CRWROPPS Post: 2021 Bristol Short Story Prize is open




The 2021 Bristol Short Story Prize is open for entries and we are sending details in case any of your Creative Writing students may be interested.

The competition is open to all writers around the world, whether published or unpublished. The closing date for entries is midnight (BST) May 5th 2021 and the maximum word count is 4,000.

20 stories will be shortlisted and published in Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 14. The winner and 2 runners up will be selected from the shortlist and announced at an awards ceremony in October 2021.

1st prize is £1,000 (about $1300), 2nd prize is £500 (about $650), 3rd prize is £250 (about $325). 17 further prizes of £100 (about $130) will be presented to the remaining shortlisted writers.

All shortlisted writers will receive 2 free copies of the anthology. Prizes will be sent to any writer on the shortlist who is unable to attend the awards ceremony or if it is held online due to coronavirus restrictions.

The judging panel is: literary agent, Irene Baldoni; manager of Foyles' bookshop in Bristol, Tom Robinson; award-winning writer, Mahsuda Snaith.

Entry fee is £9 (about $12.50) per story.

Full details and rules of the 2021 Bristol Short Story Prize are available here.

Please let me know if you need any more information.

Best wishes

Joe

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Joe Melia Bristol Short Story Prize Co-ordinator Tel: 07708 095414  www.bristolprize.co.uk  Bristol Short Story Prize Ltd.: Unit 5.16 Paintworks Bath Road Bristol BS4 3EH  Registered in England and Wales  Registered Number: 6625768 Registered Address: 86 Shirehampton Road Stoke Bishop Bristol BS9 2DR   Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/bristolprize   Join us on Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bristol-Short-Story-Prize/132147373648?ref=mf

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