Judge’s Report by Alex Keegan Over the last 10-15 years I have judged approximately 45 short-story competitions including “From the Ashes”, The Derby Prize, 7Q &… Read More
by Brindley Hallam Dennis The first few stories I read, of the nearly one hundred that had been submitted to the competition, were not prizewinners. That was the luck of the draw. Of… Read More
Administrator’s Note Please note that this competition was judged blind and the adjudication report was sent in by the Judge with only the titles of the winning and commended poems. I… Read More
Administrator’s Note Please note that this competition was judged blind and the adjudication report was sent in by the Judge with only the titles of the winning and commended poems. I… Read More
We have put aside everything else to focus the next seven days on Sentinel publications. Our scheduling has been a right mess lately to be quite honest. Therefore over the next 7 days, we w… Read More
Poetry competitions do seem to cause quite a bit of controversy, whether because of high entry fees, the use of 'sifters' (meaning that big name judge isn't necessarily going to see your wor… Read More
FOUR writers, made up of a Cameroonian and three Nigerians, are currently in Iseyin, Oyo State, where they are working on their literary works at the Ebedi International Writers Residency.
T… Read More
SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY POETRY COMPETITION Closing Date: 31-May-2014 For original, previously unpublished poems in English Language, on any subject, in any style up to 50 lines long. Thi… Read More
Today we have an abundance of extraordinary articles published in the press. The bicentenary is almost here (April 21) and the British media are mobilising all the big literary names to talk… Read More