Deadline: Sept. 14, 2018, 5 p.m. (UK time).
Open internationally, the Manchester Fiction Prize awards a £10,000 prize to the best short story submitted. Any writer, new or established, can apply as long as the writer is aged 16 and above. Cost of entry is £17.50 (sterling) per story submitted.
To enter, you have to submit a short story of up to 2,500 words in length. Titles, blank lines, and page numbers are not included in the word count.
Works submitted for consideration can be on any subject, and written in any style or form, but must be the entrant’s own original writing, and should not have published in print or have been broadcast on or before Dec. 31, 2018. Work which has been published online can be submitted but must be taken down before you enter it and should not be uploaded again on or before Dec. 31, 2018.
Your work must be typed or word-processed, clearly legible and written in English. The Manchester Met also accepts works translated into English as long as the source text is your own original work and the English translation hasn’t been published before. And do not include illustrations or artwork.
You can submit your entry by post or online via the competition website. Postal entries must be accompanied by a completed entry form and a stamped, self-addressed envelope or postcard if you would like an acknowledgment of entry.
Postal entries should be sent to Manchester Fiction Prize, Finance Service Office, Manchester Metropolitan University, Righton Building, Cavendish Street, Manchester, M15 6BG, United Kingdom.
Entries received after the deadline will not be considered but fees may still be charged. The online entry system may become busy as the deadline nears, so entrants are advised not to leave submission until the last minute.
Niven Govinden, Livi Michael, Alison Moore, and Nicholas Royle are judging this year’s prize.
Send all queries to the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Met: +44 (0) 161 247 1787 or writingschool@mmu.ac.uk.