Competition information, deadlines 31 March - 14 July 2014

Now that we are in to March, I thought I would have a look at how I did for my writing goals for February.  I am still keeping to my writing resolutions and have entered four competitions, written two new pieces and edited the first three chapters of my current WIP.

Talking of competitions, thanks to my fellow blogger Displacement Activity for the following information:

Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize 2014     This competition is for unpublished novels written by women writers. Women writers over 21 years old with a novel - in any genre - may submit their work to the competition. The closing date is 12st March 2014. There's a first prize of £1,000. More details are here.      Jane Austen Short Story Award 2014   This returning short story competition looks for fiction inspired by Jane Austen's work. Stories of between 2,000 and 2,500 words on the theme "a character from one of Jane Austen's novels" may be entered. Entries may be in any genre, may be set in any time period and be of any genre, though children's fiction isn't to be submitted.  The closing date for entries is 31st March 2014. There's a £750 first prize, plus runners up awards. The top three writers all also win a week's writing retreat at Chawton House Library. Winning and shortlisted stores will also be anthologised. More details may be found here. There's an entry form here.          The Henshaw March Short Story Competition   This short story is open to previously-unpublished short fiction of up to 2,000 words. The closing date is 31st March 2014. There's a £100 first prize plus a range of runners-up awards. More details may be found here.        AM Heath Criminal Lines crime novel competition London literary agents AM Heath have announced details of a new novel competition for crime fiction writers. Criminal Lines asks for the first 15,000 words (plus an 800-word synopsis) of any kind of crime, suspense or thriller novel.  Entrants should be unagented and previously unpublished, and should have not submitted their competition manuscript to AM Heath before. Submissions are open until 5th May 2014. There's a £1000 first prize on offer. More details may be found here.       The HG Wells Short Story Competition 2014     Stories of between 1,500 and 5,000 words are called for on the theme of "fortune". The competition closes 14th July 2014. Winning and short-listed stories will be collected into a print anthology. The grand prize is £250 and there's a also a £1,000 prize for the best entrant from a young (19 and under) writer. Full details are on the HG Wells short story competition website.