DANCE: Belong. Choreography by Elma Kris, Stephen Page. Bangarra Dance Theatre, Playhouse QPAC, Brisbane July 1.

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the winner of the ‘Hidden Charms’ Winchester Writers’ Conference short story competition.

Veronica Bright, from Cornwall, scooped the prize for her story about an old woman living a life of anonymity, masking a rich inner life of knowledge and experience, in . ‘Hidden Charms’ the Winchester Writers’ Conference short story competition.

Ms Bright, a children’s writer, attended the conference for the first time last year which prompted her to have a go at this year’s competition.

Competition judge Dr Gary Farnell, senior lecturer in English at the University of Winchester, said in his verdict: “In many ways, the moral of this story is that what is interesting is very often that which is not obvious . . . and this encapsulates a good piece of advice, indeed, for all aspiring writers.”

The conference itself, one of the top writing conferences in the country, starts on July 1 until July 3, with writing workshops taking place from June 27 until July 1.

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Hi Everyone, I’ve a series of three contests for you today. They are from our friends across the pond but if you feel like it there is no reason why you should not put your name in the hat. To our American friends thanks for letting me know about these American writing contests and to all the organizers, Good Luck.Lulu Poetry Contest
Deadline: continuous entry
Type of submission: online
Length of submission: not specified
Prizes: annual $5,0

Bellevue Literary Review’s Goldenberg Prize in Fiction
Deadline: July 1
Type of submission: online
Length of submission: up to 5,000 words
Prizes: $1,000 and publication00; monthly $250; daily $25

Bellevue Literary Review’s Burns Archive Prize in Nonfiction
Deadline: July 1
Type of submission: online
Length of submission: up to 5,000 words
Prizes: $1,000 and publication

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Under proposed revision of lending laws, Australian banks will receive a fine of as much as $220,000 every time they raise credit limits of their credit card customers without having first received a request from the customer that was not solicited by the bank.

Under National Consumer Credit Protection legislation employees of banks run the risk of criminal prosecution for breaching a law which bars banks from offering higher credit limits to their card customers without having solicited permission of the card holder. The law also prevents lenders from allowing their credit card customers to exceed their credit limit.

Australian banks have complained that the new law is draconian; however the Gillard government has gone ahead and introduced the legislation in parliament anyway.

Steven Munchenberg, chief executive of the Australian Bankers Association on Sunday said that the new law “goes way over the top”.

“At this point any bank that even writes to an existing customer and suggests they might like to apply for an increase in their credit limit could be in breach of this legislation. There will be people with an irregular income or who are not in regular employment who will find it harder to get credit. The banks will be nervous about providing credit for fear that if a person subsequently gets into debt trouble the bank will become liable. The banks are going to be a lot warier about lending to them and there is a danger people will be forced into an unregulated market.” Mr. Munchenberg said.

The new legislation if passed, will bar lenders from bombarding consumers with unsolicited “tick the box” offers for higher credit card limits and will be implemented by July 1^st 2012, giving banks enough time to prepare.

Under the new law, lenders will only be able to offer credit card customers higher credit limits only if those customers have first given the bank permission to be approached. Banks will no longer be able to authorize payments that exceed the borrowers credit limit by over 10 per cent unless the increase in limit was pre-arranged, and fees for exceeding the credit limit within the 10 per cent buffer will be banned as well the imposition of higher interest rates.

Any breaches will attract 2000 “penalty units” – equivalent to a $220,000 fine – as well as criminal sanctions for bank staff who authorise the breaches.

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Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Theme: Open

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• The juror will select 20 photographers for the exhibition July 1-24, 2011. Black Box provides all framing, matting and printing for our exhibitions.

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OBITUARY: Farley Granger. Actor. Born San Jose, California, July 1, 1925. Died New York, March 27, aged 85.

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A new set of proposals introduced by the Federal government will give shareholders far more power over the level of executive pay packages.

According to the proposal, shareholders will now have the option of voting out company directors if at two or more consecutive annual general meetings 25 per cent or more of shareholders vote no to the company’s compensation report.

After the second vote a resolution that if supported by the majority of shareholders can force the company to remove the director at following meetings.

According to David Bradbury parliamentary secretary to the treasurer, company directors need to be held accountable to shareholders for the composition of executive compensation.

“Shareholders take on the risk of investing capital and share in the company’s profits and losses. As the owners of a company, they deserve more say over the remuneration of company executives. The reforms are also designed to ensure that executive remuneration remains closely linked to the performance of a company.” Mr. Bradbury said in a statement.

The government plans to introduce the bill to parliament in the first half of 2011 with an intended start date of July 1.

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Do you have a ghost story or haunted house tale to tell? Type it up, make it less than 3,000 words and email it editor@litfestmagazine.com with GHOST STORY in the subject link.  All stories must be in the body of the email, all attachments will be immediately deleted. Begins July 1, 2010, ends July 31 [...]

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 Open to submissions from July 1, 2010 until September 30, 2010. Free-verse, non-rhyming poetry with surrealistic edge is preferred. The entry fee for the competition is $10.00.  Please send $10.00 via paypal to medullapublishing (AT) gmail (DOT) com prior to send your chapbook submission, then send your submission to the same eMail address.  Send manuscripts [...]

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Want to win an Amazon Kindle, Apple IPod products, and a free trip to Portland, Oregon to meet Matt Mikalatos, the amazing new author of My Imaginary Jesus who is being compared to C.S. Lewis and Kurt Vonnegut? Write, draw or film your experience with an ‘imaginary Jesus’. Deadline is July 1, 2010. Check out [...]
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