This competition was inspired by
the Northampton-born master of short stories, H.E.Bates, and was first
launched in 2005, his centennial year. It’s run by the Northampton Writers
Group; for full website details, see here
Deadline
- Monday 5th December 2016
Subject
- of your choice.
Open to all writers.
Length
- no longer than 2000 words.
* 1st Prize
£500
* 2nd Prize
£100
* 3rd Prize £50
Entry
fee - £6 for the first story submitted. (It is reduced to £10 for any entry
of 2 stories. Further stories have a fee of £5 each.) You can submit as many
stories as you wish, providing they have not been previously published or have
been prize-winning entries in another competition.
Judging panel - members of the
Northampton Writers Group. The Head Judge is Maggie Allen, author and
professional ghost-writer.
Postal entry: Send your story or
stories (typed please) with a first sheet giving your name, address, telephone
number, e-mail address, and title of story or stories to H.E.Bates Competition,
19 Kingswell Road, Kingsthorpe, Northampton NN2 6QB. Please mark the envelope
"f.a.o. Nick Hamlyn". Include a postal order or cheque (made out to
N.Hamlyn).
E-mail entry: e-mail your story in
Word format, complete with a first page as described above, to hebatescomp@gmail.com and pay by PayPal;
you will be invoiced on receipt of your entry.
Good luck!
