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Ignite!

21 April 2008

Ignite bills itself as Australia’s premier writing contest with an award of AUD$110,000. Wow!
This ground-breaking award is for a book-length work of literary fiction written by an author resident in Australia or Asia, or a work primarily set in Australia or an Asian [...]

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And the next crit is in

5 February 2008

For Basement of the Universe. This one is from Chro, who, from what I can tell, didn’t at all like it.

121. Laurie Ashton – Basement of the Universe
My one concern here is the extraneous material that doesn’t really add anything.
For example, the whole mini-scene before the break is already covered by the [...]

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My First 500 Words

4 February 2008

I posted the first 500 words of Basement of the Universe as I submitted them to Nathan Bransford’s contest in this entry. Happily, I’ve received some comments there, critiquing my piece. Thank you, critiquers. I also submitted my piece to two other people who offered to do critiques in [...]

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The First 500 Words – Finalist List is Up.

4 February 2008

If you haven’t checked it out already, read through the six finalist entries in Nathan Bransford’s The Surprisingly Essential First 500 Words contest and vote on your favourite.
While you’re doing that, read Nathan and Holly’s comments – they can be quite educational, especially if you want [...]

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Basement of the Universe, the first 500 words

31 January 2008

Nathan Bransford, an agent for Curtis Brown Ltd., is insanely running a contest for writers. Submit your first 500 words and he’ll… Well, his blog entry doesn’t exactly spell out whether he’ll critique each one or what, but the finalists win some pretty nifty – for writers – prizes, including a [...]

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Arts Festival in India

23 January 2008

I recently learned about an arts festival taking place in India from the 2nd – 10th February 2008 called the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. It’s been taking place since 1999 and is named after the area in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) where it’s taking place.
Sadly, I can’t find [...]

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Bulwer-Lytton 2007 winners are in!

19 January 2008

For the uninitiated, the Bulwer-Lytton contest is named after Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, author of that infamous novel:
"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents–except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept [...]

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Really really bad writing

13 July 2006

Ever heard of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest? It’s great fun.
I was first introduced to it back in 1984 or 1985 by an interesting English teacher by the name of Terry Stitt. I say he’s interesting because he was, but he was also fantastic. Of all [...]

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