We are happy to announce our launch event is taking place a week from today! 🎉! Join us in County Diner for an evening full of quiz questions and poetry. An events page will be up soon with all the information you need if you would like to attend. In the mean time, here is our poster for your diaries... Also, we will be counting down to the event by revealing one of the competition themes a day – so keep your eyes peeled on our social media, as we will be hinting at the first theme shortly!
Time to start brainstorming...👀 Ti
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After the success of the first year’s competition, LLA will be running for a second year, and we need you!
First round of judging is done, and the shortlist for LLA 2019 is here!
While judging is still underway for the final winners, we thought we'd give you a sneak peak at the titles and categories of the pieces that have made it into the top 10 for each category... We know, it's only a few days to go.
No need to panic, we're here to help with those last few tweaks and touches to your entry. What better way to learn than from the competition founders themselves? (Which is us, in case you hadn't heard). With one week to go, we're dishing out that last minute advice before those final submissions come in. In this case, I want to talk about responding to our themes. When we decided to give these set themes, we had some responses who said that these themes were giving too many restrictions and rules to the competition. However, we decided to go ahead, and I think it's fair to offer some explanation as to why and provide some advice to help you out.
We've been quite busy over the last few months getting everything ready for the competition, from gaining grants to running workshops. With so much going on, I thought it best to take a second and collate them all in one place so you can keep up-to-date with the latest.
1. The competition is now free The biggest and most exciting news is that the competition is now free to enter. We decided to get rid of the entry fee thanks to funding given by Lancaster Friends and the Duchy of Lancaster Benevolence Fund. We can't thank them enough for their support, and we hope this change makes the competition all the more accessible. As a quick reminder, you can enter both categories (poetry and prose) once each, so be sure to get them in by 22nd March at 5 pm. What a question. The honest and somewhat unhelpful answer is that there’s no set way to structure a story. It’s whatever you choose. However, I know that’s not what you’ve clicked on this blog post for. So, individual autocracy aside, I’m here to offer a few top tips and a couple of wild ideas for how to use form and structure in a possible winning entry.
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