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Welcome to SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY

Vol.3. No. 2. January 2010

 


CONTRIBUTORS

COMPETITIONS

SECTIONS

Andrew Campbell-Kearsey
Claire Godden-Rowland
Dike Okoro
Dominic James
Emmanuel Sigauke
Mandy Pannett
Noel Williams
N Quentin Woolf
Olu Oguibe
Paul Jeffcutt
Sharma Taylor
Susanna Roxman
W Jack Savage

 

Sentinel Literary Quarterly Short Story Competition (April, 2010).

 

Competition Details 

Subject: Short Stories may be on any subject.

Length: Maximum 1,500 words per story.

Entry Fees: $8.00 per story, $14.40 for 2 stories or $19.20 for 3 stories.

First Prize: US Dollar equivalent to £100.00 Sterling on 30/04/2010

Second Prize: US Dollar equivalent to £60.00 Sterling on 30/04/2010

Third Prize: US Dollar equivalent to £40.00 Sterling on 30/04/2010

First Publication: The top three stories will receive first publication in the April 2010 issue (Vol.3 No.3) of Sentinel Literary Quarterly (SLQ).

Competition Magazine: A total of 4 short stories from this competition will be published in The Sentinel Champions Magazine in August 2010.

(The Sentinel Champions will be the new title of Champion Poems from May 2010 as the magazine will now include winning entries from our short story competitions)

Postal Entries Deadline: 25th March, 2010

Online Entries Deadline: Midnight 31st March, 2010

Results due: 30th April, 2010 announced in Sentinel Literary Quarterly magazine at http://www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk/slq/3.3

Judge: Chuma Nwokolo Jr. Publisher of African Writing Magazine

Competition Administration: Sentinel Poetry Movement

 

ENTER ONLINE

 

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 from the paypal drop-down button below 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 short stories and a cover note with your Name, Postal Address, Optional Telephone Number and Titles of your stories to sentinelpoetry@gmail.com as a Word or rtf attachment. In the subject line, type SLQ STORY APRIL 2010 Followed by your Transaction ID.

4. You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt of stories within 48 hours.

SLQ SHORT STORY APR 2010

 

Terms & Conditions:

1. You may enter as many short stories as you wish with the appropriate entry fees. 2. The decision of the judge is final, and no communication will be entered into. 3. If on the advice of the judge, the quality of entries is too low to produce worthy prize winners, or any other legitimate reason beyond our control arises which may affect a fair completion or conduct of the competition, we reserve the right to cancel the competition and refund all entry fees immediately by the same method we have been paid. 4. If you would like an acknowledgement of postal entries, please enclose an SAE marked "acknowledgement". 5. The Judge's Report will be published alongside the winning poems in SLQ April 2010. This publication is online, if you would like to receive the Judges' Report in the post, please enclose an SAE marked "Judges' Report". * Online entries must be received by midnight on the 31st of March, 2010 E&OE | SLQ

 

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Chuma Nwokolo, Jr.

is an author and attorney. Called to the Bar in 1984, his calling to writing was somewhat earlier, having published his first novel with Macmillan in 1983. He has a passion for the short story and his African Tales at Jailpoint (Villagerhouse) appeared in 1999. He has published four novels, a short story anthology, a collection of essays, and a poetry collection. Nwokolo is also the publisher of African Writing - a bi-monthly powerhouse of modern African literature online and in print.

www.african-writing.com

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