247 Tales

Do you enjoy writing short stories? How about a short short short story? Can you write a story which makes sense in 247 words? 

Welcome to 247tales, the online writing competition that challenges you to to write short stories using 247 words or fewer.

The prize for the winning story is £75 worth of Bloomsbury Children’s books plus a framed copy of your winning story. The winning story will appear on the home page of the 247 tales website and ten runners-up will receive signed copies of the guest author’s latest book and their stories will appear on the website as well.

The closing date for this month's competition is 29 April so get writing your 247 words on the theme of THE JOKE. See http://247tales.wordpress.com/ for entry details and some samples of previous entries.

Get writing!

Calling young poets

The Foyle Young Poets of theYear Award 2011 is open to entry from poets between the ages of 11 and 17.

The competition is free to enter and poets may enter more than one poem, which should be original and unpublished. It can be any length and on any theme.

The deadline for receipt of entries is 31 July.

See www.foyleyoungpoets.org

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Kildare Readers Festival - Where are all the Young People?

The Kildare Readers Festival was launched last week in the Riverbank, Newbridge, Co Kildare. There was one young person in the audience - where were all the other young people?

Organisers: Did you make an effort to invite young people? Do you have a list of local schools? Young people are the future of the arts and yet they are often absent from current events run under the umbrella of arts.

Please Please Please reach out to them and include them - they are an important part of our community and they have much to bring to the conversation around the arts.

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