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Self-publishing

Mon, 01/01/2001 - 1:00am
Self-publishing and vanity publishing

There are many reasons for publishing your own work

  • You want a fixed number of copies of a family memoir or perhaps your work on local history
  • You are confident you can sell the quantity you print
  • You haven't time to hang around waiting for a publisher

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Overview – WritersServices Self-publishing

Mon, 01/01/2001 - 1:00am
The complete solution to publishing your own work

Self-publishing is an exciting prospect.

  • For many writers self-publishing may be the solution to getting their book into print and putting an end to time-consuming submissions to agents and publishers.
  • But first, do think about whether your book will find an audience.  Do you want a second opinion?
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9 September 2019 - What's new

September 2019
  • 'I put my whole soul into this book, but I didn't allow myself to hope that it would lead to anything. In fact I firmly hedged my bets against it having any success at all, because it would have been too painful to hope and then be disappointed.
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'Success is not particularly good for creativity'

9 September 2019

'I put my whole soul into this book, but I didn't allow myself to hope that it would lead to anything. In fact I firmly hedged my bets against it having any success at all, because it would have been too painful to hope and then be disappointed," she said. "But then this happens, and I'm proven miraculously, incredibly, joyously wrong...  Read more

'Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.'

— Meg Rosoff

National Poetry Competition 2019

Information

Closing date: 
31 October 2019
Entry: 
Open internationally to all poets who are 17 or over Entry fee £7 for the first poem, £4 for subsequent poems
Prize: 
First Prize £5,000, Second Prize £2,000, Third Prize £1,000 and 7 Commendations £200

One of the biggest single poem competitions in the world, the National Poetry CompetitionAnnual poetry prize run by the UK-based Poetry Society established in 1978; accepts entries from all over the world; over 10,000 poems submitted each year is open to anyone aged 17 or older. Run by the Poetry Society in the UK, the competition is for previously unpublished poems of up to 40 lines in length.

Ten Prizes

First Prize: £5000
Second Prize: £2000
Third Prize: £1000
Seven commendations: £200  Read more