Call for Submissions: The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2014

The submission process for the fifth Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award is now open.

The deadline for submissions is 27th September 2013. Please see below for details on how to enter, or, for the first time, you can also visit the dedicated website for the Award: www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/stefg.
 
A truly international prize, the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award is open to any novelist or short story writer from around the world who is published in the UK. Last year's winner was Junot Diaz for his story 'Miss Lora'.

The judges are looking for an outstanding English-language story of 6,000 words or under from a fiction author from anywhere in the world who has been published in the UK or Ireland. The winner will receive £30,000, and the five shortlisted writers will each receive £1,000 as well as having their work published online. A longlist will be announced in February 2014. The winner will be announced in April 2014.

Download the 2014 Award Entry Form
Download the 2014 Award Terms and Conditions

About the The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2014

• About the prize
• Entry guidelines

The world’s richest award for a single short story

The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award honours the finest writers of short stories across the world. Worth £30,000 to the winning author, and £1,000 to each of its five annual shortlisted writers, it is open to anyone with a previous record of publication in creative writing in the UK or Ireland, subject to our terms and conditions.

The prize follows the success in The Sunday Times Magazine of a regular story slot which attracted some of the most talented names in short-story writing. The Award now stands alone and proudly celebrates the very best work in the genre.

The entry period for the 2014 Award is now open, and will close on Friday 27 thSeptember 2013. To enter, please read the terms and conditions carefully and download and complete the entry form, both below. All completed entry forms should be sent to sundaytimesEFG@booktrust.org.uk. For the first time, more information and news about the prize, along with terms and conditions of entry and entry forms can be found at the dedicated website: www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/stefg   

The winner of next year's prize will be announced in April 2014.
 
The Twitter hashtag is #stefg14

Previous winners
2013 Junot Díaz 'Miss Lora'
2012 Kevin Barry 'Beer Trip to Llandudno'
2011 Anthony Doerr 'The Deep'
2010 C K Stead 'Last Season's Man'

Red Squirrel Press Launches Short Story Competition

Red Squirrel Press has announced the first annual Sara Park Short Story Competition, created in memory of short story writer and poet Sara Park, who died in September 2010. The prize is publication in pamphlet anthology by Red Squirrel Press.

The prize will be judged by Kathleen Kenny and Ellen Phethean. You can enter up to 2,000 words, and each entry will cost £6.

The deadline for submissions is 30th April, and full details are available at: www.redsquirrelpress.com.

Good Luck!

2012 Short Story Competition - Rubery Book Awards

2012 Short Story Competition

Judge: Booker shortlisted author

Clare Morrall

 

1st prize £500

(approx 805 US$; €609)

2nd prize £150

(approx 241 US$; €182)

3rd prize £50 

 (approx 80 US$; €60)

Closing date 31st October 2012.

Entries can be on any subject but must not be longer than 3000 words. Entries can be posted or emailed to us. Please see the website for more details www.ruberybookaward.com