PUB: sentinel literary quarterly short story competition january 2011

 

 

Sentinel Literary Quarterly Short Story Competition

(January 2011).

 
Competition Details 

Subject: Short Stories may be on any subject or style and MUST NOT have been previously published, posted on a website or blog. Stories posted on members-only writing groups for workshop purposes as part of the creative process are not deemed to have been previously published.


Length: Maximum 1,500 words per story.
Entry Fees: £5.00 per story, £9 for 2 stories or £12.00 for 3 stories.
First Prize: £150.00
Second Prize: £60.00
Third Prize: £40.00

First Publication: The top three short stories will receive first publication in Sentinel Champions - Selected Poems & Short Stories from the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Writing Competition Series. (This is a print magazine) A total of 6 stories from this competition will be published in Sentinel Champions Magazine in August 2011.

Entries Deadline: 20th December, 2010
Results due: 31st January, 2011 announced in Sentinel Literary Quarterly magazine at http://www.sentinelquarterly.com 
Judge: Amanda Sington-Williams, author of The Eloquence of Desire
Competition Administration: Sentinel Poetry Movement
 
ENTER BY POST OR ONLINE
 
POSTAL ENTRIES

  1. Short Stories must be in English Language and typed.

  2. Author's name and address or any other identifying mark MUST NOT appear on any of your story pages.

  3. PRINT your Name, Postal Address, E-mail Address and if you wish, Telephone number on a plain sheet of paper and place the paper in a sealed envelope.

  4. Write "SLQ STORY JAN 2011" followed by the Title(s) of your Short Story(ies) on the back of the envelope.

  5. Make cheques or Postal Orders (in GB£ only) payable to SENTINEL POETRY MOVEMENT.

Send your Short Stories, the envelope with your name inside, and your entry fee to: 

Sentinel Poetry Movement
Unit 136
113 – 115 George Lane
London
E18 1AB
United Kingdom
 
ONLINE ENTRIES*  

International/Online entrants may enter by e-mail and pay entry fees by Paypal. To enter by this method please follow these steps:

  1. Select the option that matches your entry preference from the paypal drop-down button below and make the applicable payment.

  2. After making your payment, you will be given a Transaction ID or Receipt Number by Paypal. Make a note of the Transaction ID.

  3. Submit your short stories and a cover note with your Name, Postal Address, Optional Telephone Number and Titles of your stories to competitions@sentinelpoetry.org.uk" style="text-decoration: none;"> competitions@sentinelpoetry.org.uk  as a Word or rtf attachment.

  4. In the subject line, type SLQ STORY JAN 2011 Followed by your Transaction ID. You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt of stories within 48 hours.

SLQ SHORT STORY JAN 2011

3 Stories £12.00 2 Stories £9.00 1 Story £5.00

 

Terms & Conditions/Privacy Policy:

  1. You may enter as many short stories as you wish with the appropriate entry fees.

  2. If you win one of the prizes in this quarter's competition, you will NOT be prohibited from entering next quarter's competition.

  3. The judges read the stories without any indication of the identity of the authors. If the same author wins more than one prize, in the interest of fairness we WILL award it.

  4. The decision of the judge is final, and no communication will be entered into.

  5. If on the advice of the judge, the quality of entries is too low to produce worthy prize winners, or any other legitimate reason beyond our control arises which may affect a fair completion or conduct of the competition, we reserve the right to cancel the competition and refund all entry fees immediately by the same method we have been paid.

  6. If you would like an acknowledgement of postal entries, please enclose an SAE marked "acknowledgement".

  7. The Judge's Report will be published in Sentinel Literary Quarterly on 31 January 2011. This publication is online, www.sentinelquarterly.com if you would like to receive the Judges' Report in the post, please enclose an SAE marked "Judges' Report".

  8. All prizewinners will be notified by post or e-mail within 7 days of the announcement of the results. These notifications will be accompanied with a prize claim invoice.

  9. By entering this competition you provide some information such as your address and e-mail which may be deemed personal information. These will be processed according to the data protection act 1998.

  10. We will never pass on any detail you provide in the course of entering this competition to a third party and we will never sell your data to anyone for marketing purposes.

  11. By entering this competition you agree that we may contact you by e-mail or post via our newsletter with the results of the competition, the adjudicator's reports and information on future competitions. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time.
    * Online entries must be received by midnight on the 30th of September 2010. Postal entries must be post-marked by 20th December 2010. E&OE | SLQ

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