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Writing East Midlands has teamed up with Lincolnshire Echo to offer you the chance to have your work published in the weekly paper.

Every fortnight the Lincolnshire Echo will publish a short story chosen by Writing East Midlands, and next year a cash prize of £300 will be awarded to the author of the best piece, to be presented at the East Midlands Book Award in 2013.

With a readership of 60-100,000, this is a fantastic opportunity to promote your work to a wide audience.

Nottingham’s award winning author, Niki Valentine aka Nicola Monaghan, wrote a story to launch the competition on 10 November 2011.

All published stories will be archived here.

COMPETITION RULES

• Each month the Lincolnshire Echo will publish two new short stories (one every other week) by writers currently living in the East Midlands – Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Rutland, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire.

• A qualifying address and postcode must be supplied with each submission.

• Submissions should be sent to Writing East Midlands BY E-MAIL ONLY at echoshorts@writingeastmidlands.co.uk who will choose two winning submissions for publishing each month.

• Submissions for consideration each month should be received by the 25th of the preceding month, with a short bio about yourself.Thus, entries for publication in December 2011 must be received by November 25, 2011.

• Submissions that are considered by WEM to be particularly strong may be ‘rolled over’ for future consideration, with the agreement of the author.

• Submissions must be a maximum of 2,500 words. Submissions of greater length will be automatically discounted.

• Submissions must not have been previously published in print.

• The author will also consent to their stories being published on Writing East Midlands’ website at their discretion, and in any other Northcliffe Group Newspaper.

• In November 2012 an overall best story will be chosen and awarded the 2012 Lincolnshire Echo Short Story prize at the East Midlands Book Awards in 2013.

• A cash prize of £300 will be given to the winning author.

Further details here.

London Comedy Writers does not endorse any of the competitions or opportunities listed on this site and cannot be held responsible for their administration. We provide these links in good faith. You must make your own judgment and do your own research before entering any competition or partaking in any opportunity. If you have had a bad experience with any of these competitions or events listed on the website, please contact us so it can be removed.