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Posted 20 December at 2:21 pm in news

Win a critique from a RHCB editor and a copy of the latest Writers and Artists Yearbook!

To celebrate a successful year, we at Tamarind Books are running a competition to encourage new writing for fiction and picture books.

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How to enter

Fiction

To enter email an A4 page outline of your story and two chapters to tamarindbooks@gmail.com.

Picture Books

Please send the text through (no longer than 600 words)

Note: We are not accepting illustrations – just text

Dates

The competition runs from Dec 20th 2011 through to midnight January 31st 2012

Prizes

Two entries will be chosen for a professional review and will also receive a copy of the Writers and Artist’s Yearbook 2012.

Rules

  • All entries must follow the Tamarind ethos. Please see the ‘About Us’ section on the Tamarind website
  • This must be on a word document, double spaced in font size 10
  • We can accept no more than 2 submissions per entrant

Good Luck!

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I wish to submit a manuscript for consideration but not for the contest. Should I submit after Jan 31st when the contest closes?

Posted on January 17th, 2012 at 5:25 pm by Sandra Hill 
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