Apologies to all concerned. Each section carries quarterly prizes. Now in 2000-2001 the Grand Prize rises to 1,500 The short story competition will be administered by Alex Keegan. In selecting finalists, weight will be given to story, and the quality and readability of language and the inspiration the story offers the reader. The competition will be in FOUR parts winning stories from each of the four quarters will be entered for the grand prize.
Many winners are entrants who received critiques, rewrote and re-entered.
All entrants will receive a mark and are notified of the marks for current finalists Winners of Parts I-IV will be automatic finalists eligible for the grand prize. All competition entries will be judged anonymously and no indication of the writer's name or address must appear any competition manuscript Stories must be typed or quality printed with 1.5 line spacing one side of the paper only and with margins of at least one inch. Feedback will be ongoing. It is the intention of the organisers to respond to all entries within 14 working days of receipt. Material must not be submitted to any magazine, anthology or periodical nor entered in any other competition.