06 May 2014
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Win an Arvon course in this comp for stories about homelessness
The new national writing competition from youth homelessness charity SASH is supported by award-winning writer Ross Raisin ...
The new national writing competition from youth homelessness charity SASH is supported by award-winning writer Ross Raisin
'It feels important, at a time when the double whammy of welfare cuts and cuts to the funding of services that would normally deal with the after effects, has created such a sharp rise in homelessness, to hear the voices of people for whom homelessness, or the risk of it, is a reality,' said Ross. 'And young people especially – as it is young people who are often the worst affected in hard times.'
The competition, which is for stories up to 3,000 words on the theme of homelessness, is open to all writers, published or unpublished. All stories must be original, and should not have been previously published in any format.
'Fiction, I think, has the ability to show us that reality, and make us think about it, be moved by it, laugh about it,' said Ross, author of God's Own Country and Waterline, who will judge the SASH writing competition.
'We feel the world of a story often more minutely, more deeply – more as a human – than we do reading the newspaper, or listening to the radio.'
Writers entering the competition are encouraged to make a donation of £10 to SASH. The winner will be offered a five-day residential Arvon course. Other prizes will be announced.
The closing date is 1 October.
'It feels important, at a time when the double whammy of welfare cuts and cuts to the funding of services that would normally deal with the after effects, has created such a sharp rise in homelessness, to hear the voices of people for whom homelessness, or the risk of it, is a reality,' said Ross. 'And young people especially – as it is young people who are often the worst affected in hard times.'
The competition, which is for stories up to 3,000 words on the theme of homelessness, is open to all writers, published or unpublished. All stories must be original, and should not have been previously published in any format.
'Fiction, I think, has the ability to show us that reality, and make us think about it, be moved by it, laugh about it,' said Ross, author of God's Own Country and Waterline, who will judge the SASH writing competition.
'We feel the world of a story often more minutely, more deeply – more as a human – than we do reading the newspaper, or listening to the radio.'
Writers entering the competition are encouraged to make a donation of £10 to SASH. The winner will be offered a five-day residential Arvon course. Other prizes will be announced.
The closing date is 1 October.
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