The London Short Story Prize, run by writer development agency Spread the Word, is inviting entries for this year’s competition.
The competition is for original, unpublished short stories up to 5,000 by London writers. The winner will receive £1,000 and their story will be published in print and online by Open Pen. The winner, two highly commended and three shortlisted stories will be published in the London Short Story Prize anthology published by Kingston University Press, and the commended and shortlisted writers paid for publication.
Stories must be original and unpublished, and may be on any theme. Manuscripts should be double spaced and the writer’s name must not appear on the manuscript. Writers may be published or unpublished, but must have a London postcode to enter.