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Open to all
Closing date September 30th 2008.
The winner will receive a £5,000 prize, representation by a leading literary agency and a script commission from Red Planet Pictures.
Runners up will have the opportunity to be mentored by the Red Planet team. Read more
How do you become a writer?
'How do you become a writer? Answer: you write.
It's amazing how much resentment and disgust and evasion this answer can arouse. Even among writers, believe me. It is one of those Horrible Truths one would rather not face.
The most frequent evasive tactic is for the would-be writer to say, But before I have anything to say, I must get experience. Read more