Slingink Scribbling Slam 2011 – Registration Now Open #fb

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Slingink Scribbling Slam 2011 – Registration Now Open

It’s that time of year again when the Slingink Scribbling Slam is upon us.

Site members (remember it is free to join the site – follow the instructions here) can choose to pay to enter the fiction and/or poetry strand of the slam (£12 per strand).

Starting the 8th September entrants then submit 1 story of up to 2,000 and/or 1 poem of up to 50 lines every fortnight for 6 weeks. They are scored and recieve some feedback from the judges.

This year I am happy to announce the following team of judges (please see the forum for their bios):

Poetry

Rumjhum Biswas

Jeff Jeppesen

Robin Herrnfeld

 

Fiction

Lorraine Nevin

Suzy Watts

Prizes in each strand are £80 for 1st place, £40 for 2nd place and £20 for 3rd place.

For further details and guidance on how to enter members should be able to access the forum here (requires login).

 

SO what are you waiting for

 

Get SSSlammin’

 

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Slingink Shorts 2011 – Winners

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Slingink Shorts 2011 – Winners

I am pleased to announce the winners of Slingink Shorts 2011

Please click here to read the top three entries.

1st – K.S. Dearsley  – Communication (which will become the title of the 2011 anthology)

2nd – Doreen Doherty – Taboo

3rd – Jack Noble – Beginnings

 

Honourable Mentions

Rita Elliott – Marbles

Sharon Birch – Moonlighting

 

Winners will be contacted shortly to arrange payment of prize money.

Anthology to be released later in the summer via Lulu – announcement to be made here.

Thanks to all that entered