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Call For Submission: The Sun Magazine

The Sun is a reader-supported ad-free magazine. They’ve been described in many ways: celebratory, fierce, unflinching, thoughtful, truthful, dark, darkly funny, tender.  Types Of Submissions: Writing:  Writing from The Sun has won the Pushcart Prize and been selected for the Best American Essays and Best American Short Storiesanthologies. They publish nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. The Sun tend to favor personal writing, but are also looking for provocative pieces on political and cultural issues. No racial bias. They encourage submissions from writers of color. The Sun rarely run anything longer than seven thousand words; there’s no minimum length. But they  discourage simultaneous submissions. Writing is a solitary act, but when what you’ve written goes out to our loyal subscribers, it can feel a little less so. Interview pitches:  The Sun publishes interviews with innovative and provocative thinkers. They like interviews that stretch them intellectually yet rema...

BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition 2018

Would you like to win £2,200 sterling, a trip to London and have your play broadcast across the world on BBC World Service? If so, the 2018 International Radio Playwriting Competition is now open to entries! There are three prizes to be won. Two first prizes –  for the best radio plays by writers with either English as their first language or English as their second language. Both winners’ plays will be broadcast on BBC World Service. In addition, there’s the  Georgi Markov prize -  for the most promising script, this prize gives the winner a chance to come to London for two weeks and work alongside BBC Radio Drama and with BBC World Service journalists. Who can enter? Anyone aged 18 or over and living outside the UK – whether you’re an established writer, completely new or anywhere in between. Last year’s winners included a Canadian writer who had never written a play before and a Brazilian writer who’d never written for radio.  Find out more about last year's winne...