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short
story competition
Sentinel
Literary Quarterly Short Story Competition (January, 2010).
About the competition
Sentinel Literary
Quarterly Short Story Competition
has been introduced to
encourage and reward quality short fiction writing, create
and sustain awareness about the publication and if by any
chance a small financial margin is achieved at the end of
each competition, that will go back into producing the
magazine and help keep it a free-to-read publication.
Competition Details
Subject:
Short Stories may be on any subject.
Length:
Maximum 1,500 words per story
Entry Fees:
£5.00 per story, £9.00 for 2 stories and £12.00 for 3
stories.
First Prize:
£100.00
Second Prize:
£60.00
Third Prize:
£40.00
First Publication:
The top stories will receive first publication in the
January 2010 issue (Vol.3 No.2) of Sentinel Literary
Quarterly (SLQ).
Competition Pamphlet:
A pamphlet of 6 to 10 stories fed by the competition titled
Champion Stories - Top stories from the Sentinel Literary
Quarterly Short Story Competition (January 2010) Compiled &
Edited by Unoma Azuah will be published and all included
authors will receive 1 Free contributor's copy each.
Postal Entries
Deadline: 15th
December, 2009 (Postmark)*
Online Entries
Deadline: 30th December, 2009 (midnight)
Results due:
31st January, 2010 announced in Sentinel Literary Quarterly
magazine at
http://www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk/slq/3.2
Judge: UNOMA AZUAH,
Author of Sky-high Flames.
Competition
Administration:
Sentinel Poetry Movement
How to Enter: ENTER BY
POST OR ONLINE
POSTAL ENTRIES
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Short Stories must be in English
Language and typed.
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Author's name and address or any
other identifying mark MUST NOT appear on any of the
pages.
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Author's name, postal address,
e-mail address and telephone number should be placed in
a sealed envelope. Write "SLQ STORY JANUARY 2010" followed by the Title(s)
of your story(ies) on the back of the envelope.
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Make cheques or Postal Orders (in
GB£ only) payable to SENTINEL POETRY MOVEMENT.
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Send your short stories, the
envelope with your name inside, and your entry fee to:
Sentinel Poetry Movement
Unit 136
113 – 115 George Lane
London
E18 1AB
United Kingdom
ONLINE ENTRIES**
International/Online
entrants may enter by e-mail and pay entry fees by Paypal.
To enter by this method please follow these steps:
1. Select the option that
matches your entry preference and make the applicable
payment.
2. After making your
payment, you will be given a Transaction ID or Receipt
Number by Paypal. Make a note of the Transaction ID.
3. Submit your poems to
sentinelpoetry@gmail.com as a Word or rtf attachment. In
the subject line, type SLQ STORY JANUARY 2010
Followed by your Transaction ID.
4. You will receive an
acknowledgement of receipt of poems within 48 hours.
Terms & Conditions:
You may enter as many stories as you want with the
appropriate entry fees. The decision of the judge is final,
and no communication will be entered into. We reserve the
right to reapportion the prize money, though this is
unlikely. If you would like an acknowledgement of postal
entries, please enclose an SAE marked "acknowledgement". The
Judges' Report will be published alongside the winning poems
in SLQ January 2010 Since this publication is online, if you
would like to receive the Judges' Report in the post, please
enclose an SAE marked "Judges' Report".
*Postal entries must be
Postmarked by 15th December, 2009 and must be received by 19th December, 2009. Bear in mind
there might be delays due to Christmas post, therefore post
your work early.
** Deadline for online entries
now extended midnight 30th of December, 2009.
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