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Great opportunity for unpublished UK writers

Great opportunity for unpublished UK writers

14 May 2012 · Literary events · Comments { 4 }

If you are an unpublished UK writer with a novel manuscript ready for submission, I’d strongly recommend that you check out the Luke Bitmead Bursary. Submissions for the 2012 contest are open from now until 3rd August. It’s for UK residents only. This is the contest I entered back in 2008 and, to my amazement, [...]

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Congratulations Sophie Duffy!

22 January 2011 · Literary events · Comments { 0 }

It was wonderful the other night to see the Luke Bitmead Bursary awarded for a third year, this time to Sophie Duffy for The Generation Game. The prize is £2,500 and a publishing contract with Legend Press. I didn’t get to talk to Sophie at the event, but I did speak to several of the [...]

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Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary 2010

18 May 2010 · Literary events · Comments { 2 }

My publisher, Legend Press, just announced that submissions are open for the 2010 Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary. This is the contest that gave me my break into publishing when I won it in 2008. The prize is £2,500 and a publishing contract. You enter the first three or four chapters of your novel and a [...]

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Luke Bitmead Award 2009

20 May 2009 · Literary events · Comments { 7 }

I was happy to see a call for entries for the Luke Bitmead Writers’ Bursary 2009. Luke wrote an excellent book, White Summer, in 2006, but died only a few months after it was published. His second book, Heading South, co-written with Catherine Richards, was published posthumously. His family then set up a foundation to [...]

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