The
2012 Bristol Short Story Prize is open to all writers, who are aged more
than 16 years of age.
Prizes: £1,000 and a £150 Waterstone’s gift card with
lesser prizes offered for succeeding places.
Some 17 further prizes of £100 will be presented to the writers
whose stories appear on the shortlist. All 20 shortlisted writers will
have their stories published in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology
Volume 5.
The winning story will, also, be published in Bristol Review of Books
and Venue magazine.
Entry fee is £7 per story.
Stories may be on any theme or subject to a maximum length of 3,000 words
Entries will be accepted through the website or by post. Stories must
be previously unpublished
All 20 shortlisted writers will be invited to an awards ceremony to be
held in Bristol in July 2012 when the winners will be announced and the
anthology launched.