklovers’, readers, writers and creative artists. Our effort is to tender platform to budding and struggling authors from all over the world.
OS is the founder and owner of the e-journal who seeks to promote the literary arts in India, especially with a mix of folk culture.
SUBMISSIONS:
The Literary Yard invites stories, articles on literature, literary criticism, opinion articles on literature and literary trends and much more.
Send your best write-ups in a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file. If you’re sending poems, DO NOT make a separate submission for each individual poem. It makes my job as an editor difficult.
No need to send a cover letter, but a kind email with regular/formal courtesy will do. In addition, make sure your contact information appears either in your email or in the attachment.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know as soon as any of your poems, stories, essays, reviews, critical pieces or non-fiction have been accepted elsewhere.
No previously published works.
We are currently unable to pay despite our understanding of the pain effort that goes into writing a good piece. But getting published in The Literary Yard will expose you as a writer to the world.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: onkar.sharma@outlook.com or onkar_sharma@live.com
Website: http://literaryyard.com
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Our effort is also to focus on new books and recognise fresh literary trends. The e-journal seeks to offer a constructive platform for booklovers’, readers, writers and creative artists. Our effort is to tender platform to budding and struggling authors from all over the world.
OS is the founder and owner of the e-journal who seeks to promote the literary arts in India, especially with a mix of folk culture.
SUBMISSIONS:
The Literary Yard invites stories, articles on literature, literary criticism, opinion articles on literature and literary trends and much more.
Send your best write-ups in a .doc, .docx, or .rtf file. If you’re sending poems, DO NOT make a separate submission for each individual poem. It makes my job as an editor difficult.
No need to send a cover letter, but a kind email with regular/formal courtesy will do. In addition, make sure your contact information appears either in your email or in the attachment.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please let us know as soon as any of your poems, stories, essays, reviews, critical pieces or non-fiction have been accepted elsewhere.
No previously published works.
We are currently unable to pay despite our understanding of the pain effort that goes into writing a good piece. But getting published in The Literary Yard will expose you as a writer to the world.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Questions/ submissions: onkar.sharma@outlook.com or onkar_sharma@live.com
Website: http://literaryyard.com
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