WILFRED
OWEN ASSOCIATION AND SIEGFRIED SASSOON FELLOWSHIP
Book Review Competition
You are invited to submit a review of any book (in or out of print) which deals
in some way with the theme of the Great War. This may be fiction or
non-fiction. Reviews should be between 500 and 1500 words long, and should be
submitted by July 1st 2017. There will be a prize of £150; the winning
review(s) will be published in the Wilfred Owen Association Journal or in
Siegfried’s Journal, and one or more of the winners will be invited to review
for the Journal on other occasions.
The competition will be judged by Merryn Williams, Literary Adviser to the WOA
Committee; Mhairi Pooler Hellbrandt, the present Editor of the Siegfried
Sassoon Fellowship Journal; Meg Crane, the Editor of the Wilfred Owen
Association Journal and former Editor of Siegfried’s Journal; and Lucy Elder,
the Assistant Editor and Membership Secretary of the Wilfred Owen Association.
Reviews should be sent in the first place to Meg Crane at the address below -
as an e-mail attachment wherever possible, though typed submissions will be
accepted if necessary. There will be an entry and administration fee of £5 for
each submission from a member of either of the two societies, and £10 for each
submission from non-members. Payment should be sent at the same time, and
should normally be made by cheque or bank transfer to the Treasurer of the WOA,
Sam Gray, using the following details:
UK entrants:
Account Number: 00454221
Sort Code: 30-97-62
Overseas entrants: one or other of the following, depending on your country’s
arrangements:
BIC: LOYDGB21301
IBAN: GB31 LOYD 3092 6200 4542 21
Reviews should be sent in the first place to Meg, at megmcrane@googlemail.com
or at 21 Culverden Avenue, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9RE, UK, attaching the
following details:
- Author and title of the book
- Publisher, year and place of publication
- Number of pages
- Price if still in print
- Number of words in review
- Name, address and e-mail address (where relevant) of reviewer
- Member or non-member of WOA/SSF
This competition is open only to new reviewers, for whom we are always looking
– here is your chance!
