EXETER WRITERS SHORT STORY COMPETITION First prize £200 Second Prize £100 Third Prize £50 Closing date 31 March 2009 Competition Rules The competition is open to both published and unpublished authors writing in any genre, including children's fiction. Stories must not have been previously published. Stories should be up to a maximum of 3,000 words in length, but there is no lower word limit. The entry fee for each story is £3.50 sterling. We are happy to accept entries from authors living anywhere in the world, but the entry fee must be paid by sterling cheque. Each entry must be accompanied by a separate entry form, which can be downloaded from our website, copied from this leaflet, or obtained from our contact address: please enclose SAE. The judges will wish to make an unbiased decision on all the entries, so please ensure that only the story title is printed on the story itself. The closing date for all entries is 31 March 2009. The winners will be announced in July 2009. Entry information If you would like confirmation that your entry has been received, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope. The pages of your story or stories should be securely stapled together. All stories should be clearly typed or printed, on one side only of A4 paper, and double-spaced. They must be posted to the contact address below, not sent by fax or email. No stories will be returned, so make sure you keep copies of your entries. The winning and runner-up stories will be published on the Exeter Writers website. The judges' decision is final. Contact Details Post: Exeter Writers Short Story Competition, 4 Albion Place, Exeter, Devon EX4 6LH. Phone: 01392 425825 Email: mail@margaretjames.com Website: www.exeterwriters.org.uk About Exeter Writers Exeter Writers is an exciting, welcoming group of writers who wish to improve their craft through discussion and critique. We've been long established, and draw upon a broad spectrum of writing experience. We meet once a fortnight in Exeter but our members come from east, west and south Devon as well as Exeter. Potential members may apply for membership and are asked to submit work that will be assessed by our Reading Committee - please see our website for details. At the end of 2007 we published an anthology of our work - short stories, poems, novel extracts and illustrations - which won joint first prize in the David St John Thomas annual Writers' Circle Anthology Trophy whose results were announced on 30 April 2008. If you would like to get a taste of what we do and who we are, you can order your own copy of EXPOSURE by going to www.lulu.com (#1939581) where you can either download it or order a printed copy (ISBN 978-1-84799-619-0) Some of the proceeds from the anthology are being donated to cancer research. Entry Form Please post your entry or entries to: Exeter Writers Short Story Competition, 4 Albion Place, Exeter, Devon EX4 6LH NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE: daytime evening EMAIL ADDRESS: TITLE OF ENTRY: I enclose my story or stories (one entry form for each story - this form may be copied), and also my entry fee of £3.50 for each story, in the form of a sterling cheque made payable to Exeter Writers.