2007
Final Results are announced!
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Three
Open Competitions for 2008
Flash Fiction * Poetry * Short Story
cash
prizes totalling £3,750 plus FIVE writers retreat/holidays
News!!! - We now offer publication
options.
MORE NEWS!!!
- We now accept online entries, and online payment.
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Two
Competitions are for Poetry and Short
Stories
In each of these you can win:
First
Prize: £1,000, or, have your own
poetry/prose
collection published, and receive 75 books.
The choice is yours!
Second
Prize: Writers retreat/holiday for one week
in Talbot
House*,
Flanders, plus £200 expenses
Poperinghe,
near Ypres, Belgium
www.talbothouse.be
Read
a review of Talbot House by Biscuit Flash Fiction Prizewinner Beda Higgins
Third
Prize: £200
Seven runners-up will each
receive £25
Poetry and Short Story deadline is 31 May 2008
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Third Competition is for
Flash Fiction
The
Best Three will each receive One Week Writers Retreat/Holiday
in Talbot House,
Flanders, plus £200
Flash Fiction deadline is 31 March 2008
*
Work emanating from the Talbot House experience (inc's all three competitions)
will be considered for a further special publication.
General
Rules - NB these rules apply to all three competitions
All
entries to be in English. Any subject/form. Must be the original work of
the entrant.
No entry/application form needed
but please include cover page showing titles, word counts, author's name and address,
phone, email. Please, also state which competition you entering.
Do
not show identification details on the manuscript pages
Presentation:
You can, if you wish, use both sides of your pages. Stories can be either single
or double spaced. Poems should be single spaced.
Word
count
Short stories between 1000 and 5000 words
Poems up to 42 lines
maximum
Flash Fiction stories between 500 and 750 words.
Entry
Fees
Flash Fiction competition, £9 for first entry, Additionals £3
each.
Short Story competition, £9 for first entry, Additionals £3
each
Poetry competition £9 for first three poems, Additionals £3
each.
You may submit as many entries as you
wish. NB This is not a portfolio competition!
If you enter two or three
of the competitions you could win two or three!
Online
Entries
If you would like to email your work, you need to pay via Paypal
(you can use credit cards if you don't have a Paypal account), receive an authorisation
code.
Click here for Online Entries
Postal
Entries
If you require an acknowledgement, please include s.a. postcard.
Manuscripts
will not be returned, so please keep copies. All copyright remains with the authors.
Send
Postal Entries to:
Biscuit Publishing Ltd, PO Box 123, Washington,
Newcastle
upon Tyne, NE37 2YW. United Kingdom
Cheques/POs should be made payable to Biscuit
Publishing
Deadline
for Short Story and Poetry entries 31 May. Results 31st August 2008
Deadline
for Flash Fiction entries, 31 March. Results 31 May 2008
NB.
The Talbot House prize is for one week to be taken between June 2008 - June 2009,
your dates tba direct with Talbot House. You can go solo, or you can take friends
at extra cost, which is not included. You can also extend the stay by paying the
extra.
The Talbot House prize is not transferable, and there is no cash
or other alternative. The prize includes £200 expenses. Should you, for
any reason, not go to Talbot House, we will still pay you the £200.
For
further information Email: info@biscuitpublishing.com
