Selected stories will be read by a professional actor and broadcast on the BBC World Service in November 2000. All authors whose stories are broadcast will receive the usual BBC World Service copyright fee. The overall winner will receive a short-wave radio, as well as a subscription to the BBC listener magazine 'On Air'. Stories should be about 2,000 words in length, and in English. Stories must be the original work of the entrant, and must not have been published in any form prior to their possible broadcast on BBC World Service.
Entrants can submit as many stories as they wish.
The closing date for receipt of entries is June 30th 2000. The judges cannot enter in any correspondence with entrants.