Creative writers are invited to enter the Manchester Fiction Prize 2009
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Offering one of the biggest cash prizes of any creative writing competition, The Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University is launching The Manchester Fiction Prize - a new literary competition celebrating excellence in creative writing.
The deadline is August 7th 2009, with an entry fee of £15.
The Manchester Fiction Prize is open internationally and will award a cash prize of £10,000 to the writer of the best short story submitted.
The competition is open to anyone aged 16 or over; and a bursary for study at MMU will also be awarded to an entrant aged 18-25 as part of the Jeffrey Wainwright Manchester Young Writer of the Year Award.
If you fit into that age-band you’re asked to indicate on the entry form if you would like to be considered for the Manchester Young Writer of the Year Award in addition to the main prize.
All entrants are asked to submit a complete short story of up to 5,000 words in length. The story can be on any subject, and written in any style, but must be a brand new work, not published or submitted for consideration elsewhere.
Distinguished novelists and short story writers Sarah Hall, M. John Harrison and Nicholas Royle will judge the competition.
The Manchester Fiction Prize aims to build on the work of MMU’s Writing School and enhance the city’s reputation as one of Europe’s most adventurous and creative spaces.
The prizes will be awarded at a gala ceremony, held as part of the 2009 Manchester Literature Festival.
To enter the competition, online, please go to www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk/fiction/index.php
If you would like a printed entry pack for postal submission, or if you have any queries, please contact James Draper, Project Manager at the Writing School, by calling +44 (0) 161 247 1787 or sending an email to j.draper@mmu.ac.uk
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