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2017 commonwealth short story prize for writers competition

The 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize will open for entries on 1st September 2016. The Prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000–5,000 words) in English written by a citizen of a Commonwealth country. Regional winners receive £2,500 and the overall winner receives £5,000. Short stories translated into English from other languages are also eligible, and we invite writers from Mozambique who write in Portuguese, and writers who write in Swahili and Bengali, and who do not have an English translation of their story, to submit their stories in the original language. Entries Close 1st November 2016 official website: The Short Story | Commonwealth Writers http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/our-projects/the-short-story/
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Westminster Full Fee Scholarships for International Students

Westminster Full Fee Scholarships for International Students University of Westminster Masters Degree Deadline: 14 Oct 2016 (annual)  Study in:  UK  Course starts January 2017 Brief description: The Westminster University offers full tuition fee scholarships to prospective postgraduate applicants from any country. Host Institution(s): University of Westminster, United Kingdom Field of study: Any full-time Master’s Degree Programme offered at the University except MBA Number of Awards: 1+ Target group: Students from any country Scholarship value/inclusions: Full tuition fee award only Eligibility: You must hold an offer for a full-time Masters Program at the University of Westminster.  The main scholarship criteria are: Equivalent to a UK First Class Honours degree and financial need. Application instructions: You should only apply for a scholarship once you have applied for admission and successfully been offered a place (either conditional or unco...
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NEVER USE THESE 10 WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOURSELF

Never Use These 10 Words to Describe Yourself . When someone calls you strong and confident - thats great and you should feel flattered. On the contrary, when someone calls himself strong and confident - it sounds weird. Thats why we've gathered some words that are great when other people use them to describe you--but you should never use them to describe yourself. 1. Humble It is strange to hear someone's bragging about how humble they are. It just doesn’t work. Don’t walk into this unfortunate contradiction and try to talk your way out of it. The more you try to explain this, the more you wear down your interviewer’s trust. Just by saying it, you prove that you are not. 2. Generous Being described as generous is similar to respect, in that it is something you earn, rather than something you can claim for yourself. You may be, but if you are prepared to say it in public then you are not humble (see above). And we value ‘humble’. And we want our ‘generosity’...
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