Bridport Prize – Short Story Competition
Summary
This prize is awarded for short stories of up to 5,000 words. Entries can be on any subject in any style or form. Stories written for children are not recommended.
Guidelines
The short story prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English aged 16 and over at the time of the closing date.
Entries must be entirely the applicant’s own work. Any evidence to the contrary will result in immediate disqualification.
Entries must not have been published, self-published, published on any website, blog or online forum, broadcast, have won or been placed (2nd, 3rd, runner up etc) in any other competition.
If an entry has been long-listed or shortlisted in other competitions, and provided it has not won a prize or been published, it is eligible.
Simultaneous submissions are allowed but will become ineligible should they win a prize elsewhere, be published or scheduled for future publication prior to the date of prize giving. Entry fees will not be refunded.
Entries submitted posthumously are not eligible.
Payment
The Bridport Prize will award the following prizes for short stories: First prize: £5,000, Second prize: £1,000, Third prize: £500. The winning entries for each of these prizes will be featured in the Bridport Prize anthology which opens access to other competitions. The prize winners will be invited to the awards lunch in Bridport, have a chance to chat to the judges, meet agents and take part in ongoing publicity. There will also be ten Highly Commended prizes of £100 each. Winners and highly commended writers will be notified by email in September. A prize-giving event will be held for these writers at Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset on Saturday 19th October 2024.
