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The 2014 Manchester Fiction Prize

First Prize: £10,000
Entry fee: £17.50
Deadline for Entries: Friday 29th August 2014


Under the direction of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University is launching the 2014 Manchester Fiction Prize – a major international literary competition, celebrating excellence in creative writing.

The 2014 Manchester Fiction Prize will award a cash prize of £10,000* to the writer of the best short story submitted. All entrants are asked to submit a story of up to 2,500 words in length. The story can be on any subject, and in any style, but must be fiction and new work, not previously published or currently under consideration elsewhere.

To enter the 2014 Manchester Fiction Prize online, click here.

To download a printable entry form for postal submission, click here.

If you have any queries, or would like to be sent a printed entry pack for postal submission, contact the Manchester Writing School at MMU, on: +44 (0) 161 247 1787/1797; writingschool@mmu.ac.uk.

You may also be interested in our Poetry Prize: click here for details.

* Terms and conditions apply – click here for full details.