Wanna win £10,000?

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If you like reading and love writing this really is just the thing for you!

The writing school at Manchester Metropolitan University is launching The Manchester Fiction Prize – a new literary competition celebrating excellence in creative writing. It is open to writers internationally, and there is a cash prize of £10,000 to the writer of the best short story submitted (terms and conditions apply**). The competition is open to entrants aged 16 and over; there is no upper age limit. The deadline for entries is 7th August 2009. Could you please pass this information on to those you think may be interested?

**For further information, please see:- www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk

Good luck!

Competition

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Planet Essay Competition
Planet: The Welsh Internationalist is launching an essay competition, and we invite you to
participate.
Main Prize: £300 plus publication in Planet magazine and on our new
website
Prize for Young Writers: £200 plus publication in Planet and website.
Writers under 30 can choose whether to submit their essay for the main Prize or for that
for young writers
The two winning essays will also feature on the Academi website
(www.academi.org)
Essays can be on any Welsh or international issue you feel strongly about. Topics can be
from any field and from any angle, and we would also welcome those from overlapping
fields of interest: eg politics, economics, history, the environment, philosophy, science,
social issues, arts criticism or policy or language issues.
We are looking for essays that are in-depth and challenging yet accessible to the non-specialist
reader, and we are open to work that approaches the essay form or style in different
and imaginative ways.
Entries should be in English but you are welcome to submit essays on Welsh language
issues or culture.
COMPETITION RULES:
Essays should be submitted anonymously. Please mark your envelope 'Planet Essay
Competition' and enclose a separate sealed envelope with your name, address and
email/telephone number inside. Please note on your submission if you would like to be
considered for the Essay Prize for Young Writers. Send your submission to Planet, PO
Box 44, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, SY23 3ZZ. Submissions should be in the form of
typed hard copy. Only one essay per person will be accepted.
The essays should be maximum 2,500 words
Deadline: 15th July
The essays will be judged by the Planet editorial team and the winner will be announced
in the Autumn issue. The judges' decision is final.
Planet is supported by The Welsh Books Council
For more information about Planet magazine go to: www.planetmagazine.org.uk

Cystadleuaeth Traethawd Planet
Mae Planet: The Welsh Internationalist yn lansio cystadleuaeth ysgrifennu traethawd ac yn eich
gwahodd i gymryd rhan.
Prif Wobr: £300 a’r traethawd i gael ei gyhoeddi yn cylchgrawn Planet ac ar
ein gwefan newydd.
Gwobr i awduron ifainc: £200 a’r traethawd i gael ei gyhoeddi yn Planet ac ar
ein gwefan.
Gall awduron dan 30 mlwydd oed ddewis cyflwyno eu traethawd ar gyfer y brif wobr neu’r un ar
gyfer awduron ifainc.
Mi fydd yr traethaudau buddugol ymddangos ar wefan Academi hefyd
(www.academi.org)
Gall y traethodau fod ar unrhyw fater Cymreig neu ryngwladol yr ydych yn teimlo’n gryf amdano.
Gall y pwnc fod ar unrhyw faes gan fynegi unrhyw farn a byddwn yn croesawu’n arbennig draethodau
sy’n pontio meysydd o ddiddordeb: e.e. gwleidyddiaeth, economeg, hanes, yr amgylchedd,
athroniaeth, gwyddoniaeth, materion cymdeithasol, beirniadaeth a pholisi ym myd y celfyddydau
neu faterion yn ymwneud ag iaith.
Rydym yn awyddus i dderbyn traethodau sydd yn drylwyr ac yn heriol ond sydd hefyd yn ddarllenadwy
i ddarllenydd nad yw’n arbenigo yn y maes ac rydym yn croesawu gwaith sy’n cael ei
gyflwyno mewn dulliau gwahanol a chreadigol.
Saesneg yw iaith y gystadleuaeth, ond mae croeso mawr i chi drin a thrafod unrhyw ogwedd ynghlych
y Gymraeg
RHEOLAU’R GYSTADLEUAETH:
Dylid cyflwyno’r traethodau’n ddienw. Nodwch ‘Cystadleuaeth Traethawd Planet’ ar yr amlen gan
gynnwys amlen ar wahân wedi ei chau gyda’ch enw, cyfeiriad, cyfeiriad e-bost/rhif ffôn oddi fewn.
Nodwch hefyd, os gwelwch yn dda, os ydych am gael eich ystyried ar gyfer y wobr am draethawd
gan awduron ifainc. Anfonwch eich traethawd at: Planet, Blwch Postio 44, Aberystwyth,
Ceredigion, Cymru, SY23 3ZZ. Dylai’r traethodau fod ar ffurf copi caled wedi ei deipio. Dim ond un
traethawd yr awdur fydd yn cael ei dderbyn.
Ni ddylai’r traethodau fod yn fwy na 2,500 o eiriau
Dyddiad cau: 15fed Gorffennaf, 2009
Bydd y traethodau’n cael eu beirniadu gan dîm golygyddol Planet a bydd yr enillydd yn cael ei
gyhoeddi yn rhifyn yr Hydref. Bydd barn y beirniaid yn derfynol.
Mae Planet yn derbyn cefnogaeth gan Gyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Am rhagor gwybodaeth am cylchgrawn Planet, cerwch i:
www.planetmagazine.org.uk

The Start of Chapter2

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In September 2008, CyMAL who regulate the Museums, Archives and Libraries in Wales offered a grant of up to £300 to FE Learning Centres to begin a form of ‘Reader Development Group’. Coleg Morgannwg was successful in their bid and Chapter2 was born!

We meet every few weeks and discuss various books, magazines and anything else that we have recently read. The idea is to show that reading can be more than something boring to do when the TV is broken! In short, reading will never be anything other than good for you at the end of the day – it helps you improve your spelling and grammar skills as well as your general knowledge and academic skills.

If you would like to know more about the ways that Chapter2 can help or if you would like to be more involved with the group please contact Jo in the Learning Centre at Coleg Morgannwg on 01443 653655 or email Jo at js.rees@morgannwg.ac.uk