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Entries to the £3,000 Edinburgh Short Story Award Now Open
Deadline: Thu 29 Feb 2024
Managed by the Scottish Arts Trust, 2024 marks ten years since we first launched the short story competition. With a £3,000 first prize, it has grown to become one of the UK's leading short story competitions.
Open to published and unpublished writers worldwide with stories on any topic up to 2,000 words.
In 2024 we are thrilled to welcome internationally best-selling authors Chris Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman, who also write collaboratively under the pseudonym Ambrose Parry, as Chief Judges.
The Prizes
• First Prize £3,000 - Open to writers worldwide
• Second Prize £500 - Open to writers worldwide
• Third Prize £250 - Open to writers worldwide
• Isobel Lodge Award £750 - Open to unpublished writers living in Scotland
• Write Mango Flash Award £300 - Open to writers worldwide
• Publication is offered to authors of the top twenty stories (or more) in our next anthology
Entry Fees
Entry to the competition costs £10 per story. Writers may enter as many stories as they wish. Free entry is offered to all writers living in Scotland in a household that receives any form of income support, disability or cares allowance, or universal credit.
As a registered charity, all funds raised through our competitions are used to support the arts in Scotland. Learn more about the Scottish Arts Trust at www.scottishartstrust.org
Find out more and enter here.
Deadline: 29 February 2024
Additional Information:
Location:
International
Region(s):
International
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