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Old 7th December 2011, 07:52 PM   #18 (permalink)
AnyaKimlin
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Re: Opinion needed on my world.

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I'd be a wee bit careful of the BWA. I'd not heard of them before so Googled them. One of the first things I came across was http://www.writersworkshop.co.uk/blog/bwa-brit-writers-awards/
The form response seems a bit... off.
To be honest that has been my feeling this year - I am unsure how much of it is to get me to part with pennies. (I don't have any so haven't lol)

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I did get this as a response in my email, but some of it was clear she had read parts of it though, from other bits. A lot of the way it has been run felt a bit tin pot, and incredibly disorganised.
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