The Bristol Short Story Prize is open for entries to the 2016 competition. The annual open competition is for original, unpublished short stories, and is open to all writers, from the UK and abroad, published and unpublished.
The first prize is £1,000. The second prize is £700, and the third prize is £400. 17 runners-up will each receive £100. All the winning entries will be published in The Bristol Prize Short Story Anthology Volume 9.
Stories may be in any style, including verse and graphics, and on any subject. Genre stories are welcomed. The maximum length is 4,000 words. There are no specific formatting requirements, and writers may present their work in the form most suited for their work. Online entries are usually submitted as Word docs or pdfs. Postal entries should be printed typescripts. The writer’s name must not appear on the manuscript. Postal entrants should include an entry form, which they can download form the website.