Any short story submitted must he the original unpublished work of the entrant. Children's stories, essays, sketches, poems, plays and works of non-fiction are excluded. All stories must be written in English. There is no restriction on length of story but remember that these Awards are for short stories. All entries must be accompanied by the official entry form .
Entrants can submit as many stories as they wish.
A reader's appraisal when requested is an additional 4.00 for each story. The 1997 Award winning stories will be published in book form and each of the Award winning writers will receive 200. In addition, a top prize of 2,000 will be awarded. Second prize I,000. Third prize 500.