The Bristol Short Story Prize aims to issue non bad curt stories together with promote the stories together with writers every bit much every bit possible. Discovering previously unpublished writers is fundamental to their aims together with they are absolutely committed to celebrating the curt floor genre together with making it accessible together with available to every bit broad an audience every bit they can.
The Bristol Short Story Prize was founded past times the editors of the quarterly cultural periodical Bristol Review of Books inwards 2007.
Aims:
To issue a vivid curt floor anthology every twelvemonth total of fresh together with master copy stories, together with to larn it stocked inwards every bit many bookshops every bit possible. This includes high street chains, independent shops, together with online booksellers.
To inspire together with encourage writers.
To observe together with promote previously unpublished writers.
To render an chance for writers to larn published.
To part the enthusiasm for curt stories inwards every bit many ways together with alongside every bit many people every bit possible.
To found Bristol every bit a curt floor centre.
To enhance the profile, back upward together with enhance funds for Bristol Review of Books magazine.
They accept published a huge arrive at of stories inwards starting fourth dimension eleven anthologies – stories ready throughout history from ancient Hellenic Republic to the acquaint day, together with beyond to imagined futures.
There accept been stories narrated past times octogenarians, past times children non all the same a decade old, together with others alongside narrators together with protagonists at all stages of life inwards between.
Stories written inwards the first, minute together with 3rd persons, alongside the broadest sweep of styles together with genres from the familiar to the obscure: historical, romance, literary, scientific discipline fiction, harsh realism, surreal flights of fancy, tense thrillers, comic capers, ‘experimental’ tales, sparsely written hammer blows of what simply about powerfulness telephone telephone flash fiction together with lots more.
Stories ready inwards countries all over the globe, written past times writers worldwide. There accept been high, mid together with depression forehead stories; stories written every bit weblog posts, album reviews, inwards verse, every bit diaries, every bit a serial of emails, every bit good every bit a sumptuous crop of the to a greater extent than traditional; stories of 4,000 words together with those alongside simply a few hundred, 1 of which won starting fourth dimension prize inwards 2010.
They are inviting to present what’s possible inwards a curt story, what a curt floor tin be, what a floor tin create together with what ‘short story’ agency to you.
You’re the writer, it’s upward to y'all what y'all do. It’s your story. They volition read every submission alongside the same objectivity, honour together with relish.
Benefits
Each of the 2019 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlisted authors volition have two complimentary copies of the paperback version of Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 12 together with volition hold upward able to buy farther copies at a discount of 50%.
All 2019 Bristol Short Story prize shortlisted writers volition hold upward able to buy whatever issue of copies of whatever majority of Bristol Short Story Prize Anthologies at a discount of 50%.
Prizes for 2019 are:
1st prize-£1000,
2nd prize -£500,
3rd prize -£250.
Each of the 17 remaining shortlisted writers volition have £100.
The winning floor volition every bit good hold upward published inwards the impress edition of Bristol 24/7 periodical inwards Nov 2019.
An additional prize of £100, The Sansom Award, inwards recognition of the contribution to Bristol publishing of John together with Angela Sansom, volition hold upward presented to the highest placed floor past times a Bristol writer.
Eligibilities
Open to all published together with unpublished writers.
There is no geographical restriction on entry – the 2019 Bristol Short Story Prize is opened upward to everyone, whether they are based inwards the Great Britain or exterior the UK
Entrants must hold upward over sixteen years former on the closing date
Open for All
Application Deadline: Apr 30, 2019
Website
https://goo.gl/SWYsFb
Application Form
https://goo.gl/XsNNpf
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