Rhyme & Reason Short Story & Poetry Competition (June)

The Rhyme & Reason Fundraising Group publishes an anthology of stories, poems and articles by new and established writers in aid of the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home every year. To date, the Group has raised well over £47,000 in aid of IRHH.

Details for the 2012 edition of Rhyme & Reason, with the theme of 'TIME', have now been launched. The publication will take the form of a desk diary, with poems and prose on each left-hand page, facing a weekly calendar on each right-hand page.

Competitions

Contributions for the publication can be made through one of two competitions: a new Prose Competition, to be judged by author Fay Weldon, and a Poetry Competition, now in its fourth year, to be judged by poet Gerard Benson. We are awarding prizes in both categories, and hope to publish as many entries as possible, so even if you are unsuccessful in the competition, you have a very good chance of being published in the diary. Details about both competitions and how to enter are on the Entry Form, available by clicking here.

Judge : Fay Weldon, Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University, novelist, playwright and screenwriter

All profits from entry fees and sales of the Rhyme & Reason diary go to Iain Rennie Hospice at Home http://www.irhh.org/sitehome/index.html - £47k+ donated to date. To enter, please email your story/stories to anne@annereynoldstraining.com, including the title(s), name, address plus home and mobile telephone nos. In addition, please send your entry form (see below) plus fee to Rhyme & Reason Short Story Competition 2011, 4 Gomms Wood House, Cherry Drive, Forty Green, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 1XW. (NB: entries will only be considered once the entry fee has been received.) We welcome entries from everyone of any age. If you are under 18 please add your age to the entry form. Deadline : 30 June 2011.

Each SHORT STORY on the theme of TIME should be no longer than 400 words and should not have been previously published. Only electronic submissions will be accepted and should be in Calibri font size 10. There are three prizes in the Adult section (18+) : 1st £110; 2nd £60; and 3rd £30. There are three book token prizes In the Youth section (up to 18 years) : 1st £30; 2nd £20; and 3rd £10. Prize winners will be notified by the end of August 2011. All winning entries will be published in the 2012 diary edition of ‘Rhyme & Reason’, which is launched in October 2011. The judge’s decision is final. We reserve the right to publish any unplaced entries, which may be altered, amended or corrected by the Editors.

To download the entry form visit : http://www.irhh.org/sitehome/fundraising/fundraisinggroups/rhyme_reason.html


Poetry Competition

Judge : Gerard Benson, City of Bradford's Poet Laureate and foudning editor of 'Poems on the Underground'

All profits from entry fees and sales of the Rhyme & Reason diary go to Iain Rennie Hospice at Home http://www.irhh.org/sitehome/index.html - £47k+ donated to date. To enter, please email your poem(s) to wallisjill@hotmail.com including the title(s), name, address plus home and mobile telephone nos. In addition, please send your entry form plus fee (see below) to Rhyme & Reason Poetry Competition 2011, 8 Lower Icknield Way, Aston Clinton, Bucks, HP22 5JS. (NB: entries will only be considered once the entry fee has been received.) We welcome entries from everyone of any age. If you are under 18 please add your age to the entry form. Deadline : 30 June 2011.

Each POEM on the theme of TIME should be no longer than 30 lines and should not have been previously published. Only electronic submissions will be accepted and should be in Calibri font size 10. There are three prizes in the Adult section (18+): 1st £110; 2nd £60; and 3rd £30. There are three book token prizes In the Youth section (up to 18 years): 1st £30; 2nd £20; and 3rd £10. Prize winners will be notified by the end of August 2011. All winning entries will be published in the 2012 diary edition of ‘Rhyme & Reason’, which is launched in October 2011. The judge’s decision is final. We reserve the right to publish any unplaced entries, which may be altered, amended or corrected by the Editors.

To download the entry form visit : http://www.irhh.org/sitehome/fundraising/fundraisinggroups/rhyme_reason.html

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