4.Email results. Competitions who take on-line entries really have not excuse for not sending out full results and web links to winning entries to every competitor that has entered this way.

5.Announcement date. If none of above seem to be mentioned in contest details and you still fancy your chances, look for a date when results will be available and contact organiser for winners. If no date is included forget it. There are plenty of other competitions around that will give you better value for money. Here’s a few to start you in right direction.

The Battle of Bards poetry contest is one that certainly puts you on your mettle as it doesn’t reveal lineage or theme until day of competition. You then get just 24 hours to pen your missive! Feed back comes in form of all entrants receiving a shortlisters and adjudicator’s report, full results plus top three entries are posted on website. http://www.writelink.co.uk/Competitions/Battle_of_the_Bards/battle_of_the_bards.html

The Weekender Challenge runs on similar lines except this is for fiction. Again word count and theme are not revealed until beginning of contest but two days are allowed for this one. Past entries are archived on site so you can get a good idea of standard that you are up against. Feed back is a full results listing, shortlisters report and adjudicator’s report which are also archived on site and sent to every entrant. http://www.writelink.co.uk/Competitions/Weekender_Challenge/weekender_challenge.html

Subscribing to some of on-line writers ezines is definitely a good idea as these will often list on-line competitions which usually offer feed back.

WriteLink produces Competition News, a quarterly newsletter devoted to quality competition listings. This is free and includes full contact details which makes it handy for those shy of using on-line payment systems. You’ll find sign up box at bottom of Competition page. http://www.writelink.co.uk/Competitions/competitions.html

First Writer has a very extensive database of writing contests which you can search by date and genre. There is a small charge for this, but definitely worth it if you enter a lot of competitions and want to save time searching web. http://www.firstwriter.com/

Competitions Bulletin is a print magazine which is updated monthly. It’s been running for a long time and again worth considering if you intend entering a lot of competitions. http://www.cherrybite.co.uk/writers_comps/w-cinfo.html

Good luck and remember …you can’t win if you don’t enter!

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