SHORT STORY WRITING COMPETITION
SHORT STORY WRITING COMPETITION
SHORT STORY WRITING COMPETITION
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BOURNEMOUTH FESTIVAL OF WORDS<br />
<strong>SHORT</strong> <strong>STORY</strong> <strong>WRITING</strong><br />
<strong>COMPETITION</strong><br />
For<br />
Adults and Children (Key Stages, 1, 2 and 3)<br />
living in Bournemouth, Dorset & Poole<br />
Prizes<br />
Adults: 1 st prize for adults £25<br />
Children: 1 st prize in each Key Stage<br />
category £10 book token.<br />
2 x Runners up £10<br />
2 runners up in each Key Stage will<br />
receive book prizes.<br />
The Competition<br />
Adults: Write a story on any theme up to<br />
1,200 words.<br />
Children: Key stages 1, 2 and 3, write a story<br />
for grown-ups to read in no more than<br />
500 words.<br />
Cost<br />
Adults: £4 per entry Children: free<br />
How to enter<br />
Adults: please type your stories with<br />
the title on A4 paper, double line<br />
spacing, single sided. On a separate<br />
cover sheet add your name, address,<br />
email, phone number, story title and<br />
number of words.<br />
Children: your stories may be written<br />
by hand.<br />
Only your story and the title should be<br />
on your entry. Attach a cover sheet<br />
with your name, address or email,<br />
phone number, the number of words,<br />
which Key Stage you are and ask an<br />
adult to sign this saying it is your own<br />
work.<br />
Continued…
Closing date and where to send your entries<br />
Closing date Friday 5 April (Midnight BST) (entries must be postmarked by<br />
or on this date).<br />
Send your stories by post (sorry no email entries) with your covering sheet<br />
and cheque payable to Bournemouth Festival of Words to: BFoW, Suite 94, 2<br />
Lansdowne Crescent, Bournemouth BH1 1SA.<br />
Rules:<br />
Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must not have<br />
been previously published, in print or online (including websites, blogs,<br />
social network sites), or broadcast or won or been shortlisted in another<br />
writing competition.<br />
Entrants may submit as many entries as they want. However, no<br />
competitor may win more than one prize. For adults each should be<br />
accompanied by £4 entry fee.<br />
Entries without sufficient postage to reach our address will not be<br />
collected or paid for at the Post Office.<br />
Entries will only be returned if you enclose a stamped addressed<br />
envelope with your entry (please ensure you have sufficient postage).<br />
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into<br />
or refunds given.<br />
Entries not complying with the competition rules will be disqualified.<br />
Copyright of the story remains with the author, however, Bournemouth<br />
Festival of Words reserves the right to publish the winning entries on its<br />
website as well as retaining unrestricted rights to use the winning<br />
stories and any related material for PR purposes.<br />
Winners will be notified by email or post.<br />
All those short-listed will be invited along to the prize-giving event on<br />
the 31 May, the last event of the Festival. (Sorry we are unable to<br />
cover any travel or other costs to enable you to attend).<br />
01202 518618 or 0753 0516 579<br />
info@bournemouthfestivalofwords.co.uk<br />
www.bournemouthfestivalofwords.co.uk<br />
Bournemouth Festival of Words is a charitable company limited by guarantee no 7752838<br />
Registered office: Boscombe Link, 3-5 Palmerston Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 4HN