Let your imagination take flight!

We're looking for short stories of up to 1,500 words in which the central theme is chocolate - eating it, drinking it, cooking with it, or anything else.

PRIZES
1st prize £200, publication here and Choc Lit’s authors corner blog and a box of chocolates from Plush Chocolates.
A Runner Up will receive £50 and a box of chocolates from Plush Chocolates.

RULES
Your entry must be a maximum of 1,500 words.
All stories should be clearly typed or printed and double spaced.
No stories will be returned, so make sure you keep copies of your entries.
All work must be your own and not previously published.
We are happy to accept authors living outside of the UK but monetary prizes will be cheques in sterling and there may be restrictions in sending chocolates to certain countries.
Entry fee is £3 per story.
All entries must be received by 31st January, 2012.
The judges decision is final.

JUDGES
Your judges are Choc Lit authors Margaret James and Sue Moorcroft. Both are experienced creative writing tutors. Margaret also writes the monthly Fiction Focus for Writing Magazine and Sue is head fiction judge for short story competitions at Writers Forum. 

HOW TO ENTER

Please post your stories to:
Short Story Competition,
Choc Lit Ltd,
Penrose House,
Crawley Drive,
Camberley,
Surrey, GU15 2AB.

Please enclose a cheque for £3 per story - i.e. to enter 3 stories would cost £9. Cheques are payable to ‘Choc Lit Ltd.’ If confirmation of entry is required via post please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.

Or email info@choc-lit.co.uk with the subject header ‘Short Story Competition’
and attach your story to the email  as a Word or RTF (text file). Send payment via Paypal to orders@choc-lit.co.uk quoting ‘Short Story Competition’ and the name you entered. We will confirm receipt via email.