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  • 01-06-2023 3:28pm
    #1
    MaryDarcy73
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    anyone know how to find out whether a writing competition (UK/Ireland) is a scam or not?

    any special list i should know about?



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    Lefty2Guns
    Registered Users Posts: 713 ✭✭✭Lefty2Guns


    I just recently entered a short story competition, The Bristol Short Story Competition. I got it from a list of short story competitions on a website but can't find the website now that I went looking.

    Can I ask why there may be scams out there? Just for my own piece of mind.



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    MaryDarcy73
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭MaryDarcy73


    Hi Lefty

    It is hard to know who's scamming who isn't. that's why I'm wondering if anyone knows of a way of finding out.



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    Lefty2Guns
    Registered Users Posts: 713 ✭✭✭Lefty2Guns


    I never actually thought someone would be scamming short stories.

    I have only got into Creative Writing and done a part time course on it. My final piece for the class got a great amount of positive feedback so I said I'd enter it into a competition. Done a search on Google and got a website that listed off about 20 different competitions. The Bristol Short Story competition seemed the one most applicable to my story so I entered it.

    Results of the competition due the start of next month. Fingers crossed.



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