Saveas Writers’ International Writing Competition 2018

Nightmare: Gothic Dreams




To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, poems and stories are invited in the Gothic tradition.



What does Gothic mean to you? Dark? Spooky? Vampires and ruined monasteries or perhaps something more subtle and uncanny? Maybe Southern Gothic, as in Faulkner or Anne Rice’s work for example, or Canadian Gothic is your thing. It’s up to you and your Gothic imagination.



Get writing – and chill us to the bone!

Poetry
Rules

Poems: 60 lines max.


Prizes

First: The Canterbury Christ Church University Poetry Prize of £200

Second: £100

Third: £50


Judge

Sonia Overall


Entry fees

£3 per poem £8 for three

Prose
Rules

Short stories: 2500 words max.


Prizes

First: The SaveAs Writers’ International Prose Prize sponsored by

Hot Monkey Publishing of £200

Second: £100

Third: £50


Judge

Truda Thurai


Entry fees

£4 per short story £10 for three


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