Stroud book festival Competitions

Close   31 July 2018

All Competition Rules:
Entries for the Stroud Book Festival Poetry and Flash Fiction Prizes are open internationally. Entries for the Stroud Book Festival Mainstream Fiction Prize is open to writers in Gloucestershire.
Entries must be in English, your own unaided work, and not a translation of another writer.
Entries must not have been previously broadcast, published or self-published, in print or online, or have won a prize in another competition.
The maximum length of any entry must be:
Flash Fiction: 500 words
Novel: 200 word synopsis, plus 3000 words
Poetry: 40 lines
Your name and address must not appear on the pieces entered, nor any other marks that could identify you.
Online entry is via the Stroud Book Festival website stroudbookfestival.org.uk/competition
Postal entries must be typed or written clearly in black, double spaced on white A4 paper, and on one side of the paper only. For postal entries, send the form with your competition entries to: The Old Police Station, Beeches Green, Stroud, GL5 4BJ
Do not staple multiple pages. If necessary, use a paperclip.
Entry fees must be in UK currency, and cheques/postal orders payable to Stroud Book Festival. Payment can also be made online through PayPal. Contest entry fees cannot be returned.
The opening date for entries is 1 Feb 2018. The closing date for all entries is 31 July 2018. Winners will be notified by 30 September 2018.
Copyright remains with the authors, but we reserve the right to publish the winning entries for a year after the announcement. We also reserve the right to use any sound or video recordings of work for promotional use.
Winners will be listed on the Stroud Book Festival website.
We are unable to return entries, so please don’t send your only copy. We will not enter into any correspondence about entries, or make changes to entries received. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted.
Entries may be shortlisted by a panel of local authors and industry professionals before final judging by appointed judge.
All decisions made by the judges regarding the winners are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Should the named judge be unable to proceed in any category, we aim to find an alternative judge of equivalent standing as an author/poet.
Prizes may be withheld or altered if we receive no outstanding entries, or insufficient entries.
The prize-giving will take place at Stroud Book Festival 2018. Please note that we cannot cover travel expenses for prize-winners.
By submitting, you are agreeing to all contest rules. Contest rules are subject to change.

ENTER HERE