Gathering of the Figments

Aurora Asha Ila · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:53 pm Post subject: EVERYONE AUSTRALIAN! READ PLEASE

If you are Australian there are several competitions opening up for literary people. One is "THE AUSTRALIAN" VOGEL LITERARY AWARD 2007. Which includes $20,000 prize money, PLUS royalties from sales. Its only for previously unpublished (commercially or electronically) manuscripts and has to be either fiction, Australian History or a Biography between 30,000 and 100,000 words. It has to include a synopsis and entries must be lodged with an accompanying cheque of $25 by the 31 May. You must be under 35 years of age. For more information comb through the REVIEW section in the weekends AUSTRALIAN newspaper, or look up their web-site.
Completed forms and unbound manuscript, printed with double spacing on A4 paper, in english with cheque *breath* must be posted to

The Australian/Vogel Literary Award,
PO Box 8500 St Leonards, NSW 1590

There is also the Newcastle Poetry Prize, which is for Aussies too. Its for open and new media poetry, the latter of which can be collaborated. Closing date is June 29th 2007. Prize for Open Poetry is $11,000
Prize for New Media Poetry is $2,000.
visit www.hwcentre.com for more details.

Sounds like fun no?
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I am sitting in my dingy little office, where a stingy
Ray of sunlight struggles feebly down between the houses tall,
And the foetid air and gritty of the dusty, dirty, city,
Through the open window floating, spreads its foulness over all.

Extract from Clancy and the Overflow, by A.B. Patterson.
Ironically he never actually went outside of a city his entire life, let alone Droving. phht. Henry Lawson was much more acurate, he didnt romanticise the Aussie bush.

Figment · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:05 pm Post subject:

it does indeed sound like fun!

only thing is that i don't know what to write for it... So the Novella type one closes in a month and a half? *gulp*

i want to enter but i dont think i would have any chance....

Is it running again next year?

then i could send my edited nano in.....?
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pommie42 · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject:

I'm all out for ideas right now, plus I have my own deadlines to meet. Would love to, but I just cannot see myself gaining the time...
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Aurora Asha Ila · Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 9:50 pm Post subject:

This is its 27th year of competition so i'm sure it'll run next year
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I am sitting in my dingy little office, where a stingy
Ray of sunlight struggles feebly down between the houses tall,
And the foetid air and gritty of the dusty, dirty, city,
Through the open window floating, spreads its foulness over all.

Extract from Clancy and the Overflow, by A.B. Patterson.
Ironically he never actually went outside of a city his entire life, let alone Droving. phht. Henry Lawson was much more acurate, he didnt romanticise the Aussie bush.

wightblack · Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject:

How great would it be if someone from Figments won it (the Vogel one)... we could all, like, totally hit them up for money and stuff. Yeah!

Seriously, this would be a great opportunity for prospective writers, I imagine the competition would be pretty stiff but $25 isn't that much money to take a shot at it... and if you can't make it for this year (ie if you aren't confident enough to write 30,000-100,000 words in less than a month as a polished enough piece to be published... and I mean who wouldn't be that confident?!!) remember that you have a whole year until the next one. I'm definitely entering next year's, and I'll be working on mine throughout the year. If there's enough interest I might even start a thread inside the "works in progress" forum, Figments helping Figments win lots of money, that kind of thing Razz

Thanks for bringing this to our attention Aurora!
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Figment · Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject:

Yes, that would be great, we should ALL enter it next year... Only send in the best of our own works, and we can all help eachother work on it and sugggest things and stuff... Wink

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Hawkins · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 2:20 am Post subject:

I couldn't enter, 'cause I'm American.

Sad

I'm so sa--

*sees bird*

OMG! BIRD!
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Tyler's on vacation...to CANADA...*sad*

Figment · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 2:40 am Post subject:

Lol, well yes, of course when i said "ALL" i meant th people who live in Aus... Razz

Don't worry... I'm not a country-ist or anything... Shocked

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Hawkins · Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:05 am Post subject:

I wouldn't mind if your were. Though I'm sure someone would. Eh, well.
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Tyler's on vacation...to CANADA...*sad*

butterflii · Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 11:42 am Post subject:

Oooorrr

You could take some of me and Hawkins (and other none-aussies) work. Pass it off as your own and send us the cheque Wink

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Spider, Spider, on the wall.
Have you got no sense at all?
Can't you see the walls been plastered.
Now you're stuck you stupid . . . spider.

Figment · Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject:

haha! i think they might notice the different styles of writing.... Wink

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Hawkins · Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:22 am Post subject:

Probably.

I can write like Figgy.

Uh...um...I love mice! Yay!
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Tyler's on vacation...to CANADA...*sad*

Figment · Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 4:07 am Post subject:

Lol, that is a RAT! Razz

Oh, and i don't think i have ever mentioned mice or rats in my stories... Very Happy

Perhaps you should just write a story about insomnia! lol.
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Hawkins · Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 5:48 am Post subject:

Insomnia...insomnia...

That would be some form of mentality...

Right?
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Tyler's on vacation...to CANADA...*sad*

butterflii · Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 6:36 am Post subject:

*hiccup*

NO STUPID! IMSOMNIA IS A NAME!!

eg. One day there was a little girl called Insomnia, she was walking . .

or

Sometimes I go out to play with my good friend Insomnia.

or

Ooooh a puppy! I'll call him spot! No . . . . Dasher, nah . . . INSOMNIA!
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Spider, Spider, on the wall.
Have you got no sense at all?
Can't you see the walls been plastered.
Now you're stuck you stupid . . . spider.