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Deadline Extended: Telling Tales Press
Short Story Writing Competition
(Kshs. 5,000 top prize | Kenya)

Deadline: 12 October 2012

Jones Baraza of Telling Tales Press has sent a new announcement on the extension of the deadline for the Telling Tales Press Short Story Competition from September 30th to October 12th. The announcement of winners is now scheduled on October 20th on their website.

The contest is free to enter and entrants are limited to three entries. All the other mechanics remain the same. Top prize is Kshs. 5,000, while 2nd and 3rd placer will receive Kshs. 3,000 and Kshs. 1,500, respectively. Other notable submissions will be published in an anthology.

TellingTales Press wishes to announce a short story writing competition for youth and budding writers. Interested participants are requested to submit their scripts by 30th September. Winning scripts will be published in an anthology, courtesy of TellingTales Press, as well as cash prizes for the first, second and third placed positions. This short story writing competition is aimed at reaching out to youthful writers with great potential in providing revolutionary works of literature.

RULES
  • The competition is FREE. You are also allowed to enter a MAXIMUM of three entries to compete for the ultimate prize.

  • Only manuscripts with 1,500 words or less shall be accepted. Any manuscript outside this margin will be disqualified.

  • All entries must be in English and unpublished.

  • Entries must be in an electronic format, that is, word documents with 12pt Arial font double spaced (see submission guidelines for more details).

  • All entries must be submitted by 30th September.

  • Winners will be notified by 20th October through E-mail. Their names will also be published on our Announcements page.

  • The competition is open to everyone. Youthful writers are encouraged to submit their manuscripts.
PRIZES
  • 1st prize: Kshs. 5,000

  • 2nd prize: Kshs. 3,000

  • 3rd prize: Kshs. 1,500

  • 4th through 20th scripts shall be published in an anthology of short stories.
A list of the top 20 scripts will be made available on our website by 15th October. Any changes to this date will be communicated.

MANUSCRIPT LAYOUT AND FORMATTING
  • Electronic files should be in Word Document format (".doc", ".docx")

  • 1 inch margins on all four sides of the page

  • 12 pt font Arial double-spaced

  • Do not include any other material that is not part of the manuscript. If you have instructions or comments to the editor, please provide them on a separate document.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

If your script conforms to the above layout requirements, then please provide the following to accompany the manuscript:
  • Manuscript Submission Form (download here)

  • A synopsis of the manuscript
Note that these two documents have to be in a Word document format and will be sent as attachments together with the actual manuscript.

Download: manuscript submission form

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For submissions: submit your manuscript here

Website: http://www.tellingtalespress.com

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