New Site

For up-to-date information please visit our new site  http://bscribblers.blogspot.co.uk

March Scribblers Event

It is with delight, that we announce the next Birkbeck Scribblers event, which will take place on the 6^th of March 2013 in the Green Man (36 Riding House Street, London, W1W 7EP) @7.45pm

Our guest reader will be Jonathan Kemp (we are so excited!). He will be reading from his new novel:

"All There Is + All There Is Not"

Submission deadline is: Monday the 18^th of February 2013

We will be accepting (guidelines below):

-         Short  Fiction (or extracts from longer pieces)

-         10-Minute Plays (it would be splendid)

-         Poetry

Please read our submission guidelines below and send your submissions to:

bbkscribblers@gmail.com

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: 18^th of February

Selected work
Selected work will be read at the next event. If your work is selected, you will be advised at least one week before the event, and asked to provide a brief biography (up to 100) words, to be included in a handout.

SUBMISSIONS POLICY

·  Any Birkbeck Creative Writing, English or Theatre Studies BA or Certificate of Higher Education student can submit work for consideration.

·  There is no restriction on the type of work. You can submit a complete short story or an extract, a novel extract, poetry, life writing, adapted screenplay, creative non-fiction piece etc.

·  Submissions should be unpublished. However, previously published work will be considered in some circumstances.

·  Length: Prose: up to 1500 words 

·  Poetry: up to 150 lines ( may be more than one poem)

·  Play: up to 10 minutes

·  The Birkbeck Scribblers team will decide which submissions to select and the running order of the night.

·  No editorial input will be provided. Work will be selected as it stands.

·  No significant changes can be made once the work has been selected.

·  You should make one submission per event. However, you can submit to as many Scribblers' events as you wish, whether or not your previous submissions have been selected.

·  Please make sure you are happy with your work before you submit it. The team reserves the right not to accept an updated, replacement version, even if it arrives before the deadline.

·  Submissions should be sent as a *.doc or *.pdf  attachment to bbkscribblers@gmail.com

·  You will usually be advised whether your submission has been selected at least one week before the event.

·  You must be available to attend from the beginning of the event.

·  If selected you must supply a biography of up to 100 words written in the third person.

* "The Committee is not responsible for finding readers for any of the play extracts they select."

The Scribblers CommitteeBlog:

 http://thebirkbeckscribblers.blogspot.com