Bohemia Village Voice

Bohemia Village Voice Short Story Competition 2011

COMPETITION RULES

1. Prizes first prize will be £250, second prize £100 and third prize £50. No competitor may win more than one prize. Prizes will be sent by post to the winning entrants early in 2012. The list of prize-winners will be displayed on our website.

2. Entry fee there is an entry fee of £3 for each story submitted. Authors may enter as many stories as they like. Should the total entry fees received exceed the total prize money, the balance will be donated to the Bohemia Walled Garden Association.

3. Closing date for receipt of entries is 31st December 2011.

4. Submission postal copies will be accepted but it is much preferred that entries be sent as emails (editor@bohemiavillage.com). Each submission must be accompanied by an entry form. The competition is open to anyone,
of any age, from anywhere in the world (except anyone employed by the Bohemia Village Voice). Entrants names should only appear on the entry form and not anywhere on their stories/manuscripts. The stories/manuscripts should be free of all personal information about the author – this includes name, age and address. The maximum length of submissions is 600 words. There is no minimum length. Stories may be on any subject and are welcome in any style. Entries will not be returned – please keep a copy. No corrections or alterations can be made after receipt. Online entries will be acknowledged by email.

5. Postal entries will only be accepted as printed typescripts, in any style of layout. Please send to The Short Story Competition 2011, Bohemia Village Voice, 79, Bohemia Road, St Leonards, Sussex, TN37 6JQ. If you require acknowledgement of receipt of your postal entry then please enclose a stamped addressed postcard marked ‘Acknowledgement’.

6. Disqualification entry implies an acceptance of all the Bohemia Village Voice  Short Story Competition rules. Entries that fail to comply with the rules and requirements will be disqualified. Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must not have been previously published or broadcast or placed in another writing competition. Any entry found to have been lagiarised will be disqualified.

7. Cancellation any entrant wishing to withdraw a story from the competition before the closing date of 31st December 2011 will receive a full refund.

8. Judging early in 2012 copies of all entries will be submitted to a panel of judges chosen by the Bohemia Village Voice. The stories will be marked with a number only ensuring that the authorship will be unknown to the judges. The judges’ decision is final and no individual correspondence can be entered into. Judges are unable to comment on individual entries.

9. Publishing all entrants give permission to have their work published in the Bohemia Village Voice magazine or any anthology of short stories published by the Bohemia Village Voice, in both print and online formats. Authors will
retain worldwide copyright on their work.

10. Payment may be made by any of these methods: o CHEQUE please make our cheques to ‘Bohemia Village Voice’. o CASH please call at our office to make cash payments. Payment by o BACS our bank details are: a/c name ‘Bohemia Village Voice’. A/c no: 71359843. Bank: HSBC. Sort code: 40-40-09.

[Updated 14 Sep 2012]