EILDON TREE COMPETITION
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Do you have a poem or story you would like to share? Then we would love to hear from you! This professionally-judged competition is open to both young people and adults.
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ENTER THE FIRST EILDON TREE COMPETITION! The next issue of the magazine, Eildon Tree 31, will be a competition issue. Submissions will be judged anonymously by the Eildon Tree editors who are all professional writers. All winners will be invited to a prize-giving coinciding with the publication of The Eildon Tree 31 in Spring 2019. Winners and runners-up in each category will receive a free copy of The Eildon Tree magazine, featuring their work.
Adult competition
• Open to residents from across Scotland • £5 per entry • Maximum of four poems or short stories, or an extract from a work of fiction, up to 3,000 words • 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in the categories of poetry and fiction with prizes of £100, £75 and £50 in each category. All printed in the magazine, along with the shortlist.
Junior competition
• Open to ages 5-18 years • Must be resident in the Scottish Borders • Free entry • One fiction and one poem per person • 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes of book tokens in each category.
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The deadline for submissions is 31 October 2018. Winners to be notified before Christmas 2018. Entries can be submitted by email or delivered to Scottish Borders Libraries or by post to: The Eildon Tree, Creative Communities Live Borders St Mary’s Mill SELKIRK TD7 5EW 01750 726400 EildonTree@liveborders1.org.uk Payment by cheque made payable to Live Borders or by cash at local libraries. For further information on how to enter, a downloadable entry form, plus the terms and conditions, visit www.liveborders.org.uk *This competition is not open to employees of
Live Borders’ Arts and Creativity and relatives of The Eildon Tree editors or judges.