The Writing District Short Story Prize up to $1200

The Writing District Prize for short story 2022 is open for entries.

1. First prize is $1,000 and publication on our website and this will be presented to the author of the best, eligible Entry in the opinion of the judges.
2. There will be two runners-up prizes of $100 each.
3. The prize money will be transferred to the bank account of the winning Entrant only.

1. The Contest is open to writers across the globe, writing in the English language, aged 16 years or over at the time of submission.
2. The Entry must not contain more than three thousand (3,000) words. The word count should be listed on the Entry and must be precise.
3. Entries must be submitted by the author. Entries must be entirely the author’s own work. Any evidence to the contrary will result in immediate disqualification.
4. The author may submit more than one story, as long as the entry fee accompanies each individual entry.
5. Entries must not have been published, self-published, published on any website, blog or online forum, broadcast, have won or been placed (2nd, 3rd, runner up etc) in any other contest. If your entry has been long-listed or shortlisted in other contests, and provided it has not won a prize or been published, it is eligible.
6. Simultaneous submissions are allowed but will become ineligible should they win a prize elsewhere, be published or scheduled for future publication prior to the date of prize giving. Entry fees will not be refunded. You must inform us immediately should your entry be published or win a prize elsewhere.
7. Entrants warrant that their Entry is original, entirely the Entrant’s own work, does not infringe any existing copyright, moral rights or any other rights of any third party and contains nothing obscene, libellous, unlawful, defamatory or anything which The Writing District may otherwise deem to be inappropriate, and the Entrant warrants that the Entry is suitable for publication on the The Writing District website.
8. The Contest is not open to employees, tutors, or editors of The Writing District, any of its associated, affiliated or subsidiary companies, the administrators, or anyone connected with the Contest or their direct family members.
9. Entries are limited to stories written in English. Translations of short stories originally published in other languages and translated into English are also eligible for the Contest.
10. Entry fee: $15. You can submit multiple entries as long as each entry is paid for individually and includes a separate entry form.
11. Formatting your short story see here.

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