Apply for SaveAs Writers’ International Writing Competition. To celebrate Eliot, his work and the views from our coastline, SaveAs Writers launch their annual international creative writing competition, this year asking for poems and short stories on the theme of Horizons. The theme can be literal, figurative, a celebration of views, a reflection on Eliot and his work (The Waste Land itself opened new horizons in poetry) or a broader take on the theme.

Prizes

Save as Writers’ International Writing Competition must have the following prizes

Poetry

• Winner: The Canterbury Christ Church University Poetry Prize of £200
• Second place: £100
• Third place: £50

Prose

• Winner: The University of Kent Fiction Prize of £200
• Second place: £100
• Third place: £50

Poems must not exceed 60 lines in length. Prose must not exceed 3500 words. Entries are judged anonymously, and the author’s name and address should not appear on the poem or short story itself.

Details

National and International entries are welcome. 2021 marks the centenary of T S Eliot’s visit to Margate, where he wrote part of The Waste Land while looking out on the sea from the Nayland Rock shelter. To celebrate Eliot, his work and the views from the coastline, SaveAs Writers launch their annual international creative writing competition, this year asking for poems and short stories on the theme of Horizons. The theme can be literal, figurative, a celebration of views, a reflection on Eliot and his work (The Wasteland itself opened new horizons in poetry) or a broader take on the theme.

Apply before 31st August 2021.

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