Announcing Bank Street Writers International Short Story Competition 2009 for stories of up to 1,500 on any subject, any style. The judge is Gaye Gerrard, well known Lancashire writer, broadcaster and publisher.

 

Cash Prizes: 1^st prize,  £75;   2nd,  £50;   3rd,   £25.

 

All winning entries will be published in the internationally circulating "Current Accounts" magazine and will be considered for inclusion in the new “Bolton Anthology”. Some commended entries may also be published at the editors’ discretion.

A free copy of “Current Accounts” will be sent to each entrant whose work is published.

Send your stories, fees and entry forms to:

 

Bank Street Writers Competition 2009,

c/o Jolyon Coombs, 37, Carslake Avenue, Bolton  BL1 4BT

 

Closing Date: 1^st June 2009

 

CONDITIONS:

Stories must be in English, must be unpublished, and must not have won a prize in any other competition.

They must be typed or word-processed, with the title at the top of the first page, but the entrant's name must not appear on the story itself.

A completed entry form must be enclosed with each entry or set of entries.

Entry fees:  £3.00 sterling for the first entry, £2.00 for each subsequent entry by the same person.    (Cheques payable to "Bank Street Writers".)

Winners will be notified by 1^st June 2009 Winning entries and selected commended entries will be published in “Current Accounts” magazine in Autumn, 2009. No person may receive more than one prize. The judge’s decisions will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. Manuscripts will not be returned - please keep a copy.

Please enclose an s.a.e. marked “R” if you wish to receive details of the results.

 

Many thanks to our sponsor, Sweetens Bookshop, Bolton .

ENTRY FORM

 

To: Bank Street Writers Competition 2009,

c/o  Jolyon Coombs, 37, Carslake Avenue, Bolton, BL1 4BT

 

NAME:………………………………………………………………

 

ADDRESS:………………………………………………………..

          ………………………………………………………………

 

I wish to enter the Bank Street Writers Competition 2009 and enclose £............ payable to "Bank Street Writers" (£3.00 for the first entry, £2.00 for each subsequent entry).

I accept the Conditions of the Competition.

 

STORIES:  

TITLES:    1) ………………………………….

                   2) ………………………………….

                   3) ………………………………….

                   4) ………………………………….

                                       

Please ensure that you have completed all necessary sections!