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Current Competitions

These are our current competitions. There's nothing too complicated in our guidelines but you should read them before you enter or you can download them here.

 

There are links to entry forms in the text for each competition.

 

Good luck!

UPDATE 18/04/13: We have been unable to fix PayPal buttons for competition entries. Until we can dedicate time to a replacement system, please send entry fees via Paypal with a message to let us know which competition your entry is for, then email the entry to us at contact@leafbooks.co.uk
Our Paypal address is leafbooks@yahoo.co.uk

1st May - 31st August 2013 First Chapter Competition

Wednesday, 01 May 2013 00:00 | Last Updated on Thursday, 28 June 2012 21:34 | Written by Kev Davies | PDF | Print | E-mail

How do you start a novel? With the first chapter of course! We're calling for the first chapters of all genres and styles. If you're the next big thing in romance fiction or sci-fi we'd love to see it. Who knows, maybe you'll write the first chapter and be inspired to carry on - now that's the dream! £4 for one entry or £10 for four. Word limit: 2000 words. Prize £75 for the winner who will be offered a chance to have the finished novel published.

 

1st April - 30th June 2013 - Comic Strip Competition

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Have you always fancied yourself as a superhero? Well, don’t just stand there! Show us what you’ve got! We want your comic strips. All strips must be fully completed (including colouring, line work and lettering) and must have dialogue/directions as well as illustration. Regrettably we can only take fully completed pieces and cannot accept just scripts or examples of artwork. £3 for one entry or £8 for three. Word limit: 6 sides of A4. Prize £50 for the winner who will be published in the writers’ magazine and offered a contract to draw a series of strips for publication.

 

1st January 2013 - 30th June 2013 Open Competition

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Did you miss the entry date to one of our other competitions? Or maybe what you're good at doesn’t fit into another category. Well, never fear, this is your opportunity to send us anything! Yes, absolutely anything at all! We'd like it to be connected to writing somehow... but if you don't want that, you don't have to do that.

For this competition we will accept any sort of writing or any combination of mediums. The best (and worst?) pieces will be featured in the January 2014 Leaf Writers' Magazine so whatever you choose to send us, it has to be something we can print or show photos of.

£6 for one entry or £15 for three.

Word limit: Surprise us!

Prize: £100 for the winner who will be featured along with selected runners up in the January 2014 issue of Leaf Writers' Magazine. All featured competitors will receive a complementary copy of the magazine.

Enter by post: you can download an entry form (word document) here or just send your details and a cheque. click here for postal address

Enter online: pay via paypal (they take credit cards if you don't have a paypal account). The button will take you to paypal and then you just email us the writing. Please send your work as an attachment to contact@leafbooks.co.uk

For a single entry (£6.00):

For 3 entries (£15):

Closes June 30th £4 for one entry or £10 for four entries. Prize £75 for the winner who will be published along with the runners up in an anthology and receive a free copy.

As we want to publish your work in an anthology we ask that comic strips be no longer than 6 sides of A4 and be fully finished (including colouring, line work and lettering) and that illustration work included in a piece is no bigger than A4 size.
 

Spare entry forms

If you would like to receive blank entry forms (for example, to share with a writing group) valid for all of our competitions please sent a SAE to our office address along with a note stating how many you require.

 

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