Deadline: 1 March 2024
Awarded for the best piece of writing on the theme of ‘Language’.
Prizes:
The winner and runners-up will receive cash prizes and will be invited to attend our annual symposium. We will offer up to £500 travel expenses to help with travel to the event and meals and accommodation during the symposium dates are also covered.
2024 symposium – dates and venue to be announced.
First place: £3,000
Second place: £1,000
Third place: £1,000
Rules:
- All genres of writing are permitted, including fiction, non-fiction, and non-academic essays.
- Open to all nationalities.
- Applicants must be aged 18 or above at the time of entry.
- All entries must be written in English.
- Limited to one entry per person.
- Submissions must be standalone and cannot be extracted from a larger piece.
- A maximum of 2,500 words per entry.
- Stories must not have been published (not including self-published), or accepted for publication in print or online, or have won or been placed in another competition at any time.
- Travel expenses can be used for economy travel costs only and are not exchangeable for cash, any leftover travel budget will not be redeemed as cash.
- Travel expenses can be used for transport only, and can not be used towards accommodation outside of the dates of our symposium.
- Submissions will be judged anonymously, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your work.
- Due to the volume of applications, the judge’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into following the results.
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