WREKIN WRITERS – DORIS GOODERSON SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2011

Rules of Entry: 1. Entries must not exceed 1200 words, be in the form of a short story and written in English. 2. Prizes: 1st = £150, 2nd = £70 and 3rd = £40. Further prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the judge. 3. An entry fee of £3 is required, or £5 for 2 entries. (1 entry = £3, 2 entries = £5, 3 entries = £8 (£3+£5), 4 entries = £10, and so on.) 4. Postal entries from overseas can only be accepted with an entry fee in sterling. 5. This entry form can be photocopied if required. 6. Each story must be accompanied by an entry form. 7. The Closing Date is 11th July 2011. 8. Entries should not have the author’s name or any other identifying marks on their typescript but each page should contain the story title in the footer or header. 9. All entries must be on white A4 paper (or foreign equivalent), and be double-spaced, typed, and on one side of paper only. 10. No entries should be submitted into any other competition, whilst this competition is running, but may be entered elsewhere after 30th September 2011. No entries should have been published elsewhere (including on the Internet, where it has been involved in an editorial process.) 11. Entries failing to meet all of these rules will be disqualified. Fees from disqualified entries will not be returned. 12. Copyright remains with the author, although winning entries will be published in the Wrekin Writers 2011 Anthology and may also be published on the Wrekin Writer website. 13. The judge’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into. 14. Winners will be notified by 30th September 2011. 15. This competition is open to any one, of any age, from anywhere in the world. 16. No postal entries will be returned unless a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed. 17. No postal entries will be acknowledged unless a stamped addressed post card is enclosed. 18. Entries with insufficient postage will NOT be collected from the Post Office, but returned to sender. 19. Entry indicates an acceptance of these rules. Electronic Submissions For the 2011 Doris Gooderson Short Story competition, we are able to accept electronic submissions, subject to the following: 20. All the rules above apply. 21. Entries are submitted by email to dorisgooderson@gmail.com by 11.59pm BST on 11th July 2011. 22. Send your entry as an attachment to the email. All submissions must be accompanied by a completed entry form, which must be attached in the same email. 23. Entry fees should be made by PayPal to wrekinwriters@gmail.com. The same fee applies for electronic entries as postal entries. 24. Fees from disqualified electronic entries will not be refunded. 25. There is no need to sign an entry form for electronic submission, however, entering this competition electronically means that you accept and abide by all rules of the competition. 26. Do not send payment by PayPal and then post your submission. Only pay by PayPal if you are going to submit an email entry.