Felixstowe Scribblers 2021: Lightship Literary Prizes 2011/2012

Friday, 15 June 2012

Lightship Literary Prizes 2011/2012

Fw: Lightship Literary Prizes 2011/2012 - FREE Lightship Anthology E-Book
Closing date for the competitions is the 30th June 2012.

Lightship First Chapter Competition
Judges: M.J. Hyland Alessandro Gallenzi David Miller
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Closes on 30 Jun 2012
The winner will receive expert mentoring from M.J. Hyland, David Miller of Rogers, Coleridge & White, and Alessandro Gallenzi of Alma Books, to write their novel.

Lightship Short Story Competition
Judge: Andrew Crumey
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Closes on 30 Jun 2012
1st Prize: £1000 / US$1600*
The winner and nine runners-up will be published in the Lightship anthology to be published by Lightship Publishing and Alma Books in October 2013...

Lightship Flash Fiction Competition
Judge: Vanessa Gebbie
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Closes on 30 Jun 2012
1st Prize: £500 / US$800*
The winner and nine runners-up will be published in the Lightship paperback anthology to be published by Lightship Publishing Ltd and Alma Books...

Lightship Poetry Competition
Judge: Sean O'Brien
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Closes on 30 Jun 2012
1st Prize: £1000 / US$1600*
The winner and nine runners-up will be published in the Lightship paperback anthology to be published by Lightship Publishing and Alma Books in 2012...

FREE Lightship Anthology 1 Ebook

All winners of the 2011 Short Story, Poetry and Flash Fiction competitions and the winner of First Chapter have been published in Lightship Anthology 1 (published by Alma Books). The paperback anthology costs £6.99 normally, but we are giving you a FREE copy of the ebook for Kindle and the iPad, no catches. We just want you to see the quality of the anthology, and the work in it, and to remind you that the deadline for all our 2012 competitions is Midnight (GMT) 30th June 2012.
NEW Lightship Short Memoir Contest
Do you want to tell your own story, or an episode of it? Do you long to write from your own life experiences and get published? A short memoir is not fact-based autobiography. It is pure storytelling and as such, allows writers licence to make sense of a part of life, to fashion it into a story that readers can learn from and be entertained by. The inaugural Lightship Short Memoir Competition will be judged by award-winning novelist and memoirist Rachel Cusk. The winning entry will receive £1,000 and be published in the Lightship Anthology.
Judge
Rachel Cusk is an award-winning memoirist, novelist, and journalist. She was born in Canada in 1967 and spent much of her childhood in Los Angeles. She read English at New College, Oxford. Her first novel, Saving Agnes (1993), won the Whitbread First Novel Award. A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother (2001), is a critically acclaimed personal exploration of motherhood. In The Lucky Ones (2003), she uses a series of five narratives, loosely linked by the experience of parenthood, to write of life's transformations; of what separates us from those we love and what binds us to those we no longer understand.
In 2003 Rachel Cusk was nominated by Granta magazine as one of 20 'Best of Young British Novelists'. Her novel, Arlington Park (2006), was shortlisted for the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction. Her latest books are the memoir of a 3-month family stay in Italy, The Last Supper: A Summer in Italy (2009); The Bradshaw Variations (2009), a novel; and the controversial memoir Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation (2012).
Prize
£1000 & Publication in the Lightship Anthology
Short Memoir Launch Date
1st July 2012
Short Memoir Deadline
30th January 2013
Lightship Deadline Reminder
The deadline for all our 2012 competitions is Midnight (GMT) Saturday 30th June 2012.
New way to enter
We have deployed a new way for you to enter the competitions!
You can still enter the competitions by copying and pasting your entry into the system or alternatively you can now simply upload your Word document or other formatted document straight into the entry system. Simply click the browse button - locate your file stored on your computer and click ok.

Request for complete profiles
We have added the extra check when you submit your entry to us to make sure that we do have all of your contact details. Should your entry be a successful one we will need to get in touch with you to let you know. So please fill in the required fields and click update when submitting your entry. Alternatively you can fill in all of the required information in the my account section.

Lightship Anthology 1
Don't forget we have the Lightship Anthology 1 for sale. If you'd like to buy a copy send us an e-mail and we can arrange for one or as many as you would like to be sent out to you!
The paperback anthology will cost £6.99. If you buy 3 copies, Lightship will send you one free. If you buy 6 copies, we'll give you 2 free. If you buy 9 copies we'll give you 3 free. If you would like to reserve copies of the anthology (published by Alma Books) please email: admin@lightshippublishing.co.uk If you want to order the ebook for your Kindle please go to: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lightship-Anthology-1-ebook/dp/B006OML5MA

You have to be in it to win it! Get your entries submitted to be in with the chance to win some of our exclusive prizes!

The deadline for all our 2012 competitions is Midnight (GMT) Saturday 30th June 2012.

Our mailing address is:
Lightship Publishing Ltd The Meredith Building, 21-33 Reform Street, Kingston Upon Hull, England HU2 8EF

REPOSITORY

The Jack Wilkinson Competition for stories about children for an adult reader, is open for entries until 1st June. Stories should be emailed in the usual way to Georgina, making clear that it is a competition entry. Your entries can be in any genre of writing and should be no more than a maximum of 1,500words. Once all entries have been received, they will all be posted on the Repository. Members will have a week to read and choose their favourite three stories. Please do not vote for your own story. Your top three choices should be emailed to Georgina stating 1st, 2nd, 3rd and the corresponding story titles. Please don’t make any comments below the stories until the outcome has been announced. All stories will be published anonymously, with only a story title and a corresponding letter of the alphabet. Once all votes are in (and scores have been double checked) the winning entries will be announced. As we are unable to present the trophy due to the existing situation, an e-certificate will be awarded to the winner. The more entries, the better, so get those scribbling sticks out! Please email all contributions to Georgina Dave

CORONAVIRUS

Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus, Felixstowe Scribblers have sadly cancelled all future meetings until such time as Government advice and restrictions are lifted.

This means a great upheaval to many of our writers, but we will do our best to keep you updated both on this weblog and by email.

We intend to maintain our writing with 500-750 word assignments that may be posted on here for a short period of time whilst our WhatsApp group will have regular 100-200 word exercises to help keep our creative minds working.

Further information will be released as soon as possible.

30 March 2020

Gipping Press

Felixstowe Scribblers chose Gipping Press to publish their 2014, 2017 and 2019 anthologies. Our reasoning was based on their enthusiastic help, great track record and, more than anything else, the quality and high standard of their work. Our anthologies are testament to their expertise.

We anticipate another anthology in 2021 and will be seeking the help once again, of Gipping Press.

We can honestly recommend Gipping Press to anyone seeking advice in publication and for their very competitive prices.

Thank you Gipping Press.

http://www.gippingpress.co.uk/GPselfpublshing.html

Where we meet

Felixstowe Scribblers meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month in The Room at the Top in Felixstowe Library, Crescent Road. Meetings start at 7.30pm and end at 10.00pm.

Details of the library are on their website at https://www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/libraries/felixstowe-library/.

Felixstowe Scribblers are indebted to the Library and its helpful staff for all their valuable assistance.

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, our annual membership fees have been reduced from £30 to £15 for the coming year until November 2021.

Meetings, when they are able to be organised again will allow people preferring to pay at each meeting a charge of £5.

Our writing programmes are available via our two avenues, The Repository and our WhatsApp group.

Membership is open to both published and hobby writers and whilst there are no age limits it is wise to be aware that there may be adult content included in some work.

For more information about Felixstowe Scribblers simply email our Secretary catherine.stafford1@ntlworld.com or our Chairman, Dave, at scribblers.1@btinternet.com.

Committee Members:

Hon President: Ruth Dugdall.

Chairman: Dave Feakes.

Secretary: Cathy Stafford.

Treasurer: Beryl Sabel.

Scribblers Repository Editor: Georgina Salmon.

Weblog Co-ordinator: to be arranged.

Anthology sub committee:

Beryl Sabel,

Georgina Salmon,

Dave Feakes.

WhatsApp administrator:

Justin Keogh

In Memory

Martin Enticknap One time member of the Scribblers who stayed in touch from his home on Sanday in the Orklands. 2003.

Nobby Clarke A keen sailor, he relayed many amusing tales from his past life. Died tragically in a road traffic accident in 2004.

Bill Budner A lay preacher who joined the Scribblers and provided so many prolific words in his short stories. 2006.

Jack Wilkinson Our youngest member for four years, he provided so much laughter and talented creativity before losing his life to cancer at the tender age of twelve. 2006.

Allen Williams Our Welsh wizard had a wonderful wit that kept the group in fits of laughter. 2007.

John Crowson At 97, our most senior member. He passed just a week before he was published for the very first time in the 2010 Felixstowe Scribblers Anthology. 2009.

Doreen Rayner Published and very knowledgeable Felixstowe historian and former member of the Scribblers. 2012

Les Smith Such a welcoming and endearing character, his laughter, matched with his personality and his humorous writing leaves the Scribblers much poorer for his loss. 2015

Mairead Reidy Such a warm hearted and generous person who was both extremely talented and knowledgeable. Liked and loved by all. Another very sad loss to our creative group. 2018

Dick Bradshaw A warm and friendly long term member. A wonderful and published writer with a wealth of knowledge and so many humorous tales. A very sad loss of a good friend. 2018

It is fitting that we also remember Liam Fairhurst of Soham who died of cancer in 2009. He raised enormous sums of money for charity all beginning in memory of his friend and ours, Jack Wilkinson.

Maurice James, the creator of the Coast to Coast competitions and a great friend to the Scribblers. 2010