THRESHOLDS
INTERNATIONAL
SHORT FICTION
FEATURE WRITING
COMPETITION
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1st Prize of £500
2 x Runner-up Prize of £100
PLUS, a selection of short story titles
for all shortlisted writers
DEADLINE: 06 March 2016, 11:59pm (GMT)
FREE TO ENTER
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ENTRY CATEGORIES:
THRESHOLDS is the only online forum dedicated to the reading, writing and study of the short story form. One overall winner will be chosen, followed by two runners-up. We are inviting submissions in either of the following feature categories:
Author Profile: exploring the life, writings and influence of a single short story writer.
We Recommend: personal recommendations of a collection, anthology, group of short stories or a single short story.**
FULL COMPETITION RULES CAN BE FOUND HERE. Entries should be emailed to: thresholds@chi.ac.uk with the subject line ‘Feature Competition’.
The winning and runner-up feature essays and shortlist will be published on the THRESHOLDS Forum during 2016.
PRIZES
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For the first time in the THRESHOLDS Competition, we are delighted to announce that friends of Thresholds have provided a selection of fantastic short story titles as prizes for our 2016 shortlisted writers. These prizes come from the generous teams at the Bath Short Story Award, the Bridport Prize, Comma Press, Daunt Books, Salt Publishing, Unthank Books, and Writing Maps with Treehouse Press.
Along with their cash prizes, our winning and runner-up writers will each receive a Writing Map, plus 2 short story publications. The remaining shortlisted writers will each receive a whopping stack of 9 short story titles, plus two Writing Maps (taken from the selection above).
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We are sometimes asked what we mean by
‘feature essay’:
The answer is a non-fiction essay that has an engaging style. Something that makes us want to stop what we’re doing and pick up the story being recommended, or find a collection by the author being profiled. The judges hope to see a range of styles and approaches in the feature essays, and interesting or experimental angles are certainly welcome. We look, above all, at the quality of prose, the insights offered, and your ability to really hook your readers. The focus must be on the short story form.
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* PLEASE READ THE COMPETITION RULES HERE
AND THE GENERAL THRESHOLDS
Submission Guidelines
CAREFULLY BEFORE SUBMITTING *
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Previous winning essays:
2015 winner: The Laureate of the Veld by Richard Newton
2014 winner: Wolves at the Hearthside by Sharon Telfer
2013 winner: A Trio of Irish Short Stories by Nuala Ní Chonchúir
2012 winner: H.P. Lovecraft by Geoff Holder
The runners-up can be found here.
>via: http://blogs.chi.ac.uk/shortstoryforum/features-competition/