FREE to enter.
The competition is open to anyone and everyone over the age of 18 and we’ll be accepting submissions until 30th June 2013.
Although we want stories that feature crime, we don’t want you to be tied to the traditional crime writing genre. While we’re more than happy to accept murder mysteries and police procedurals and any stories of that ilk, crime is just the theme for our first competition. You can write in any... Show more
FREE to enter.
The competition is open to anyone and everyone over the age of 18 and we’ll be accepting submissions until 30th June 2013.
Although we want stories that feature crime, we don’t want you to be tied to the traditional crime writing genre. While we’re more than happy to accept murder mysteries and police procedurals and any stories of that ilk, crime is just the theme for our first competition. You can write in any genre you like.
This means your story could be about a bank robbery on Jupiter in the year 2599, or it could be a tragic romance set in ancient Greece, or a rollicking Western adventure. We’re not fussy, as long as the plot centres on a crime of some kind.
-We accept one (1) entry per author – please do not send in multiple entries.
-Stories must be written in English.
-Stories must be a maximum of 2,000 words in length – the story title is not included in the word count.
-There is no minimum length.
-Stories can be of any genre, but we will not accept entries containing gratuitous sex and / or violence.
-The theme for the current competition is: crime.
-Manuscripts must be double spaced in black 12 point Arial font and uploaded as one of the following file types:
.doc
.docx
.rtf
-The file name should be the story title – EG, ‘This Is My Story.doc’.
-The author’s name should not appear anywhere in the document as judging is undertaken anonymously.
-Once an entry is received, no edited or amended versions will be accepted.
In the unlikely event of circumstances arising outside of its control, GKBCinc reserves the right to cancel this competition at any stage.
1st prize £100 + publication in anthology and publication on the GKBCinc website with an author interview
2nd prize £50 + publication in anthology and publication on the GKBCinc website
3rd prize £25 + publication in anthology and publication on the GKBCinc website
Runners up-7 runners up will be published in the anthology and listed on the website
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2yQx1e/gkbcinc.com/the-gkbcinc-short-story-competition/
angamonkey
This is a great idea! Thank you for this thread, Tanya. Once I post up more books, I'll post them up here. And perhaps even my journalism articles.
TanyaB.
I'm glad you think this might be helpful to you :).
I forgot to mention that like dating partners, it takes time to find the right writing partner, so look around and see who is the best match for you.
Apologies for any typos in this thread, I'm dead tired :P.
rootrot
This is a terrific idea! Definitely going to do this once I get my own up as well. 8)