Submissions now open for Alan Marshall Short Story Award 2010
JA
November 12
The Nillumbik Shire Council is celebrating 25 years of the Alan Marshall Short Story Award and is inviting writers from across Australia to enter their annual short story competition.
Judging the 2010 competition is best-selling author, Michael McGirr, whose short stories have been published in Australia and overseas, and for five years worked as the fiction editor for Meanjin.
The prizes are as follows:
$2000 First Prize and $1000 Second Prize in the Open Section for stories up to 2500 words by writers residing anywhere in Australia
$1000 Local Writers’ Section Prize for a story up to 2500 words by writers who live, work or study in the Shire of Nillumbik
$400 Young Writers’ Section Prize for a story up to 1000 words by writers aged between 15 and 19 years
Entries close 4pm Friday 5 February 2010.
Download the entry form here.
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Comments
08 Feb 10 at 21:00
Hi there. Just wondering about the theme/content for this submission? Is there anything i need to know in regards to a specific theme?
...25 Aug 10 at 19:17
I would like to enter the Open Section for next year. How might I go about this?
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