Entries are invited for the annual Short Story Competition of the West Country Writers’ Association.
The competition is open to any author or aspiring author who has had no more than two short stories professionally published, or read on mainstream radio.

The winner will receive £50 in cash and be invited to spend a day at the association's next annual congress, being held in Bath, North Somerset on April 20th-22nd 2012. The winning entry will be published on the WCWA website.

Entries can be on any subject or theme but must include the words JANE AUSTEN at least once. The entry fee is £5 per story.

Entries must not exceed 1200 words, must be in English and be the writer's own unpublished work. They must not be on offer for publication or entered in any other current competition. Each piece of work with its title must be in clear type, double line spaced, on one side of A4 sheet(s) and details of the author must NOT appear on any part of the actual story.
Contestants may enter as many stories as they wish, but each must be accompanied by a separate entry form and the required entry fee.

The closing date for entries is Monday 12th December 2011.

Entries can only be posted to Diney Costeloe, Glebe House, Shipham, Winscombe, Somerset, BS25 1TW. Cheques should be made payable to WCWA. Please keep a copy of your work as entries will only be returned with a SAE.

Entry forms can be downloaded from the West Country Writers’ website www.westcountrywriters.com or by sending a stamped addressed envelope to Fiona McAughey, Trevean, Yeolmbridge, Launceston, PL15 8NJ.

Regrettably, the judges are unable to supply criticism of any entry, and no correspondence can be entered into concerning the result. All entries that arrive on time will be considered by the panel of adjudicators, whose decision is final.

Further details here.

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