Rules
2012-13
The competition is open to all aged 18 or over, regardless of nationality
or country of residence.
Entries must be:
- in English
- double-spaced
- in a normal font size (12 point is fine)
Entries must be entirely your own work and never previously published or broadcast,
online or offline.
One entry per person only. Subsequent entries, including revisions, will be omitted
from the competition and will not be read.
Entries submitted on behalf of somebody else will not be eligible.
Manuscripts must show no name, address or identifying marks other than the title
of the story. Entries are numbered automatically and cross-referenced with your user
details. After the anonymous reading and selections, your name and details will be
retrieved if your entry has been successful.
Word limit this year: 7,500.
There is no set theme.
Entry is by completing the online entry form and uploading your manuscript in
Microsoft Word (".doc") or RTF (".rtf") format.
To enter you must first register and confirm your email address. By registering
you agree that we may email you announcements about the competition and occasional
newsletters. We will not pass your details to anyone outside of the Willesden Herald
and Pretend Genius Press, unless required to do so by law.
There is an entry fee of £3 per entrant. The computer system will
only direct you to the payment page after successfully uploading your entry.
Entry fees are non-refundable.
Opening date for submissions: 1 September 2012
Closing date: 21 December 2012
Members of Willesden Herald, Pretend Genius, Willesden Writers' Group committee and this year's judges
are excluded.
We will not enter into any correspondence about entries or results.
We cannot provide any feedback on individual entries.
We will reduce the entries to a short list from which the winners will be chosen
anonymously by this year's judge (David Means).
The short list will be announced
online and by email to the writers concerned. The winner and runners-up will be
announced at a special event sponsored by [TBC]
.
The prizes for 2013 are:
1st place: £300 plus a one-off Willesden Herald mug inscribed "The Willesden
Short Story Prize 2013"
2nd: 2 x £150 (two runners-up)
All ten short-listed stories will be included in "New Short
Stories 7" to be published by
Pretend Genius Press.
Author compensation for inclusion in New Short Stories is limited to 5 complimentary
copies of the anthology.
Worldwide copyright on each entry remains with its author.
Because we have an entry fee this year we guarantee that a short list
of at least ten will be selected and a winner and two runners-up chosen.
The aim of this competition is to encourage the creation of excellent new short
stories. Organisation, reading and judging are done on a voluntary or nominal basis,
all for the love of the short story.
By submitting an entry you agree to accept these rules in full.
How to enter
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