To
celebrate 'National Short Story Week' Candy
Jar Books and Screaming Dreams Publishing are launching a competition
offering aspiring writers the chance to have their work published for
the very first time.
'National
Short Story Week' (12th-18th November)
aims to get more people reading and listening to short stories. Candy
Jar and Screaming Dreams will publish the winning entries as an ebook
anthology.
Shaun
Russell, co-founder of Candy
Jar Books, said: “We are committed to inspiring and encouraging
new talent, which is why we have created this competition. To make it
as accessible as possible for all writers there is no age limit and
no entry fee.” Many writing competitions charge a fee for entry to
help cover the printing costs of the book, which is why the anthology
will be available purely in ebook format.
Steve
Upham, owner of Screaming
Dreams Publishing, is also excited by the competition. He said:
"The experience winning writers will gain will be invaluable in
preparing them for future publication. If successful we would like to
print the anthology in paperback form and make the competition a
yearly event."
Many
publishers have championed the short story format this year.
Bloomsbury has declared 2012 the 'Year of the Short Story' and 'The
BBC National Short Story Award' has become international just for
2012 to celebrate the Olympics.
Cardiff
Bay also recently celebrated 'Roald
Dahl Day', celebrating the work of a local author who was also a
prolific short story writer.
'The
South Wales Short Story Competition' is currently accepting
submissions. Entrants are permitted to submit up to two stories and
each story can be a maximum of three thousand words. The competition
is open to all unpublished writers across the UK.
All
submissions must be received by 5pm on Friday 9th November
2012 and can be sent via the Candy
Jar and Screaming
Dreams websites. Alternatively, entries can be posted to
Candy Jar Books, 113-115 Bute Street, Cardiff, CF10 5EQ.
Good luck and get writing!
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