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Competitions Bulletin - aims to provide comprehensive information about all UK writing competitions and an increasing number from abroad. £2.50 per copy (UK). Download subs form at www.cherrybite.co.uk

Bluechrome has taken over and relaunched Reach following the retirement of editor Shelagh Nugent. £3.50 per monthly issue. Bluechrome Reach, Dept., PP142, PO Box 109, Portishead, Bristol BS20 7ZJ.

Mslexia, the magazine for women who write, is calling for submissions on the theme of dogs. Closing date: December 31. Send up to four poems (40 line limit) and/or up to two stories (limit 3,000 words) in envelope marked DOGS to PO Box 656, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1PZ.

Envoi International Poetry Competition - closing date: February 20, 2005. For details send sae to: 44 Rudyard Road, Biddulph Moor, Stoke-on-Trent ST8 7JN.

Backroom Poets holds open mic readings in the basement of Borders Books, George St., Oxford, third Monday of month, 8pm. www.brpoets.orgBath

Bath Literature Festival - February 26 - March 6, 2005. More than 100 events including debates, lectures, readers’ groups, workshops, and fi lms. Bath Festivals Trust, 5 Broad Street, Bath BA1 5LJ. www.bathlitfest.org.uk

Glasgow Literature Festival - February 2005. Mitchell Library and Theatre. Readings, workshops and demonstrations for adults and children. Glasgow City Libraries, Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN

Winter’s Edge Festival - Much Wenlock, January 31 - February 6, 2005. Evening performances, workshops and street entertainment. Details from: Ali Quarrell, Rose Cottage, Church Road, Welshpool, Powys SY21 7LN.
www.festivalattheedge.org

Slate at Christmas - December 11, 8pm. Kirkgate Centre, Kirkgate, Cockermouth, Cumbria. £6. Readings of prose and poetry by Cumbrian contemporary writers. Details from: Michael Baron, [email protected]