Deadline: 28 February 2013
The competition will be to write a medium length fictional piece of work, in English, of around 30-35,000 words. Genres can be any eg: thriller, science-fiction, romance, crime, horror, in fact authors can write about anything as long as there is no religious criticism or political agenda of any kind, and the content can be read by anyone. Non-native English speakers need not worry too much about the perfection of their written English, this can be edited later, but the key to the competition is to be creative, to have a captivating story line and plot and to showcase Bahrain by incorporating the culture, architecture, history and people of the island.
Open to Bahrain residents only - either Bahrainis or foreigners living in Bahrain with residency.
Final entries will be judged by local celebrities and competition sponsors, and the winner and two runners-up will have their stories professionally published shortly thereafter, both as a hardcopy paperback and as an ebook for Amazon's Kindle, Apple's eBookstore etc, and receive royalties thereafter.
1. Bahrain Fiction Competition (herein refereed to the “Competition”) is open to any nationality of people currently living in the Bahrain and with official Bahrain residency or citizenship and / or living in Bahrain with official Bahrain residency or citizenship during the judging period and winner notification.
2. To enter the Competition, You should write between 30,000 and 35,000 words of your own work in English. Work must be fiction, in any genre (crime, romance, sci-fi, thriller, horror etc.) and set in Bahrain. Bahrain must be easily identified in your story, in any way that suits your genre and style (architecture, culture, history, social etc.). There must be no political or religious criticism of any kind, and language must be suitable for any reader e.g. no obscenities, overt sexual references etc. The key to this competition is to see your creativity, character and plot development and construction in a short story format. We will not accept stories less than 30,000 words or more than 35,000 words. You are allowed to send one copy only, and this must be final copy; you cannot send re-edited updates of the same story.
3. To enter the Competition you should send your entry to: Robin@BahrainWritingCompetition.com as a Word.doc attachment, double spaced with the title and your name clearly on the top and each page numbered. We must receive your entry to the Competition by 11.59pm on 28th February 2013.
4. When submitting your Competition entry, You must provide your real name (not a pseudonym), age and full contact details in Bahrain. We will only use this information in relation to the Competition (including checking your eligibility to enter it) and will not use it for any other purposes whatsoever. However, a pseudonym can be used should your story be selected for publication.
5. You may only send one entry per person to the Competition.
6. Your entry may not have been previously published in any other format, website or publication.
7. You own the copyright to your Competition entry as its author, however, by entering the Competition you agree to A) if a winner, to have your story published by the Competition management, in both hardcopy paperback and as an eBook on all the main eBook platforms (Kindle, iBookstore etc). A separate professional publishing contract will be offered to the winner and the two runners up, with an equal share of royalties on sales. The Publishing contract thereafter will be governed by English law. B) The right to use your name, age and city of residence, and your photograph, for the purpose of identifying You as the author of your entry, and in all publicity, both nationally and internationally for the Competition, its winners and the publication of the book thereafter, and C) The right to make editorial changes to Your story if we publish it, as we see fit. Do not enter the competition if you do not agree to points A, B, C above.
8. The Competition management will select the judges, who then will choose a winner and two runners-up from all the Competition entries. Judging will take place in March 2013.
9. The winning entries will be those that the judges consider to be the most compelling and well-crafted pieces of creative fictional writing.
10. The judges’ decision will be made on or shortly after 2nd April 2013. Their decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. All submissions will be contacted, whether successful or not. The winners, all the contributors and their guests will invited to the prize giving event.
11. A prize of 3000BD will be awarded for the winner and 1000BD will be awarded to each runner up, which excludes any royalties due to authors once the book has been published. Royalties will be paid six monthly after publication date, and will be detailed in the seperate Publishing Contract offered to the winner and two runners-up.
12. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
13. Please make sure we confirm your submission by return email as we take no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of sending your the entry is not proof of receipt.
14 Details of the winners will be posted on the competition website and / or by contacting: Robin@BahrainWritingCompetition.com
15. No purchase is necessary, there is no competition entry fee.
16 The Competition management reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this Competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (eg political unrest, riots, civil commotion, unavoidable accidents etc.). The decision of The Competition management in all matters under its control is final and binding.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: robin@bahrainwritingcompetition.com
Website: http://bahrainwriterscircle.com
The competition will be to write a medium length fictional piece of work, in English, of around 30-35,000 words. Genres can be any eg: thriller, science-fiction, romance, crime, horror, in fact authors can write about anything as long as there is no religious criticism or political agenda of any kind, and the content can be read by anyone. Non-native English speakers need not worry too much about the perfection of their written English, this can be edited later, but the key to the competition is to be creative, to have a captivating story line and plot and to showcase Bahrain by incorporating the culture, architecture, history and people of the island.
Open to Bahrain residents only - either Bahrainis or foreigners living in Bahrain with residency.
Final entries will be judged by local celebrities and competition sponsors, and the winner and two runners-up will have their stories professionally published shortly thereafter, both as a hardcopy paperback and as an ebook for Amazon's Kindle, Apple's eBookstore etc, and receive royalties thereafter.
- Closing date 28th Feb 2013.
- Judging March 2013
- Results and winners announced April 2013
- Book published internationally both as a hardcopy and eBook May 2013
1. Bahrain Fiction Competition (herein refereed to the “Competition”) is open to any nationality of people currently living in the Bahrain and with official Bahrain residency or citizenship and / or living in Bahrain with official Bahrain residency or citizenship during the judging period and winner notification.
2. To enter the Competition, You should write between 30,000 and 35,000 words of your own work in English. Work must be fiction, in any genre (crime, romance, sci-fi, thriller, horror etc.) and set in Bahrain. Bahrain must be easily identified in your story, in any way that suits your genre and style (architecture, culture, history, social etc.). There must be no political or religious criticism of any kind, and language must be suitable for any reader e.g. no obscenities, overt sexual references etc. The key to this competition is to see your creativity, character and plot development and construction in a short story format. We will not accept stories less than 30,000 words or more than 35,000 words. You are allowed to send one copy only, and this must be final copy; you cannot send re-edited updates of the same story.
3. To enter the Competition you should send your entry to: Robin@BahrainWritingCompetition.com as a Word.doc attachment, double spaced with the title and your name clearly on the top and each page numbered. We must receive your entry to the Competition by 11.59pm on 28th February 2013.
4. When submitting your Competition entry, You must provide your real name (not a pseudonym), age and full contact details in Bahrain. We will only use this information in relation to the Competition (including checking your eligibility to enter it) and will not use it for any other purposes whatsoever. However, a pseudonym can be used should your story be selected for publication.
5. You may only send one entry per person to the Competition.
6. Your entry may not have been previously published in any other format, website or publication.
7. You own the copyright to your Competition entry as its author, however, by entering the Competition you agree to A) if a winner, to have your story published by the Competition management, in both hardcopy paperback and as an eBook on all the main eBook platforms (Kindle, iBookstore etc). A separate professional publishing contract will be offered to the winner and the two runners up, with an equal share of royalties on sales. The Publishing contract thereafter will be governed by English law. B) The right to use your name, age and city of residence, and your photograph, for the purpose of identifying You as the author of your entry, and in all publicity, both nationally and internationally for the Competition, its winners and the publication of the book thereafter, and C) The right to make editorial changes to Your story if we publish it, as we see fit. Do not enter the competition if you do not agree to points A, B, C above.
8. The Competition management will select the judges, who then will choose a winner and two runners-up from all the Competition entries. Judging will take place in March 2013.
9. The winning entries will be those that the judges consider to be the most compelling and well-crafted pieces of creative fictional writing.
10. The judges’ decision will be made on or shortly after 2nd April 2013. Their decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. All submissions will be contacted, whether successful or not. The winners, all the contributors and their guests will invited to the prize giving event.
11. A prize of 3000BD will be awarded for the winner and 1000BD will be awarded to each runner up, which excludes any royalties due to authors once the book has been published. Royalties will be paid six monthly after publication date, and will be detailed in the seperate Publishing Contract offered to the winner and two runners-up.
12. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
13. Please make sure we confirm your submission by return email as we take no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of sending your the entry is not proof of receipt.
14 Details of the winners will be posted on the competition website and / or by contacting: Robin@BahrainWritingCompetition.com
15. No purchase is necessary, there is no competition entry fee.
16 The Competition management reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this Competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (eg political unrest, riots, civil commotion, unavoidable accidents etc.). The decision of The Competition management in all matters under its control is final and binding.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: robin@bahrainwritingcompetition.com
Website: http://bahrainwriterscircle.com
