INKTEARS SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2012 Now open for entries – winner’s prize £1,000 Deadline: 30 November 2012 Type: Short story (UK + International) Prizes: £1,000, £100, £25 x 4, plus all prizewinners get their story published to the InkTears Readers and consideration for a short story collection/anthology publication. Full results will be announced by 30 March 2013. Fee: £6.00. Length: 1000-3000 words, any theme NB: stories may have been...
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SHORT OF THE MONTH As part of our commitment to emerging and underserved writers, beginning in November 2012, each month we will publish a short work of fiction on our blog and feature that author on our website. Selected authors are paid $250. This year it’s an experiment. Next year, it’s an annual anthology and maybe a podcast. It’s a fluid experiment, OK? Please visit our Submittable page to send your freakishly awesome...
Prizes total $1600 in Writers’ Village story contest A first prize of $800 can be won in the autumn round of the Writers’ Village contest for short fiction up to 3000 words in any genre. Second prize is $400, third is $160 and there are three further prizes of $80. Every story, win or lose, also gains a free helpful critique – a feature thought to be unique among low-fee writing contests. Winning stories will be showcased at the site. Fee...
Words with JAM BIGGER Short Story Competition 2012 Our Annual Short Story Competition just got BIGGER. Not only do we have our usual 2500 word Short Story Category, but now we have a Shorter Story Category for stories up to 1000 words and a Shortest Story Category for stories up to 250 words. Overall Prize Pot £1500 1st prize in each category – £300 2nd prize in each category – £100 3rd prize in each category – £50 5 runners...
Open to Interpretation brings together photographers and writers in an exciting and innovative book project that has never been done before. Each book begins with a themed call for photos. The chosen photos become the literary inspiration for the writers’ submissions. A book is created that matches each winning photo with two stories or poems that offer different interpretations of the image. ANNOUNCING FADING LIGHT The photographers...
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