… and how to put them right! Advice and opportunities for new, aspiring and upcoming journalists and writers of non-fiction
My list of writing competitions for non-fiction writers had been getting a little unwieldy of late, so I decided to separate it into three distinct lists: * one dedicated to UK / Ireland / Europe — click here;* one dedicated to US / Canada — click here; * and one dedicated to Australia / New …
Several days have passed … the debate has rumbled on – a lot of it on Twitter, under the hashtag #libertiespress. A tweet from writer David Gaughran gave me pause to reconsider my earlier post on this subject. And it was such a good, succinct point, that I’ve since been pulled the other way a …
The news that an Irish publisher has begun to charge 100 Euro for any unagented submission of a manuscript for potential publication has been met with anger among some writers and writing groups. Writer Susan Tomaselli, editor of Gorse Journal, suggested it was “taking the piss“. A Twitter exchange initiated by Author Oisin McGann revealed …
Periodically, I get frustrated at greedy and unnecessary clauses in contracts – particularly in relation to writing competitions. All copyright-grabbing terms and conditions get my goat, but every now and then, one comes along which gets my whole herd. Step forward Vogue UK’s Talent Contest 2016, which is seeking out journalists under 25 “with an …
So, the following tweet caught my eye the other week … … and I found it pretty cynical and depressing. I have judged a writing competition, for The New Writer, and I can assure you I did not choose the winners by means of a lottery. I spent a number of evenings reading the shortlisted …
I’ve written before about writing competitions of which I disapprove. You’ll find some background at the Copyright page on my blog. And as I said last year, it’s a mistake not to read terms and conditions. So here we go with another, this one from Cornish Traditional Cottages, who are inviting short articles for their …
I’ve just administered a modest little online competition on behalf of one of my clients. It was not a writing competition or related to the publishing business in any way; it was a simple prize giveaway for subscribers of a newsletter. Three things were asked of entrants: 1. To answer a simple question. 2. To …
They’re boring, aren’t they, the terms and conditions to writing competitions. Life’s too short to read them, really. It’s time wasted that could be directed towards writing. They’re written in legalese, and that’s impenetrable, isn’t it. Bi-ig yawn. And they can’t be that bad, anyway. You’re not going to be asked to sign away a …
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