Competitions
I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork. Peter de Vries
We run several different competitions throughout the year - usually, although not always, for fictional short stories. All have up to three prizes. The awards will vary depending on the competition set.
The rules are straightforward (even though we’ve had to make them very comprehensive) and we encourage people to write as much as they want and send in as many entries as they like.
Competitions will include fiction, micro and/or flash fiction, non-fiction and articles (which, given the way the media works, could come under any of the categories!). The closing date will always be the first Monday of the relevant month, at noon.
The current competition is as follows:
Short Story Fiction - up to 3,000 words on any theme.
First Prize: £100.00 Second Prize: £50.00 Third Prize: £25.00 Plus publication on our website. Up to five commended entries will also be published on the website. (Website publication is subject to agreement from each author.)
And winners and commended entries will get a lovely certificate!
Deadline for entries: Noon on 1st November 2010. A long-list will be published on this web site on 30th November, and details of the winners and runners-up will be published here by 7th December.
Entry Fee: £4.00 payable by PayPal or cheque (cheques should be made payable to Better Practice Associates Ltd). You can enter as many times as you wish, at £4.00 a time. Select the "Add to Cart" link below once for each entry, adding the title of your entry in each case. (The "Empty" button will clear down the title field, ready for you to add the next one - but give the first one time to be actioned before doing the next!)
All entry fees must be paid for in pounds sterling, so if entering from abroad, please ensure that you have the fee correctly sorted. Please do not send any cash by post or attempt to pay with magic beans!
We are also contributors to Brighton’s Coastway Hospital Radio, and winning entrants have the chance to have their story recorded and read out on air. You can do the recording itself or have someone else do it for you, like one of our presenters. Please note though that this is in addition to any other prizes and we don’t offer travel or accommodation costs, so if you’re coming from Australia, The Orkneys or just around the corner and you don’t have your own magic carpet, don’t ask us to fund your first class travel!
