The monthly Global Short Story Competition has announced that the number of countries from which it has received entries has topped 50.
Launched five years ago, the competition runs every month with a £100 first prize and a £25 prize for highly commended writers.
Currently approaching £9,500 in prize money handed out, the competition has had winners, commended and shortlisted stories from all over the world. Each month’s competition is judged by Fiona Cooper, an author based in North-East England, where the competition’s organisers are based.
Organiser John Dean said: “We have had stories from every corner of the world, which delights us because the competition was established to encourage authors across the planet. We wanted to encourage writers voices were yet to be heard. The fact that we have had stories from so many countries shows just what a global competition it has become.
“One thing that pleases us is to see writers who have enjoyed success in our competition go on to securing success in other competitions or have their work published. A number of them have told us that it was the encouragement of winning the Global Short Story Competition that gave them the extra confidence they needed.”
The competition can be entered at www.inscribemedia.co.uk and there are seven days to go before May’s closes.
* Inscribe Media are also running a free competition. It’s the year 2013, add 2, 1 and 3 and you get six, six is the number of words in supposedly the finest flash fiction story ever written For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never Worn (attributed to Hemingway but probably not by him).
The challenge in our new free competition, run on our Facebook page, is a short story in six words. Prize is £50, deadline July 18. All you need to do is drop your six words in the appropriate section. The page can be found at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Inscribemedia/183385438479538 or through www.inscribemedia.co.uk
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