Is a short story competition that asks you to bring the past to life in no more than 500 words.
Have you been inspired by a story you have heard, or read, or perhaps by a visit you have made to a historic site, museum or library? We invite you to create a very short story which uses history in some way. It could be set in a historic house, use real or imaginary historic characters or use events from the past anywhere in the world. We would like your story to be set before 1960, not just yesterday.
You may want to carry out some research before you start writing:
* What sort of clothes did people wear in the time you are writing about?
* What were houses like?
* What impact did the events you are writing about have on people at the time.
* How might they have spoken?
* What might they have eaten?
Who: The competition is open to anyone who is a resident of the NW region of England . NW region comprises residents of the following 23 Public Library Authorities: Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Cheshire East, West Cheshire with Chester, Cumbria, Halton, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Sefton, St Helens, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington, Wigan, Wirral
Entrants must not be directly connected with the competition or their close relations.
Your story must be your own original, unpublished work. Anyone with a current publishing contract (in the UK or anywhere else) or whose story/writing is subject to any third party rights or restrictions is not allowed to enter this competition.
Entries must be received between the dates of 19 May 2010 and 31 October No entries received after the 31 October will be considered. Entries must be made online at www.time-to-read.co.uk
Entrants must include their name, address including postcode and state whether they are under or over 16 years of age.
What: Each entrant may only submit one story. Stories must be no more than 500 words long. The story must be given a title which must be no longer than 10 words long.
Entrants should write a short story within the word limit which is inspired by history. For the purposes of this competition, history is deemed to be anything which occurred before 1960. The story can be inspired by actual historic places, people, facts or can be purely imaginary, set in the past.
The story must be written entirely in English.
Prizes: In the over-16 years category there will be one cash prize of £100 and a runner-up cash prize of £50. In the under-16s category there will be one prize of £30 in book-tokens and a runner-up prize of £15 in book-tokens.
More information here.
Have you been inspired by a story you have heard, or read, or perhaps by a visit you have made to a historic site, museum or library? We invite you to create a very short story which uses history in some way. It could be set in a historic house, use real or imaginary historic characters or use events from the past anywhere in the world. We would like your story to be set before 1960, not just yesterday.
You may want to carry out some research before you start writing:
* What sort of clothes did people wear in the time you are writing about?
* What were houses like?
* What impact did the events you are writing about have on people at the time.
* How might they have spoken?
* What might they have eaten?
Who: The competition is open to anyone who is a resident of the NW region of England . NW region comprises residents of the following 23 Public Library Authorities: Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bury, Cheshire East, West Cheshire with Chester, Cumbria, Halton, Knowsley, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Sefton, St Helens, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington, Wigan, Wirral
Entrants must not be directly connected with the competition or their close relations.
Your story must be your own original, unpublished work. Anyone with a current publishing contract (in the UK or anywhere else) or whose story/writing is subject to any third party rights or restrictions is not allowed to enter this competition.
Entries must be received between the dates of 19 May 2010 and 31 October No entries received after the 31 October will be considered. Entries must be made online at www.time-to-read.co.uk
Entrants must include their name, address including postcode and state whether they are under or over 16 years of age.
What: Each entrant may only submit one story. Stories must be no more than 500 words long. The story must be given a title which must be no longer than 10 words long.
Entrants should write a short story within the word limit which is inspired by history. For the purposes of this competition, history is deemed to be anything which occurred before 1960. The story can be inspired by actual historic places, people, facts or can be purely imaginary, set in the past.
The story must be written entirely in English.
Prizes: In the over-16 years category there will be one cash prize of £100 and a runner-up cash prize of £50. In the under-16s category there will be one prize of £30 in book-tokens and a runner-up prize of £15 in book-tokens.
More information here.
