COMPETITION RULES
Biscuit International Flash Fiction Prize 2010
Word count is between 250 minimum - 750 maximum
- First Prize £1000; (approximately $1,500 US dollars; €1,100 Euros)
or your own collection or novella published plus £350 (and 75 copies of your book) - the choice is yours! - Second Prize £250
- Third Prize £100
- Seven runners-up £25 each
- This contest welcomes writers from around the world, but all entries must be in English
- The top ten flash fictions will be published in the Winners' anthology, and each author will receive three copies.
Stories must be wholly and exclusively the original work of the author. All winning stories will - and this is a condition of entry - appear in the anthology. Copyright will still remain the intellectual property of each individual author.
No entry form is needed, but please include a cover page showing title, word count, author's name and address, phone number and email.
Do not show identification details on the manuscript pages.
Emailed entries may be attached as Word docs, or within the open text box of the email page.
Fee: £9 per entry, whether online or postal
Enter online or by snailmail.
You may submit as many entries as you wish
Deadline: 14th September 2010
Results: 31st October 2010
To enter online:
use the PayPal form below (you do not need to have a PayPal account, you can also pay using a credit or debit card) to pay your fee. You will automatically receive a payment receipt number from PayPal. Paste your work into an email text box, or attach it as a Word doc. And send it to
quoting the PayPal receipt number, and the contact details as listed above. If the card holder's name is different from that of the story entrant, please tell us.
All emailed entries will be acknowledged by email. This is done manually - by a real person - so there might be a few hours delay; please be patient.
To enter by post:
Send postal entries to: Biscuit Publishing Ltd, PO Box 123, Washington, Tyne & Wear, NE37 2YW, United Kingdom. Cheques / postal orders should be made payable to Biscuit Publishing.
If you require a postal acknowledgement, please include s.a.postcard with your entry
Manuscripts will NOT be returned so please keep copies.
Results will be published on the website, but if you require postal results, please send an sae.
