Writing Competition
Welcome to the Bristol Short Story Prize - an international short story competition open to all UK and non-UK based writers that publishes an annual anthology as well as presenting cash prizes.
The 2013 Bristol Short Story Prize is now open. Stories can be entered online or by post and the closing date for entries is midnight (BST) on 30th April 2013. Please read the 2013 BSSP rules before entering. The judging panel will be chaired by editor and literary consultant, Ali Reynolds, a former editor at Random House.
The 2012 Bristol Short Story Prize was won by John Arnold (left) for his story Naked as Eve. John is a journalist who is based in Brisbane in Australia.
We interview John about his success, his writing and more here.
John's winning story plus 19 other fantastic stories are available in our latest anthology
2013 Rules and Prize Details
20 stories will be shortlisted for the 2013 Bristol Short Story Prize.
The 20 shortlisted writers will be invited to an awards ceremony in Bristol in October 2013 when the winners will be announced and the BSSP Anthology Volume 6 will be launched. Prizes and anthologies will be sent to any shortlisted writer unable to attend the awards ceremony.
Prizes :
Ist- £1000 plus £150 Waterstone’s gift card
2nd- £700 plus £100 Waterstone’s gift card
3rd- £400 plus £100 Waterstone’s gift card
The other 17 writers who feature on the shortlist will receive £100.
All 20 shortlisted stories will be published in both print and ebook versions of Volume 6 of the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology.
The closing date for entries is 30th April 2013.
There is an entry fee of £8 for each story submitted.
Stories can be on any theme or subject and are welcome in any style including graphic, verse or genre-based (crime, thriller, science fiction, fantasy, romance, historical etc.).
While there is a maximum word count of 4,000 words, it should be stressed that there is no minimum.