InkTears Short Story Competition 2010

14 August 2010
InkTears Short Story Competition 2010
Deadline: 30 November 2010
Geographical coverage: no geographical restriction
Reading Fee: £4.50
Accepts (genre): short stories
Prize/Payment: £150

Their are six prizes which will be awarded by the InkTears judging panel:

1. Winner: £150
2. Runner-up: £50
3. 4x Highly Commended: £25

All prize winners will get their:

1. Story published to the InkTears Readership
2. Bio published on InkTears site
3. Optional publishing contract*

*If the writer has enough quality short stories InkTears may offer the option of a contract to publish a short story collection. If they are at an early stage of development as a writer, we will consider including their work in an anthology.

The Rules

1. Submissions must be a short story between 1,000 to 3,000 words in length, written in English. Any theme is acceptable.
2. Story may have have been previously published in a magazine or online, providing it was published before 30 Apr 2010 (we feel that magazines & anthologies supporting short story writers should get at least 12 months use of the work before it is published elsewhere).
3. Alternatively, the story may be as yet unpublished.
4. Work must be entirely the work of the entrant, and the entrant must own the full rights of the story.
5. Submissions must be accompanied by a bio including full details of any previous publication history of the story submitted.
6. Submissions can only be accepted online.
7. Each submission must be accompanied by a fee of £4.50, payable via Paypal as part of the submission process.
8. Multiple submissions are permitted.
9. There is no geographical restriction on entrants, entry is open to all including non-UK based writers.
10. Entrants must be a minimum of 18 years old.
11. Entrants agree to have their story published by InkTears in both electronic and paper format. Authors will retain worldwide copyright on their work with InkTears having first publication rights.
12. Closing date is 30 November 2010.
13. Winners will be notified via email by 14 February 2011.
14. Full results will be posted on this website by 14 March 2011.
15. Entrants will be judged by the InkTears judging panel. The judges’ decisions are final and no individual correspondence will be entered into.
16. Entry is confirmation of your acceptance of all rules and conditions.

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