InkTears Short Story Competition 2009

Closed for entries. Shortlist has now been published.

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We are seeking short story writers who are being successfully published in magazines and/or placed in competitions, but don’t yet have a book deal.


The Prize

Their are six prizes which will be awarded by the InkTears judging panel:

  1. •    Winner: £150

  2. •    Runner-up: £50

  3. •    4x Highly Commended: £25


All prize winners will get their:

  1. •   Story published to the InkTears Readership

  2. •   Bio published on InkTears site

  

In addition, if the writer has enough quality short stories we will offer the option of a contract to publish a short story collection. If they are at an early stage of development as a writer, we may consider including their work in an anthology. All writers will get to meet InkTears face-face to discuss their publishing goals and aspirations, and we will seek to help them.




The Rules

  1. 1.Submissions must be a short story between 1,000 to 3,000 words in length, written in English. Any theme is acceptable.

  2. 2.Story may have have been previously published in a magazine or online, providing it was published before 30 March 2009 (we feel that magazines & anthologies supporting short story writers should get at least 12 months use of the work before it is published elsewhere).

  3. 3.Alternatively, the story may be as yet unpublished.

  4. 4.Work must be entirely the work of the entrant, and the entrant must own the full rights of the story.

  5. 5.Submissions must be accompanied by a bio including full details of any previous publication history of the story submitted.

  6. 6.Submissions can only be accepted online.

  7. 7.Each submission must be accompanied by a fee of £4.50, payable via Paypal as part of the submission process.

  8. 8.Multiple submissions are permitted.

  9. 9.There is no geographical restriction on entrants, entry is open to all including non-UK based writers.

  10. 10. Closing date is 30 November 2009.

  11. 11. Winners will be notified via email by 01 February 2010.

  12. 12. Full results will be posted on this website by 28 February 2010.

  13. 13. No entrant can win more than one prize.

  14. 14. Entrants will be judged by the InkTears judging panel. The judges’ decisions are final and no individual correspondence will be entered into.

  15. 15. Entry is confirmation of your acceptance of all rules and conditions.




Submissions

The competition is now closed for entries.