Short Story Competition Listening Test 2

And they are supporting a very worthy charity through the competition, so it looks legitimate to me. The second table lists well renowned and prestigious competitions which offer big cash prizes. Any short story competition with a prize of more than £1,000 ($, € or other currency) is listed here. There are a couple of other big prize awards listed in the Regular Short Story Competitions .

I was searching for the annual competition for a book of Scottish Short Stories, which used to have the closing date of 31st Jan – but I can’t find it. Does it no longer exist do you know or am I using the wrong search terms? Also, as the page is getting larger and the lists are getting longer, it is becoming harder for me to maintain.

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Or you can use the contact form on their website. I believe Reedsy have a very large website audience, so you’d probably receive some good exposure. However, the best bet is to read their terms and conditions for more information. And if you have any questions, approach Reedsy directly. And as afterthought, I wouldn’t mind being referenced to solid websites with info on photography competitions .

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It takes them quite a while to read through the entries but eventually they decide on the top five stories. First and foremost, I just need to assert what was right and what was wrong. So, I would like to assert that, yes, I made mistakes. Onboard an Angel Flight Deborah Elliott An uncounted number of men and women have stepped up and served this country so that we might keep our freedoms. We should all be thankful when we get a chance to repay them.

We also choose the best stories, pay the authors above-professional rates, and publish them in our magazine. Just wanted to say a big thanks for the lists of short story competitions you maintain. I finally decided to try my hand at writing, entered the Audio Arcadia short story competition, pointed to by your web site, and was lucky enough to be one of the winners! It’s answered for me (finally!) whether its worth having a go, and indeed I will. Thanks again for putting up the list on your web site.

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The story is yours so you can do whatever you want. Some magazines and competitions won’t accept previously published stories. A small handful won’t accept stories that have been shortlisted, longlisted or received honourable mentions, but that’s rare. Rules usually apply to published stories only. Still, if you do submit to a competition or magazine that does accept previously published work after your story has been published, you could make changes prior to submitting.

It means that I can go ahead and enter loads of competitions in the meantime. I will be super-aware of the contracts aspect, though, and try to ensure that the copyright remains with me. And if you have work published, it means you already have an audience, so a publisher is more likely to consider you seriously. It also gives you some great experience in dealing with editors so it’s fabulous for your writing CV. The idea to sponsor a Short Story competition actually came from one of our employees who is a keen writer, and regularly enters competitions in her spare time. We thought it was a great idea, so offered to support it.

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There are various reasons for charging reading fees. I’ve been involved with free competitions before. They attract a lot of entries and the standard is often poor. Having a fee tends to result in higher quality submissions from writers who at least adhere to the submission guidelines. Considering submission takes time and staff have to be paid.

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Thank you so much for all your alerts on the time schedules of writing contests. I wish to know if you’re allowed to submit a story to two different competitions that fall within the same time, date and month? What about the monthly short story comps in Writing Magazine and Writers’ News? I had a quick look at your regulars listing but didn’t see these mentioned. The magazines come together these days, one inside the other.

It’s a great resource and I plan to enter several of the competitions. Your own short story pieces on the site are very good, I especially enjoyed Mr Kill – well done. I wish you the best of luck with getting your stories published. This site looks good, but you should have a section for younger writers; I’m 13 and none of these competitions are what I’m looking for.

For example, I’ve had 2,500 word story published through a 5,000 word limit competition before. I’d just use your common sense, but bear in mind that the probability of being placed in more than one competition at once is unlikely, no matter how good your writing is! If you do enter more than one competition at once, I’d just let any other competitions know when your work has been accepted elsewhere so it causes them minimum inconvenience. If I win a competition, or am a runner-up, can I then use the story again in a collection at a later date? I don’t want to enter and possibly win competitions if that means I then can’t use the story again, as part of a complete collection. My purpose for trying to get a mention in competitions is to make publishers more likely to consider taking my collection as a whole.