Amnesty International Ely City group is running its fifth short story competition (details below).
If you think that the competition would be of interest to the members of your writing group, we'd be grateful if you would publicise it to them.
best wishes,
Sally MacEachern
Secretary Ely Amnesty group
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WRITE A SHORT STORY ON THE THEME OF “HOPE”
FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Amnesty International Ely City Group is running its fifth short story competition in memory of one of its founder members, Gareth Davies-Jones.
The competition is for original, unpublished fictional stories written in English and a maximum of 1,500 words. They must be on the theme of “Hope” and can be set in any country or time.
All entries will be shortlisted to 10 standout entries by Amnesty International Ely City Group before a final round judged by local crime and police procedural novel writer Jim Kelly, winner of the Crime Writers Association Dagger in the Library award in 2006, and the 2011 New Angle Prize for literature (http://www.jim-kelly.co.uk/).
The author of the winning short story will receive £50 and a hardback signed 1st edition of Death Ship, Jim Kelly’s latest DI Peter Shaw and DS George Valentine novel and have their story published on the Amnesty International Ely City Group website. The runner-up will receive a copy of the Amnesty Group’s award-winning illustrated recipe book.
Entrants must be 16 or over and based in the UK.
No submissions should have been shortlisted for or won any other writing competitions.
Writers can submit as many entries as they wish.
Previous winning entries can be read on http://goo.gl/UrtfLx and http://goo.gl/HwPXZE.
How to submit your entry:
§ Submissions should be double spaced on numbered pages, typed in 12pt font and sent by email as Word documents or pdfs to info@amnestyely.org.uk
§ The name of the author and the title of the story should be supplied in the subject line of the email.
§ The story title, author’s name, email address, telephone number and word count should appear on a front cover only.
§ The story title only should appear in a footer at the bottom of each page.
Entries must be received by 15 November 2018, the PEN International Day of the Imprisoned Writer. The winners will be notified on or before 21 December. All other entrants will be notified shortly afterwards.
Entry Fees:
Per story £3 (16-18-year-olds); £5 over 18s.
Fees are payable via http://www.graftonart.biz/products/amnesty/or by cheque payable to “Ely Amnesty Group” and sent to Amnesty International Ely City Group Treasurer, 49 Ward Way, Witchford, Ely, CB6 2JR.
ALL proceeds will go towards Amnesty’s human rights campaigns.
