The Once & Future King?
Added: (Thu May 16 2002)
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Were you there when …
… Arthur pulled the sword from the stone? A sad eyed queen lost her head after ruling for only nine days? A young prince forfeited his throne and his life in London Tower?
Or maybe fantasy is more your forte and you rode at the side of a lost king from middle earth or had a strange encounter with the fisher king in the land of Desolation.
If you can see through their eyes and others like them, then you'll have no trouble in coming up with a winner for the new short story competition jointly sponsored by WriteLink www.writelink.co.uk one of the UKs top writers' resource websites and Raindance, www.raindance.co.uk specialists in film production and script writing workshops.
Celebrating the Queen's Golden Jubilee, the Once & Future King has a theme wide open to creative interpretation. The only stipulation is that stories must be no longer than 2,000 words and feature a member of a royal family!
There are prizes of £175, £75 and £50 or US dollar equivalent on offer, plus commemorative certificates to all shortlisted entrants.
The closing date is the 12th August so plenty of time to get thinking caps on!
The adjudicator is David Swann, a lecturer in Creative Writing at University College Chichester and twice a prize winner in the prestigious Bridport Prize short story competition.
Entry forms can be downloaded from the website or hard copies can be sent on receipt of a s.a.e. to The Competition Secretary, WriteLink, 7 Melbourne Road, Newbold, Coleorton, Leicestershire. LE67 8JH.
Website. www.writelink.co.uk or
http://www.writelink.dabsol.co.uk/Competitions/Once___Future_King/once___future_king.html
FURTHER DETAILS:
Sue Kendrick, WriteLink, 7 Melbourne Road, Newbold, Coleorton, Leicestershire. LE67 8JH. Tel. 01530 223467 Email.