The (virtual) beers are on me! ***WARNING: May contain scenes of smugness***

[skr80]

well - can you post your winning entry here please?

 

[R. Slicker]

Mr Hound, although I am quite new to this place, I have found your musings on here both witty & entertaining.
Congratulations
R.Slicker

 

[Cheshire Cat]

UEA - MA in Creative Writing

 

[vegster]

I've just won the £1,000 first prize in a writing competition.

And the sun is shining.

It's an omen for a grand weekend I tell 'ee. I can feel a 5-0 thrashing coming tomorrow - let's just hope the team remember it is better to give than to receive.


*winner*

Liar ! you typed it !

 

[Wozza]

Just about writing in today's climate, I wrote three gig reviews for a well known music magazine and e-mailed them off. There was no payment offered or sought, but what pissed me off was the alterations they made to them before publishing them. I'm not illiterate by any means and can write to a good standard, and I hoped to capture my feelings for the gigs in question through my description. You can't change ANY of the wording in a piece without changing emphasis or emotion etc. IMHO.

Well, there are two issues here.

Firstly, even the very best writers get their work subbed (and sometimes hacked). You should expect it.

But, also, very few magazines want independent opinions, these days. When you write, you're representing the entire magazine - or 'brand' (yuk). I'm talking about reviews and features. Columns are a little different, of course.

 

[algie]

It was the 20th Anniversary competition of a creative wiriting course. I had to say how joining it had affected my life - which it's fair to say it has.

To be honest I was expecting someone to win it with an essay along the lines of "My sister died when I was young and I just had my legs amputated whilst recovering from cancer. Only by joining this course have I got my life back on track..."

But it seems there weren't any such suitable entrants.

Spot on and well done.