Saturday, December 7, 2013

Fiction Competition: 2014 Bristol Short Story Prize

2014 Bristol Short Story Prize is open to all published and unpublished writers, UK and non-UK based, over 16 years of age. Stories can be on any theme or subject and entry can be made online via the website or by post.

Entries must be previously unpublished with a maximum length of 4,000 words (There is no minimum). 

The entry fee is £8 (about $13 USD) per story.

The closing date for entries is April 30th 2014.

Prizes:
1st £1000 (about $1,600 USD) plus £150 Waterstone’s gift card
2nd £700 (about $1,100 USD) plus £100 Waterstone’s gift card
3rd £400 (about $640 USD) plus £100 Waterstone’s gift card
17 further prizes of £100 (about $160 USD)
will be presented to the writers whose stories appear on the shortlist. All 20 shortlisted writers will have their stories published in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 7.

The 20 shortlisted writers will be invited to an awards ceremony in Bristol in October 2014 when the winners will be announced and the anthology launched. Prizes will be sent to any writer unable to attend the awards ceremony.

Judging panel :
Sara Davies (writer, former Radio 4 producer) Rowan Lawton (literary agent at Furniss Lawton), Sanjida O’Connell (writer and TV presenter) and Nikesh Shukla (author, performer and journalist)

Full details and rules at our website.

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