Origin and Activities
and Links
and Links
SCPSW was founded in 1935.
2024 is our 89th year.
A year with
10 competitions,
9+ publications and
a backlog of major anthologies
available for purchase direct.
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The Blog of Andrew Blackman, traveller, writer and reader! Often carries useful ideas, adventures, and writing opportunities.
MSlexia for women who write.
Further links from time to time.
COMPETITION ENTRY GUIDELINES
ALL ENTRIES to:
franklinkenneth1000@gmail.com
(Further details on the three pages marked ** above.
LAtest ZOOM meetings at foot of this notice.
All competition entries to be submitted by email - no more no snail mail entries in future.
- the existing deadline for entries has been advanced by one week to the 8th of each month and the earlier the better to achieve the target of circulating submissions to members and collating and distributing the results by the end of the month.
EDITABLE WORD.doc attachment to an email. (NO pdfs.)
Please put the author's name beneath the title.
NOTE: We do not use pen names for the competitions.
ZOOM
Poetry: The Open Road (or Travel)
Members will share their poems on the theme of The Open Road (or Travel) on Tuesday 30th April at 7.30pm.
COMPETITION ENTRY GUIDELINES
ALL ENTRIES to:
franklinkenneth1000@gmail.com
(Further details on the three pages marked ** above.
LAtest ZOOM meetings at foot of this notice.
All competition entries to be submitted by email - no more no snail mail entries in future.
- the existing deadline for entries has been advanced by one week to the 8th of each month and the earlier the better to achieve the target of circulating submissions to members and collating and distributing the results by the end of the month.
EDITABLE WORD.doc attachment to an email. (NO pdfs.)Please put the author's name beneath the title.
NOTE: We do not use pen names for the competitions.
ZOOM
Poetry: The Open Road (or Travel)
Members will share their poems on the theme of The Open Road (or Travel) on Tuesday 30th April at 7.30pm.
Membership and Anthology
Encouragement comes from our competitions and news of other publishing and competition opportunities trawled by this site - for example the Bridport Prize - for site use button below for the First Novel Award the and short Story Award.