Words by the Water competition deadlines looming

You have until 10 February to send in your entries to two competitions being organised as part of the Words by the Water Festival of Words and Ideas in Keswick this March.

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Free festival tickets for young and enquiring minds

Young people will be able to attend the Words by the Water Festival of Words and Ideas in Keswick for free, thanks to a new bursary scheme. Anyone aged 17-25 can apply for a place, and successful applicants will be given tickets to see up to ten events of their choice.

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Liars’ League – and other write ideas

Sedbergh’s Write Idea festival is back at the end of February with another three days of events to enliven England’s Book Town.

Topping the bill this time is Sedbergh’s take on one of the country’s most innovative live fiction events, Liars’ League – and they’re looking for Cumbrian ‘liars’ to contribute to a show scheduled for Friday 24 February. Read more>>

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Wanted – poets in bloom

Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery have asked poet Carolyn Richardson to organise a seasonal poetry gig as part of their First Friday series of events – and Carolyn’s looking for poets to join her for the spring-themed reading in May.

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Ear ear

In collaboration with Edinburgh-based Maison Vee’s jewellery, Maryport-based The Journal and Original Plus Publications has announced the free-to-enter Silversmith Poetry Competition.

But not that free. All poems have to be about earrings. Read more>>

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Imagineears wanted

Imagineear, a leading producer of audio and multimedia guides, are looking for freelance writers to work on a range of upcoming projects.

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Mslexia Women’s Short Story Competition 2012

“There’s no recipe for a good short story – in fact, they need to be unexpected, surprising. The most familiar material can be surprising if it’s seen freshly.”

So says Mslexia competition judge Tessa Hadley. To see if you can surprise her, read more>>

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Take a Popshot

Poet David Tait, formerly but briefly of this parish and now unaccountably domiciled in Yorkshire, has been in touch to tell us about the rather lovely Popshot magazine and its search for poems and pictures on the theme of ‘power’.

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More winnings in Warwick Bridge

Poet Terry Jones’ decision to give up his lecturing job at Carlisle College in the summer, to devote more time to his writing, has paid off.

He bagged the prestigious £5,000 Bridport Poetry Prize a few weeks ago, and now he’s won first and second in another couple of competitions. Read more>>

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The Dark Mountain wants you to climb it

Ulverston writer Paul Kingsnorth is back from an extended sojourn in the South American wilderness and has returned to the steep and rocky slopes of the Dark Mountain Project.

There have been two Dark Mountain books so far; now Kingsnorth and his fellow editors are working on number three, and they’re looking for submissions. Read more>>

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Words by the Water competitions open for entries

Two competitions organised in association with Keswick’s Words by the Water festival – the Mirehouse Poetry Competition and the Notting Hill Editions Essay Writing Competition – are open for entries.

The closing date for both is 10 February, and linked events are included in the festival programme in March. Read more>>

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Situation vacant: temporary creative writing tutor, University of Cumbria

The University of Cumbria is looking to recruit a dynamic and experienced creative writing tutor to cover a three-month sabbatical. Familiar with all genres of creative writing, the ideal candidate will have a good level of teaching experience at both Undergraduate and Masters level and a clear understanding of how a busy university department works.

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Two Ravens want your ecopoems

Following their recent decision to refocus their list on ‘eco-literature’ and writing that challenges and unpicks the status quo, and the announcement of an ambitious new magazine, EarthLines, Hebridean independent publisher Two Ravens Press is looking for submissions for an anthology of new ecopoetry to be published in November 2012.

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