Lightship First Chapter Competition
Closes on
30 Jun 2012
The winner will receive expert mentoring from M.J. Hyland, David Miller of Rogers, Coleridge & White, and Alessandro Gallenzi of Alma Books, to write their novel.
Lightship Short Story Competition
Judge:
Andrew Crumey
Closes on
30 Jun 2012
1st Prize: £1000 / US$1600*
The winner and nine runners-up will be published in the Lightship anthology to be published by Lightship Publishing and Alma Books in October 2013...
The winner and nine runners-up will be published in the Lightship anthology to be published by Lightship Publishing and Alma Books in October 2013...
Lightship Flash Fiction Competition
Judge:
Vanessa Gebbie
Closes on
30 Jun 2012
1st Prize: £500 / US$800*
The winner and nine runners-up will be published in the Lightship paperback anthology to be published by Lightship Publishing Ltd and Alma Books...
The winner and nine runners-up will be published in the Lightship paperback anthology to be published by Lightship Publishing Ltd and Alma Books...
Lightship Poetry Competition
Judge:
Sean O'Brien
Closes on
30 Jun 2012
1st Prize: £1000 / US$1600*
The winner and nine runners-up will be published in the Lightship paperback anthology to be published by Lightship Publishing and Alma Books in 2012...
The winner and nine runners-up will be published in the Lightship paperback anthology to be published by Lightship Publishing and Alma Books in 2012...
Toby Litt
Our Short Story Competition Judge.
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Toby Litt grew up in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. He is a Granta Best of Young British Novelist and a regular on Radio 3's The Verb. He is the author of two collections of stories and seven novels including Corpsing, deadkidsongs and the forthcoming King Death. His story 'John and John' won the 2009 Manchester Fiction Prize.
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'I think now is a very good time for short stories. Right this moment, the heavyweight novel looks a little paunchy and flat-footed. Stories, which have always punched above their weight, seem to be able to cope better with a bludgeoning world. Jab, jab, and then wham!
'What I always look for in any fiction is a feeling of deep, genuine surprise. Where did that...? But wasn't this just...? How did it...? This could be in the plot, the images, the mood. I hope I'm not sniffy in terms of genre. I hope I recognize things that have never been done before. Good luck.' Toby Litt
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