Meridian Writing is pleased to announce our winter short story writing competition is now open. We will accept stories of up to 3,000 words, and is open to both published and unpublished writers.

Please note that all entries must be accompanied by an entry form and correct fee.

First Prize          £100

Second Prize      £50

Third Prize         £25

In addition to Prize Money, all winning authors will receive a firstwriter.com   voucher worth $15/£10/€15, allowing them to take out a free subscription to firstwriter.com, providing access to details of hundreds of publishers, literary agents, writing competitions, and magazines. firstwriter.com will contact the winning authors directly.

Competition Rules

• The competition is open to both published and unpublished authors writing in any genre, including children's fiction. Stories must not have been previously published elsewhere either in print or online.
• Authors must be sixteen years of age or older.
• Stories should be a maximum of 3,000 words in length, but there is no lower limit.
• The entry fee for each story is £5.00 GBP. There is no limit on the number of entries any one person may enter but no author may win more than one prize in any competition. Multiple entries may be made on one entry form with all stories listed.
• Each entry must be accompanied by an entry form (which can be copied from our website, or obtained from our contact address: please enclose a SAE) or the Online Entry Form.
• The Judges wish to make an unbiased decision on all entries, so please ensure that only the story title is printed on the story itself.

Further details here.

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