Write by the Sea Literary Festival calls entries for 2020 Writing Competitions. There are three competition categories:

Fiction Short Story (maximum 3,000 words)
Memoir – a factual account of a memorable moment (maximum 3,000 words)
Poetry (maximum 40 lines)
PRIZES

Two category winners will be presented with a cash prize of €250 and the overall winner will receive the top cash prize of €500. All three winners will receive a beautiful hand-crafted Write By The Sea Festival 2020 Writing Competition trophy and all three winning pieces will be published on the Write By The Sea website.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Entries must be the original and unpublished work of the entrant.
Entries must relate to our Write By The Sea 2020 theme ‘Waves’.
Entries must be typed in Word document format and double-spaced* (see Note A below).
Entries must be submitted via the Online Entry Form on the Competition page of the WBTS website, writebythesea.ie where entrants will upload their names and contact details.
As submissions are judged on an anonymous basis, the author’s name and contact details must not appear anywhere in the text of the writing submission.
Entrants can submit as many entries as they wish at €10 per entry, or €25 for three entries (which can be in any or all of the three categories).
The decision of the judges is final.
No correspondence/contact will be entered into and no feedback will be given to individual entrants.
Entrants should retain copies of their work as entries will NOT be returned.
The closing date for entries is 11.59 pm on Friday 10 July 2020
Committee members and relatives of committee members of the Write By The Sea festival, its agents, contributors or sponsors are not eligible to enter the competition.
All non-winning entries will be deleted from the records after three months from the date of the announcement of the competition results.
TIMELINE

Monday 16 March 2020: Competition opens
Friday 10 July 2020: competition closes at 11.59 pm
Friday 21 August 2020: shortlist of the winning entries will be posted on the WBTS website, writebythesea.ie
September 2020: winners will be notified by WBTS
October 2020: the winning pieces will be published on the WBTS website
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Organizer – Write by the sea
Type of Opportunity – Competitions and Award
Open to – All
Deadline – 10 July, 2020
Timeline

Monday 16 March 2020: Competition opens
Friday 10 July 2020: competition closes at 11.59 pm
Friday 21 August 2020: shortlist of the winning entries will be posted on the WBTS website, writebythesea.ie
September 2020: winners will be notified by WBTS
October 2020: the winning pieces will be published on the WBTS website
http://educommander.com/2020-write-by-the-sea-writing-competitions/