The competition is funded by Brick Lane Bookshop and is partnering this year with Spread the Word, Scratch Books, and The London Magazine. The competition is for original short fiction between 1000 and 5000, by writers without previous publication who are current residents of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, or Wales.
Prizes:
First Prize is £1,000, Second Prize is £500, Third Prize is £250
The three prize winners will each receive a development meeting with a member of the Spread the Word team, a year's membership to their London Writers Network, plus four free places for workshops and courses on their regular programme.
The short story publisher Scratch Books is also offering editorial feedback for the top three authors.
A longlisted entry will be published in a print edition of The London Magazine
The 12 longlisted stories will be published in Brick Lane Bookshop's New Short Stories 2024 anthology.
Entry Fee: The entry fee is £10. There are also 50 free spaces available for authors on a low income.
All of this and details about submission can be found on our website.
Deadline: April 7th 2024