The Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Writing 2023 and Win £10,000

The Mogford is offering Food and Drink short story writing competition to writers across the globe.

• The prize awards £10,000 to the best short story.
• Three runners up also receive awards of £250 and all shortlisted entrants have their stories published on the Mogford Prize website.

• The prize is open to writers of any nationality who are over 18 years of age at the closing date of the competition.
• Stories may have a maximum of 2,500 words not including the title and should not have been previously published anywhere (this includes self-publication, publication on websites, blogs and online forums as well as broadcast via TV, radio or podcast).
• All stories should be in English and the sole work on the entrant.
• Short fiction that places food and/or drink at the centre of the narrative.
• The story could, for example, be about a food-related crime or intrigue; a chance meeting over a drink; a life-changing conversation over dinner; or perhaps the details of a relationship explored through food.

About The Mogford Prize:

The Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Writing is an annual short story competition open to writers across the globe. The prize awards £10,000 to the best short story that has food and drink at its heart. Three runners up also receive awards of £250 and all shortlisted entrants have their stories published on the Mogford Prize website and in linen-bound booklets that feature in The Oxford Collection’s five star hotels and restaurants in Oxford, UK.

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