Deadline: 30 September 2010
Geographical Restrictions: open to international entrants
Reading Fee: £5.00
Accepts (genre): short stories
Prize/Payment: £150.00
Competition Details
Subject: Short Stories may be on any subject or style and MUST NOT have been previously published, posted to a website or blog. Stories posted to members-only writing groups for workshop purposes as part of the creative process are not deemed to have been previously published.
Length: Maximum 1,500 words per story.
Entry Fees: £5.00 per story, £9 for 2 stories or £12.00 for 3 stories.
First Prize: £150.00
Second Prize: £60.00
Third Prize: £40.00
First Publication: The top three short stories will receive first publication in Sentinel Champions - Selected Poems & Short Stories from the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Writing Competition Series. (This is a print magazine) A total of 6 stories from this competition will be published in Sentinel Champions Magazine in May 2011.
Entries Deadline:
30th September, 2010
Results due: 31st October, 2010 announced in Sentinel Literary Quarterly magazine at http://www.sentinelquarterly.com
Judge: Ivor Hartmann
POSTAL ENTRIES
1. Short Stories must be in English Language and typed.
2. Author's name and address or any other identifying mark MUST NOTappear on any of your story pages.
3. PRINT your Name, Postal Address, E-mail Address and if you wish, Telephone number on a plain sheet of paper and place the paper in a sealed envelope.
4. Write "SLQ STORY OCT 2010" followed by the Title(s) of your Short Story(ies) on the back of the envelope.
5. Make cheques or Postal Orders (in GB£ only) payable to SENTINEL POETRY MOVEMENT.
6. 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 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 OCT 2010 Followed by your Transaction ID.
4. You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt of stories within 48 hours.
SLQ SHORT STORY OCT 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 in Sentinel Literary Quarterly on 31st October 2010. This publication is online, if you would like to receive the Judges' Report in the post, please enclose an SAE marked "Judges' Report".
6. All prizes won will be paid inside 6 weeks of the announcement of the results. International entrants will be paid by PayPal unless they wish to receive GB£ cheques.
* Online entries must be received by midnight on the 30th of September 2010. Postal entries must be post-marked by 30th September 2010.
More information here.
Geographical Restrictions: open to international entrants
Reading Fee: £5.00
Accepts (genre): short stories
Prize/Payment: £150.00
Competition Details
Subject: Short Stories may be on any subject or style and MUST NOT have been previously published, posted to a website or blog. Stories posted to members-only writing groups for workshop purposes as part of the creative process are not deemed to have been previously published.
Length: Maximum 1,500 words per story.
Entry Fees: £5.00 per story, £9 for 2 stories or £12.00 for 3 stories.
First Prize: £150.00
Second Prize: £60.00
Third Prize: £40.00
First Publication: The top three short stories will receive first publication in Sentinel Champions - Selected Poems & Short Stories from the Sentinel Literary Quarterly Writing Competition Series. (This is a print magazine) A total of 6 stories from this competition will be published in Sentinel Champions Magazine in May 2011.
Entries Deadline:
30th September, 2010
Results due: 31st October, 2010 announced in Sentinel Literary Quarterly magazine at http://www.sentinelquarterly.com
Judge: Ivor Hartmann
POSTAL ENTRIES
1. Short Stories must be in English Language and typed.
2. Author's name and address or any other identifying mark MUST NOTappear on any of your story pages.
3. PRINT your Name, Postal Address, E-mail Address and if you wish, Telephone number on a plain sheet of paper and place the paper in a sealed envelope.
4. Write "SLQ STORY OCT 2010" followed by the Title(s) of your Short Story(ies) on the back of the envelope.
5. Make cheques or Postal Orders (in GB£ only) payable to SENTINEL POETRY MOVEMENT.
6. 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 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 OCT 2010 Followed by your Transaction ID.
4. You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt of stories within 48 hours.
SLQ SHORT STORY OCT 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 in Sentinel Literary Quarterly on 31st October 2010. This publication is online, if you would like to receive the Judges' Report in the post, please enclose an SAE marked "Judges' Report".
6. All prizes won will be paid inside 6 weeks of the announcement of the results. International entrants will be paid by PayPal unless they wish to receive GB£ cheques.
* Online entries must be received by midnight on the 30th of September 2010. Postal entries must be post-marked by 30th September 2010.
More information here.
