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Words for the Wounded Independent Author Book Award Part 2

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As I said last week, The Independent Author Book Award has been a revelation. There are just so many good writers out there, which made our task hugely enjoyable, if difficult. At last we decided on commended, highly commended, and then – the winners. In the end, our decision was unanimous. Great books all three of them. Thank you all so much for entering – rest assured that 100% of the entry fees go to the wounded.

Last week we highlighted First Place achieved by Jane Cable with The Cheesemaker’s House, in the recent competition. Today we have the second place winner, Janet O’Kane.

Words for the Wounded Independent Author Book Award By WforW founder Margaret Grahampalamedes

Thank you, Palamedes PR for sponsoring a professional press release for the winner, and the opportunity of a discounted press release for 2nd and 3rd. Thank you Frost Magazine for publishing a review of the top three.

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The great good news is that Felicity Trew, of the highly respected Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency, is now representing the winner, Jane Cable.

We’re totally delighted to reveal that Felicity Trew will also be our final judge for the 2015 Independent Author Book Award. The WforW team is so excited.

2nd Place.

No Stranger to Death  by  Janet O’Kane 

Zoe Moreland is a GP who stumbles upon a corpse.  Set in the Scottish Borders,  her own life experience is revealed, alongside the unfolding crime story.

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No Stranger to Death  Janet O’Kane 

Judges’ comments. A crime novel must grab you from the first sentence. This one does: “Zoe Moreland saw her first dead body at the age of twelve … “ You also need a reason for the person to be consulted or somehow involved with a dead body, especially if you want to keep open the possibility of a series. Tick number two: she’s a GP. This sets everything up well for a crime novel and the other necessities for any novel, including  interesting setting described with a vivid sense of place (the Scottish Borders) and rounded characters with distinctive personalities and back stories which appear gradually, are all here. Tick, tick, tick. We particularly liked the way Janet O’Kane lets facts and personalities emerge naturally, by incremental details rather than through the dreaded information download. She credits the reader with the ability to put details together. This crime novel has a well-constructed plot with interesting characters and we look forward to reading the next one in the series. Well done.

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When Janet O’Kane outgrew Enid Blyton’s books she moved on to what her Mum liked reading: crime novels. And despite occasional dalliances with other types of fiction, that’s where she has happily stayed.

Her career before turning to writing full-time included selling underpants to Roger Moore in Harrods of Knightsbridge and marketing nappies for Boots the Chemist. It was when she helped run a GP surgery that she decided a doctor would make an excellent main character for a series of crime novels.

Janet lives in the Scottish Borders with her stonemason husband, a cat, two dogs and far too many chickens. She is now writing the sequel to No Stranger to Death and learning to tap-dance. She’s delighted to have been placed second in a competition which raises money for such a good cause.

 

 

Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Events At Southbank Centre

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London’s Southbank Centre will host a series of events in June celebrating the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014.

The first event, an evening dedicated to aspiring writers, will take place on Monday 2nd June. The Baileys Women’s Prize and Grazia Writers’ Evening will be hosted in Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room and will provide budding authors with some of the best advice in the publishing business.

Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014.

Kate Mosse, Baileys Women’s Prize co-founder and international No 1 bestselling novelist, will chair a distinguished panel who will be sharing their writing tips, giving advice on achieving publishing success and taking questions from the audience.

 

Kate will be joined by Sarah Waters, award-winning author of Tipping the Velvet, Affinity, and The Night Watch, as well as literary agent Felicity Blunt of Curtis Brown; Baileys Prize shortlisted and 2014 longlisted novelist and Picador editor Charlotte Mendelson; and debut novelist Emma Healey.

 

The following evening, Tuesday 3rd June, will see the return of the popular Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014 shortlist readings.

 

The event, hosted in Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall from 6.30pm, will see this year’s shortlisted authors reading and discussing their work with Helen Fraser, chair of the 2014 Baileys Prize judges.

 

The 2014 shortlist is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for Americanah, Hannah Kent for Burial Rites, Jhumpa Lahiri for The Lowland, Audrey Magee for The Undertaking, Eimear McBride for A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing and Donna Tartt for The Goldfinch.

 

Now in its nineteenth year, the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014 was set up to celebrate excellence, originality and accessibility in writing by women throughout the world. It is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award for fiction written by a woman and also provides a range of educational, literacy and research initiatives to support reading and writing.

 

For more information on the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2014 events at London’s Southbank Centre, head to www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk. For ticket information and purchase, visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk

 

Words For The Wounded Writing Prize

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walking wounded competitionFrost Magazine has came across a very worthy charity thanks to Jane Cable: Words For The Wounded was launched by Margaret Graham, an author at Random House.

Margaret said; “I launched the charity Words for the Wounded  last year and we raise money via writing competitions and donations to help in the recovery of our wounded service personnel. This year we are supporting the Creative Arts Unit at Tedworth House Recovery Centre. Every penny from the entry fees and donations goes to the wounded. We raise money for the prizes in other ways. My son and son-in-law have been noble and done various Ironman marathons and Triathlons for us but this year my colleague and old school friend, Jan Speedie, and I are giving them a break and doing a tandem sky dive. Yes, I know. My grandchildren say the same, ‘You’re mad.’ But needs must.  My agent despairs of the lengths to which I will go to be strapped to a handsome young man.

Words for the Wounded has a 1st prize of £250, 2nd £100 and 3rd £50, and publication in Writers’ Forum magazine. Entry fee is £4.50. We ask for poetry, non-fiction or fiction up to a maximum of 400 words on the subject of The Journey. It can be physical, emotional or both. The closing date is 11 March.”

Margaret also has a W4W blog which includes writing tips www.wordsforthewounded.blogspot.co.uk. 

Margaret went on to say that “the majority of those injured are under 25. These are life changing injuries and they will need help to recover their self-confidence and independence to get the best from their long lives.”

I am sure you will agree this is a great charity and an equally great competition. Enter now and spread the word.

 

Get Your Hair Party Ready For Australia Day With Aussie Haircare

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aussiehaircareDid you know that it will be Australia Day soon? In fact it is on Sunday 26th January. To celebrate @Aussie_Hair_UK, Beautyandthedirt and The Sunday Girl are hosting a Twitter party this Friday between 12.30 and 1.30.

The Aussie Hair Care expert Liz Taw will be on hand to answer hair questions so you can get your hair party-ready for all of those Australia Day parties. You need to use the hashtag #aussieparty to take part. There is a lot of great party-hair looks around at the moment. We have been taking inspiration from the Golden Globes and the SAG/AFTRA awards.

Aussie will be giving away 10 sets of two products to those who tweet either a question for Liz or generally take part – these will be chosen at random throughout the chat and the winners will be dm’d.

Another reason to be excited: Aussie is launching brand new Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Light Deep Treatment Mousse, RRP £4.99, in store at the start of February. These are the perfect products to prepare your hair to make sure it’s healthy, shiny and party ready.

These are the perfect treatment for finer hair in need of deep hydration and nourishment. You will also be able to get your hands on 3 Minute Miracle Light Aussome Volume and 3 Minute Miracle Light Mega, which are both light weight conditioning mousses. There is also Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Light treatments. They fit in perfectly with your usual shower routine – start with your Aussie shampoo and conditioner of choice, follow with the whipped-cream like mousse, leave-in for 3 minutes then wash out for deep conditioning goodness. Now it’s easier than ever to ramp up your everyday hair routine with a little touch of magic; each treatment will help to nourish fine locks like they have never been nourished before.

The Aussie philosophy is: “There’s more to life than hair, but it’s a good place to start” Too true.

 

PRIZE DRAW

 

How to Enter:

 

To enter, please visit the Aussie Twitter page:

https://twitter.com/Aussie_Hair_UK

 

Participate in Twitter chat, Friday 24th January 2014, 12.30pm – 1.30pm using hashtag #AussieParty 

  • Must use #AussieParty

After the closing time and date of Friday 24th January, 1.30pm, 10 entries will be selected at random by an independent person to win a full range of either Aussie Aussome Volume range or Aussie Mega range

  • First five winners selected at random will win a set of Aussome Volume range (all six variants). Next five entrants will win a set of Mega range (all 3 variants)
  • Prize in detail:
  • Five sets of:
    • Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Light Aussome Volume Deep Treatment Mousse
    • Aussie Aussome Volume Shampoo (300ml variant)
    • Aussie Aussome Volume Conditioner (250ml variant)
    • Aussie Dual Personality Aussome Volume + Gloss Hairspray
    • Aussie Dual Personailty Aussome Volume Conditioning Gel Spray
    • Aussie Dual Personaility Aussome Volume + Conditioning Mousse

Five sets of:

  • Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Light Mega Deep Treatment Mousse
  • Aussie Mega Shampoo (300ml variant)
  • Aussie Mega Instant Conditioner (250ml variant)
    • 10 winners in total to be chosen at random

 

Terms and conditions

  1. This Free Prize Draw is open to all residents in the UK and ROI aged 18 years and over, excluding employees of Procter & Gamble UK and its affiliates or agents, the families of such employees and any other person connected with this promotion.
  2. No purchase required.
  3. Only one entry per person. No bulk or third party entries accepted.
  4. To enter Tweet and use the hashtag #AussieParty by 1.30pm on 24/01/2014 
  5. All entries received by 1.30pm on 24/01/2014 will be entered into a Free Prize Draw, and the first five entries randomly selected by an independent person will win:
  • Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Light Aussome Volume Deep Treatment Mousse
  • Aussie Aussome Volume Shampoo (300ml variant)
  • Aussie Aussome Volume Conditioner (250ml variant)
  • Aussie Dual Personality Aussome Volume + Gloss Hairspray
  • Aussie Dual Personailty Aussome Volume Conditioning Gel Spray
  • Aussie Dual Personaility Aussome Volume + Conditioning Mousse

The next five entries selected by an independent person will win:

  • Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Light Mega Deep Treatment Mousse
  • Aussie Mega Shampoo (300ml variant)
  • Aussie Mega Instant Conditioner (250ml variant)
  1. There will be no runner up prizes. The prizes are as stated and cannot be transferred, sold or exchanged. There is no cash alternative.  Only one prize per household.
  2. Winners will be notified by Twitter private message within 6 days of the closing date.  In the event the claim for a prize is not received by the Promoter within 4 days of notification, the Promoter reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Please allow 28 days for delivery after prize claim being received.
  3. The Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize of equal or greater value in the event of unavailability due to circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control.
  4. By entering this Free Prize Draw, entrants agree to be bound by the rules and by any other requirements set out in the promotional material.

10. Your personal details will only be used for the purposes of administering this promotion and for no other purposes. For more information on our privacy policy, please visit:

http://www.pg.com/privacy/english/privacy_notice.shtml

11.  By entering the Free Prize Draw, the winner consents to any publicity generated as a result of the draw and use on websites, magazines or mobile services at any time without further consent or payment.

 

RULES OF ENTRY/SUBMISSION:

This Promotion is for your personal entertainment and we hope you will enjoy it while abiding by the following rules:

By entering the Promotion, you agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions. Procter & Gamble reserve the right to modify the content of these Terms & Conditions with retrospective effect at any time without prior notice for the sole purpose of ensuring the good execution of the Promotion, with no detrimental effect on the participants.

 

(a)   You represent that:

All content that you submit is original and accurate

You are not an employee of Procter & Gamble nor do you work for or are contracted by an affiliate or agency of P&G hired by P&G to promote and/or sell P&G Products

Your submission (or any portion of it) has not been included in nor is planned for use in any other advertising or promotional materials, for P&G or any third party

Your submission will be made without any prior payment or promise of payment having been made to you or the expectation to you of any payment, benefit or advantage in return for your proposed submission, except for the possibility of having your submission used for P&G promotional purposes as explained below.

The statements you make or opinions you convey reflect your true and honest opinion of and experience with the P&G products mentioned in your submission

If your submissions contain any images of persons who are minor of age, you represent that you are the legal guardian of the minor depicted and agree to the minor being featured in the submissions.

 

(b)   You should not upload

any content belonging to anybody else, such as material which contains trademarks and/or copyright protected material, any material broadcast on TV or Radio, or any other material that does not belong to you;

any sensitive information about someone’s mental or physical health, political or religious beliefs;

anything that is derogatory or defamatory to any person or members of a particular race, nationality, sex, sexual orientation or religion or incite hatred of particular groups;

anything that is illegal, abusive, offensive, obscene, bullying or name calling of other people;

anything that in any way exposes information of a private nature (including but not limited to person identifiable information such as websites, addresses, email addresses, contact information, etc), is spam, is sexually explicit, depicts violence, sadism or cruelty;

anything that condones illegal drug usage;

anything that portrays any corporation or Aussie negatively;

anything which promotes your own products or services or any third party’s products or services;

Any information known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;

Any programming or materials containing any Trojan horses, computer viruses, worms, harmful codes, or other potentially damaging computer programmes or files

If the Promotion requires a photo or any audiovisual content such as video of you being uploaded, it must be a photo or audiovisual content of you and nobody else, famous or otherwise. Such video should not contain any music.

You retain all of your ownership rights in your uploaded content and by entering the Promotion and uploading your content, there is no assignment of any intellectual property rights in your material to Procter & Gamble. However, by submitting your content, you hereby grant to Procter & Gamble a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferrable licence to use, reproduce, distribute and display the content, in whole or in part, on (Aussie website address) where you submit your content from time to time required for the purposes of the Promotion. You understand that your entry may be accessible by all viewers of the (Aussie Twitter Application) onto which it is uploaded and that it is not subject to any obligation of confidence on part of P&G or its third party service providers and agents. This licence granted by you terminates when you remove or delete any material from the (https://secure.easyanswer.net/aussietwittercompetition) or at the latest X months after the end of the Promotion.

You understand and agree that P&G has the right (but not the obligation) to monitor, review, remove or refuse your submission or any portion thereof, and you acknowledge that you are entirely responsible for the contents of any submissions.

 

DISCLAIMER:

  • ·         You agree that entry into this Promotion shall be at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, this Twitter Page is made available to you “as is” and Procter & Gamble, its officers, directors, employees, and agents make no warranties or representations about the accuracy or completeness of the content on the (Aussie Twitter page) and the corresponding (Aussie Application) or the content of any sites linked to this site and assumes no liability or responsibility for any damages, injuries, technical issues of any kind.

INDEMNITY

  • By entering the Promotion, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Procter & Gamble, its directors, employees and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses (including but not limited to legal fees) arising from: (i) your use of and access to the (Aussie Twitter page) and the corresponding (Aussie Application; (ii) your breach of any of these terms; (iii) your breach of any third party rights, including without limitation any copyright, intellectual property, or privacy right; (iv) your breach of any laws and regulation in creating, posting and/or subsequently amending your submissions; or (v) any claim that any one of your submissions caused damage to a third party. This indemnity shall survive the duration of the Promotion.

JURISDICTION:

  • For UK residents this Promotion is governed by the laws of England and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England over any matter arising under or in connection with the Promotion. For ROI residents, this Promotion is governed by the laws of the Republic of Ireland over any matter arising under or in connection with the Promotion.

 

 

NOTIFY & TAKE-DOWN PROCEDURE:

  • If you are a third party and you believe that any content hosted on the Aussie Twitter page and the corresponding (Aussie Twitter Application) infringes your copyright or other intellectual property rights, please notify Procter & Gamble as soon as possible at the address below and we will remove the content with immediate effect. Procter & Gamble disclaims any liability whatsoever for an infringement, and will not be responsible for any claims, costs, damages or actions in respect of any alleged or actual infringement. Rights holders should contact the users who uploaded the content directly if they wish to discuss any claims.

ACCEPTANCE OF Ts&Cs:

  • By clicking agree below, you agree to the items set out below.

Terms & conditions of use

  • I confirm that I am at least 18 years old
  • I understand that my submission will become public if I upload it to the Aussie UK and Ireland Twitter page (including my user name and photo).
  • I allow Aussie and our partners and agencies to re-use the content I submit, in accordance with the Terms and Conditions below, without further compensation.
  • I confirm that I own the rights to the content I upload and that I am not using any content which infringes anybody else’s rights or that uses or depicts anybody else’s name or picture.
  • If I submit content that depicts images of a person who is minor, I confirm that I am the legal guardian of the minor depicted in the submission. As the legal guardian of the minor depicted, I acknowledge that I agree to the minor being featured in the submission and in other uses of the content as stated in the Terms and Conditions below.

You will be required to scroll through the entire agreement and click the ‘Agree’ button.

If you do not agree to the terms, do not click the button and download your image.

 

PROMOTER: Procter & Gamble UK, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0XP

 

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Cameras At The Ready – Last Call For Short Film Competition Entries

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film festival Less than two weeks remain to enter the UK’s fastest growing short film competition and have work judged by industry experts – including actress Jaime Winstone and producer Lisa Bryer.

Now in its fifth year, the reed.co.uk Short Film Competition invites all filmmakers to create a three minute film for a chance to win a top prize of £10,000, an exclusive mentoring opportunity and bespoke skills training.

Entrants are tasked to write, shoot and edit a funny, artistic or thought-provoking short film around the theme of ‘family business’. The calibre of entries is expected to be high thanks to the expert panel of judges and partners, which includes BAFTA, Channel 4, British Council, Creative England and Total Film.

This year’s competition features more opportunities to win than ever before with four prizes being awarded:

·         Grand Prix – decided by the panel of expert judges, one filmmaker will win £10,000 plus funding,  training and  expert mentoring

·         Judges’ Commendation – also decided by the judging panel, £1,000 prize plus skills training

·         People’s Choice Award – chosen by the public via an online vote, £1,000 prize plus skills training

·         Best Young Filmmaker – entrants who are 25 or under on the 22nd of January 2014 will be eligible to win £1,000, skills training  and a six-week paid internship

 

The deadline for entries into the competition is 22nd January 2014. Visit www.reed.co.uk/film for more information.

The Great Wings Challenge London

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FRANK’S RedHot present The Ultimate Eating Competition in London!

 

Fancy a tasty challenge? With the rise of food challenges, following the success of TV programs such as Man V Food, we would all like to think we can get our teeth stuck into an eating competition! Well, FRANK’S RedHot is hosting one and asking how many Buffalo wings you can eat in five minutes? Taking place at StickyWings on Brick Lane on Sunday 13th of October, FRANK’S RedHot will be opening its doors between 1pm and 10pm to host a five minute four-person battle on the hour every hour. People will be treated to an afternoon and evening of eating, great fun and a healthy level of competitive spirit!

 

Competitions have already taken place in Bristol and Manchester where regional winners have been selected. Following the event on the 13th, two London winners will complete the four person line-up for an epic wing eating competition final which will be held on the 14th of November at 7pm at StickyWings. One person will be crowned ‘The Official FRANK’S RedHot Wings Eating Champion 2013’ and will be awarded a prize of £1500.

 

Come along and enjoy the original mouth-watering FRANK’S RedHot Buffalo wings, served exactly as they were in Anchor Bar back in ’64 in the UK’s very own Buffalo Wing Shack.

 

There is a small fee of £10 to enter so sign up at https://battleofbones.eventbrite.co.uk/ or in person at StickyWings Restaurant, 40 Brick Lane, to take part in one of the five minute London slots and be in with a chance of holding the ultimate title of FRANK’S RedHot Wings Eating Champion.

 

Win a £5,000 Holiday or a Kindle.

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Recession biting? In need of a holiday? Frost Magazine knows how you feel, so we thought we would let you know about this competition Yakult are doing.

BRITISH MEN NEED A BREAK!

(And Yakult’s £5,000 holiday giveaway is here to help)

68% of men in the UK are in need of a holiday, according to a new survey[1]. Whilst that might not be overly surprising, it is revealing to learn the extent to which British men are desperate to get away: when asked to name their one material desire for 2012, a dream holiday came only a very close second to a new car.

However, with purse strings being tightened across the country, it seems that many will be going without their longed-for break – for this year at least. 29% of men questioned stated that, due to economising, they would be cutting down on holidays abroad in 2012 – and over a third (35%) will not be holidaying abroad at all this year.

And yet a desire to discover more about the world remains as keen as ever – 68% of men questioned stated that they were curious to learn more about different countries and cultures across the globe. Despite this, over half state that they have yet to experience a ‘dream holiday’– and so it seems high time that British men got a chance to experience the break they so desire.

And that’s where Yakult’s brand new competition comes in! Showcasing the fact that Yakult is available in 32 countries across the globe, ‘Around the World with Yakult’ is offering one lucky winner the chance to jet off on a £5,000 dream holiday. Another five winners will each receive a Kindle, complete with £20 credit.

To enter this exciting competition, would-be jetsetters simply need to visit www.yakult.co.uk/world and guess the location of the ‘mystery Yakult country’.

Each month, a Yakult employee will give a personal insight into a fascinating Yakult project taking place in their particular country – and offer clues as to the location. (The competition is free to enter and no purchase is necessary.) Every month until August, one lucky winner will receive a Kindle (plus £20 credit) – and then in September, all correct entries will go into a draw for the £5,000 grand prize!