SHORT STORY PRIZE

Deadline: 30th November 2024

Max word count: 2500

Entry fee: £12 submission only / £40 with feedback 

PRIZES:

• 1st: £250
• 2nd: £150
• 3rd: £75
• Shortlisted: £20

Theme: Light

Judge: Nod Ghosh

Nod Ghosh is the author of The Two-Tailed Snake, which publishing with Fairlight Books in September 2023. Nod was born in Birmingham, UK, and currently lives in Christchurch, New Zealand, where she works as a medical laboratory scientist specialising in the diagnosis of cancers. Her short stories and flash fiction have been widely published in journals and anthologies, and her work has been listed for awards including the Bath Novella-in-Flash Award and the New Zealand National Flash Fiction Day competition. She has had four previous novellas published: The Crazed Wind (2018), Filthy Sucre (2020), Toy Train (2021) and Throw a Seven (2023).

Anthology publication: February 2025

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