Competition: Writers' Forum Fictional Competition
Run By: Writers' Forum
Genre: short story
Prize: £300
Entry Fee: £3 /£6
Deadline: This is a rolling competition which means that entries received after one issue's cut-off point are simply placed in the next contest.
Three great prizes every issue
1st £300, 2nd £150, 3rd £100
All types of story are welcome, be it crime, comedy, romance, thriller, literary, twist in the tail, horror, SF etc
- Stories MUST be between 1000 and 3000 words
- Entry fee is £6 or just £3 for subscribers.
- If your story is shortlisted you will be notified and we will ask you to send a photo of yourself and a brief biography via email.
Optional feedback for just £5
Our judges Sue Moorcroft and Lorraine Mace can provide a page of personalised critique to help you improve your writing. The fee is just £5. You will receive feedback by email if you enter online or please include a stamped addressed envelope if you are entering by post.
TO ENTER ONLINE
Please choose one of the following links to be taken to the secure Select website to pay by card:
- Subscriber entry (£3)
- Subscriber entry with critique (£8)
- Non-subscriber entry (£6)
- Non-subscriber entry with critique (£11)
To enter send an email with your story attached as a Word-compatible file (.doc or .docx or .rtf). The document must be set out on plain A4, with double line spacing and good margin widths. Please indent the first line of paragraphs using either a tab or paragraph formatting (not spaces). On a title page give your name, address, phone number, email address, story title and wordcount. The address to send your entry to is:
storycomp@writers-forum.com
Your entry will be forwarded to the judges as soon as all fees due have been paid and your subscriber status has been confirmed.
TO ENTER BY POST
See the magazine for a postal entry form or download one (as a pdf) here. Please include a stamped postcard if you require proof of receipt.
Rolling competition
This is a rolling competition which means that entries received after one issue's cut-off point are simply placed in the next contest.
Further details here.
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