With prizes totalling £9,000
Sponsored by The Morris Duo Foundation for SELVA
(Standard English, Literacy and Visual Aesthetics)
Judges: Sophie King and Katie Fforde
Word Count - 3000 words maximum - Closing Date: 30.09.2011

Entry by email only via our Submissions page

‘Life Writing’ is a fluid term used to describe the recording of experiences and memories, whether one’s own or another’s. It covers biography, memoir, diaries, letters and personal essays etc., and, more recently, digital forms such as blogs and email. It can also be linked with genealogical study - when recording your own life, it is common to become curious about the lives of others, and if they have not recorded their own life, to start doing it for them.

The Competition is open to any writer world-wide of 20 years old and over.
There are two categories: 20 - 40 years old, and Over 40s
Prizes in EACH category: 1st  £3000.  2nd £1000. 3rd  £500.

The entry fee is £7 (seven pounds sterling) payable via Paypal on our submissions page
or by cheque, made payable to 'SWWJ open comp' and sent to:
The Competition Secretary
8 Chestnut Close
Catfield
Norfolk NR29 5RH

Please write your name, email address, and entry title on the back of your cheque.

Judges: Sophie King for Category 1 - 20/40 year olds and Katie Fforde for Category 2 - over 40s.
    
http://www.swwj.co.uk/lifewritingcomp.html