Do you have any Easter or Spring themed poems, flash fiction, art or photography that you would like to send us to be published on our website in a small online publication? Work that has been previously published is fine as long as you tell us where.

 

This is a separate call from the call for work for issue two- so you can submit to both!

FORTY WORDS

 

We are delighted to announce the winners, runners up, highly commended and commended writers in each category of The FORTY WORDS Competition.

 

Thank you to everyone for sending in your fantastic work.  We had 243 entries in total, of an extremely high standard and it was a very difficult job to select our winners.

 

Winners will be contacted by email this weekend to confirm availability for reading and presentation.

 

Congratulations to the winners and thank you so much to everyone for allowing us to read your work.

 

FORTY WORDS- Fiction

 

Winner- Sherry Morris-‘Reckoning Day’

Runner-up- Ed Broom- ‘Every Penny Warms the Sea’

Highly commended- John Holland- ‘Iodine’

Highly commended- Lynda Kirby- ‘Wishing’

Commended- Eilise Norris- ‘Three days, no sightings’

Commended- Martin Parker- ‘Fabulous’

Commended- David Atkinson- ‘My Father Cut My Hair Until I Was Fifteen’

Commended- JL McCavana- ‘Target Practice’

Commended-Ingrid Jendrzejewski – ‘Hyperbolic Geometry’

Commended-Marilyn Timms- ‘First Frost’

 

FORTY WORDS- Poetry

 

Winner- David Braziel- ‘Snails’

Runner-up-Nick Allen- ‘Salt’

Highly commended- Peter Adair- ‘Open Chapel’

Highly commended- Richard Hough- ‘Ambiguity’

Commended- Anne Casey- ‘Final Offensive’

Commended- Patricia Bennett- ‘Rewrite’

Commended- Kevin Reid- ‘Four Walls and an Absence of Livestock’

Commended- Angela Graham- ‘View-finder’

Commended- Aine McAllister- ‘How to Take the Next Step’

Commended- Diane Jackman- ‘A comparison of cows’

Don’t miss out!

You have until midnight on Thursday 15th Feb 2018 to enter The FORTY WORDS Competition.  Only £2 to enter a piece or enter three pieces for £5.

Two categories- mini poetry and mini-fiction.

Find out about our prizes here.

 

 

You only have until midnight to submit your best poetry, flash fiction, art and photography on the theme of ‘Firsts’- so don’t miss out!

 

We are really looking forward to seeing what you have sent us.  The response has been overwhelming! Thank you!

 

Amy and Paul

A free poetry competition for young people and students who currently live in Northern Ireland.

There are three categories:
Group 1- Age 6-10 years
Group 2- Age 11- 15 years
Group 3- Students aged 16-21 years

Each young person can enter one previously unpublished poem for free- no longer than 20 lines long. (not including the title) Poems can be in any style and on any theme.

Poems must be typed onto a Word Document and attached to the email. No name should be included on the Word document. In the body of the email, please state the poet’s name/ age/ contact phone number/ email address.

Please send your submission to thebangorliteraryjournal@hotmail.com and state in the heading of the email- YOUNG VERSES- (and the category 1, 2 or 3). The deadline for submissions is: midnight 15th April 2018.

First Prize in each category:
A framed certificate/ an opportunity to read your work/ publication in The Bangor Literary Journal/ a writing book and pen

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Thanks to everyone who has submitted their work for the first issue of The Bangor Literary Journal so far. I’m just confirming receipt of today’s submissions now.

 

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Looking for some inspiration for the FORTY WORDS Competition?

Why not respond to the ‘Missing Persons’ prompt below? You could use it to spark a piece of mini fiction of 40 words or less!

We are on the hunt for outstanding poetry, flash fiction, photography and artwork!

Submit by email to thebangorliteraryjournal@hotmail.com

You may submit up to two pieces in total (for example- one poem and one image)

For Issue 1

Launching on: 28^th February 2018

The Theme for issue one is ‘Firsts’… interpret this as you may! Take it literally or turn it on its head.  Just send us your best work. 

The deadline for submissions is midnight on 31^st January 2018.

https://thebangorliteraryjournal.com/submissions/

So you’ve seen that we are looking for entries for the FORTY WORDS competition, but you are unsure of how to go about writing something for it.  Maybe, you have never written anything before, but would love to have a go!  Then why not try writing a CINQUAIN and enter the poetry category of the competition.

A cinquain is a five line poem, which may or may not follow a certain set of rules. Head over to Cinquain.org where you can read all about the origins of this form of poetry; read some examples and find out how to write one yourself.

You could possibly even join two cinquains together to compose your poem.  The title of your poem is not included in the forty word limit.

 

It is only £2 to enter one piece and £5 to enter three pieces.  All donations go straight into The Bangor Literary Journal.  Go to https://thebangorliteraryjournal.com/forty-words-competition/ to read the full set of guidelines and instructions.

Have fun and good luck writing.  Experiment and surprise yourself!

Amy

 

Click below to find out all the information on how to submit to the Forty Words Competition.  Two categories: Mini-poetry and Mini-fiction!

Good Luck!

Amy and Paul

 

https://thebangorliteraryjournal.com/forty-words-competition/