Caribbean Short Story Competition 2009/2010
It's official. The Caribbean Short Story Competition 2009/2010 has been launched. 17 winners will have their work published in a November 2010 release. One overall winner will secure USD $ 250.00. For more details see. Caribbean Short Story Competion 2009/2010.
Caribbean Short Story Competition 2009/2010
Deadline extended to Tuesday 31st August 2010
Great news! Potbake Productions has been making waves in the news recently with the release of Lyndon Baptiste's 90 Days of Violence and oOh My Testicles! and Michael Cozier's Forward Ever! Backward Never!
At Potbake Productions, part of our vision is promoting the growth of literature. In light of this, we are launching a Caribbean Short Story Competition, a short story competition with a twist. There will be a total of 17 prizes. The overall winner gets USD $ 250.00 and their story, along with 16 other winning stories, will be published as short story book collection by November 2010.
Guidelines and rules for submitting stories
- Entrants must be citizens of the Caribbean.
- Entrants must be greater than or equal to 13 years of age.
- A maximum of 2 entries per entrant.
- Stories must be a minimum of 2,500 words but no greater than 3,000 words. Other entries will not be considered.
- Stories must be original works, having never been featured in any other publication, newspaper, magazine or otherwise.
- Submissions must be in MS WORD or PDF format and must include the word count, author's name and contact information
- Entries submitted after Tuesday, 31st August 2010, will not be considered.
- Entries can be sent via hard or soft copy
- Email: submissions@potbake.com. Subject line must be: "CSSC.2009/2010".
- Hard copy submissions must be made to #3, 3rd Street West, Beaulieu Avenue, Trincity, Trinidad, West Indies.
The end result for the top 17 stories
- The overall winner will receive a cash prize of USD $ 250.00.
- The top 17 stories will be compiled in a book and each winner will receive a free copy.
- An about the author page will be included in the publication for each of the 17 winners.
- The authors will retain the copyright for their stories.
- Potbake Productions will retain distribution rights for the top 17 stories.
- There is no other monetary gain for the winning authors. There are no royalties to collect on sales.
via potbake.com