Deadline: Jan. 31, 2022
Entry Fee: $20.00
Competition Rules: SWF First 5 Pages Prize 2022
Competition Rules: SWF First 5 Pages Prize 2022
The name of the author and any other identifying information about the author must not appear on the story pages i.e. not on the word or pdf submission.
Entries must be in English, typed and must be your original work.
No corrections, or refunds, can be made upon payment and receipt of your entry. All entries will be considered for the Grand Prize.
If you wish to also be in the running for a genre prize, choose a genre for your submission. You can choose not to assign a genre in which case you will be eligible to win the Grand Prize but not to win a genre category. You can enter as many times as you like.
Eligibility
The SWF First 5 Pages Prize is open to anyone over 16 years of age.
Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been published, self published, published online or broadcast.
You can enter as many times as you like.
You cannot enter if you are a writer with agented representation. Writers who are not currently agented may enter (even if previously represented by an agent).
You cannot enter if you are related to - or in a personal relationship with - a member of the SWF board or any of the judges.
Formatting
Entries must be the first 5 pages of your book, novel or novella.
Entries should be doubled-spaced, in Baskerville or Times New Roman, 12 pt font, with numbered pages. Entries should be 5 pages. We will not accept entries over 1700 words.
The title of your book should appear as a header or footer on each page of your entry. No name, address or identifying information should appear on the word/pdf submission – this includes the way you name the document, e.g. TheGrapesofWrathJSteinbeck.doc or HarryPotterRowling.pdf will be automatically disqualified.
Documents must be in word or pdf format.
Prizes
All entries will be considered for the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize Winner will get:
Entries must be in English, typed and must be your original work.
No corrections, or refunds, can be made upon payment and receipt of your entry. All entries will be considered for the Grand Prize.
If you wish to also be in the running for a genre prize, choose a genre for your submission. You can choose not to assign a genre in which case you will be eligible to win the Grand Prize but not to win a genre category. You can enter as many times as you like.
Eligibility
The SWF First 5 Pages Prize is open to anyone over 16 years of age.
Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been published, self published, published online or broadcast.
You can enter as many times as you like.
You cannot enter if you are a writer with agented representation. Writers who are not currently agented may enter (even if previously represented by an agent).
You cannot enter if you are related to - or in a personal relationship with - a member of the SWF board or any of the judges.
Formatting
Entries must be the first 5 pages of your book, novel or novella.
Entries should be doubled-spaced, in Baskerville or Times New Roman, 12 pt font, with numbered pages. Entries should be 5 pages. We will not accept entries over 1700 words.
The title of your book should appear as a header or footer on each page of your entry. No name, address or identifying information should appear on the word/pdf submission – this includes the way you name the document, e.g. TheGrapesofWrathJSteinbeck.doc or HarryPotterRowling.pdf will be automatically disqualified.
Documents must be in word or pdf format.
Prizes
All entries will be considered for the Grand Prize. The Grand Prize Winner will get:
A cash prize of USD $1000,
A SWF ticket to the 2022 festival*,
A meeting with an agent to pitch their book (that will be conducted over Zoom),
A room at a boutique hotel in the heart of Stockholm for two nights to attend SWF 2022*, and
A full developmental edit of their book donated by Reedsy.
There will be one winner for each of four genre groups:
Fantasy & Sci Fi
Crime & Thriller
Romance
Historical Fiction
If your book does not fall under any of the above genres it will still be considered for the Grand Prize.
Genre Prize Winners will get:
A SWF ticket to the 2022 festival*,
A meeting with an agent to pitch their book (that will be conducted over Zoom),
A room at a boutique hotel in the heart of Stockholm for two nights to attend SWF 2022*, and
A full developmental edit of their book donated by Reedsy.
There will be one winner for each of four genre groups:
Fantasy & Sci Fi
Crime & Thriller
Romance
Historical Fiction
If your book does not fall under any of the above genres it will still be considered for the Grand Prize.
Genre Prize Winners will get:
A meeting with an agent over zoom to pitch their book, and
A ticket to the SWF 2022 festival*.
$100 in Reedsy credits
All entries will be considered for the Grand Prize. If you wish to also be in the running for a genre prize, choose a genre for your submission.
You can choose not to assign a genre in which case you will be eligible to win the Grand Prize but not to win a genre category.
If a genre winner is chosen as the winner of the Grand Prize, the second place in that genre will win that genre prize.
Prizes are not transferable or redeemable.
*Travel cost to the festival is not included.
Judging
First round judging will be done by Stockholm Writers Festival staff. Winners and final judging will be done by faculty from the Stockholm Writers Festival 2022 program. Their decision is final and no individual correspondence can be entered into.
Prize Winner Notification
Longlist and Shortlist entries will be notified and announced on the SWF website no later than the end of May, 2022.
Prize winners will be notified and announced no later than the end of June, 2022.
Entry implies acceptance of all the rules. Failure to comply with the entry requirements will result in disqualification.
Copyright
Worldwide copyright of each entry remains with the author, but the Stockholm Writers Festival will have the unrestricted right to publish the winning entries on their website and use extracts in any relevant promotional material.
A ticket to the SWF 2022 festival*.
$100 in Reedsy credits
All entries will be considered for the Grand Prize. If you wish to also be in the running for a genre prize, choose a genre for your submission.
You can choose not to assign a genre in which case you will be eligible to win the Grand Prize but not to win a genre category.
If a genre winner is chosen as the winner of the Grand Prize, the second place in that genre will win that genre prize.
Prizes are not transferable or redeemable.
*Travel cost to the festival is not included.
Judging
First round judging will be done by Stockholm Writers Festival staff. Winners and final judging will be done by faculty from the Stockholm Writers Festival 2022 program. Their decision is final and no individual correspondence can be entered into.
Prize Winner Notification
Longlist and Shortlist entries will be notified and announced on the SWF website no later than the end of May, 2022.
Prize winners will be notified and announced no later than the end of June, 2022.
Entry implies acceptance of all the rules. Failure to comply with the entry requirements will result in disqualification.
Copyright
Worldwide copyright of each entry remains with the author, but the Stockholm Writers Festival will have the unrestricted right to publish the winning entries on their website and use extracts in any relevant promotional material.
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