Writing East Midlands is inviting entries for its inaugural writing contest, the Aurora Poetry & Short Fiction Open Competition.
The competition is for short stories up to 2,000 words and poems up to 40 lines. The short story judge is Paul McVeigh and the poetry judge is Pascale Petit. There are prizes of £500, £100 and £50, and the Stonewood Press Regional Prize, which is £70 and a Writing School East Midlands course, which is open to writers from the East Midlands only.
Entries may be on any subject, and must be original and unpublished. Entries should be typed on single sides of A4 (double-spaced in 12pt font for short stories), and the writer’s name must not appear on the manuscript. Writers entering for the Stonewood Press prize should indicate this on their entry form. Postal entrants should download and complete an entry form.