The Walter Swan Short Story Prize 2017, deadline 16 October

The deadline for the Walter Swan Short Story Prize is 16 October, full details below:

Enter The Walter Swan Short Story Prize 2017-18. Closes 16 October.  www.bigbookend.co.uk There’s just 1 week left to enter The Walter Swan Short Story Prize 2017-18 which was launched at the Northern Short Story Festival in June. There’s publication for 20 writers in the competition’s anthology to be published by Valley Press and cash prizes for 3 winners to be won. The closing date is 16th October!  Walt Swan was passionate about writing and encouraging others to be creative, which he did throughout his life and particularly through his teaching and directing. He wrote poetry, plays, screenplays, short stories and regular articles as a freelance journalist. He also began work on two novels and has three published non-fiction books. Walter died suddenly and unexpectedly on the 21 April 2014. The Walter Swan Trust was set up in his memory by his family and friends.   The Prize is run by the Northern Short Story Festival and the Leeds Big Bookend Festival in partnership with the Walter Swan Trust. • Stories should be a maximum of 2000 words •There is no theme and entries can be on any subject • All stories must be previously unpublished • Entry is open to everyone aged 18+ • Fee £3 • Submission is via Submittable portal. Click here. There will be a cash prize of £200, £100 and £50 for the three winners and the top 20 stories will be published in an anthology by Valley Press in May 2018. Our judges are Anna Chilvers, author of Tainted Love, and Angela Readman, winner of the Costa Short Story Prize 2013.   Follow the Leeds Big Bookend on:  Facebook/BigBookend,  Twitter/BigBookend and the Northern Short Story Festival on: Facebook/NoShoStoFest,  Twitter/NoShoSto Copyright © 2017 The Big Bookend, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: info@bigbookend.co.uk

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