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Dark Tales Winter Short Story Competition
RULES
1. UK residents can enter the competition either by post or online.
2. Non-UK residents can enter the competition online.
3. Non-UK residents are also welcome to enter the competition by post provided that the entry fee can be paid with a pounds sterling (UK) cheque.
4. The entry fee is £3 if you do not require a critique, £5 if you require a tick-sheet critique.
5. Each entry must be no longer than 5000 words.
6. Each entry must be the original, unpublished work of the stated author. Full copyright is retained by the author.
7. For postal entries, stories must be typed or printed legibly, and the author's name and the title of the story must be printed at the top of each page.
8. Postal entries must be sent, with adequate postage attached, to:
Dark Tales Winter Competition, 7 Offley Street, Worcester WR3 8BH, UK
to arrive no later than 31st January 2009. Cheques or postal orders payable to Dark Tales.
9. Stories cannot be returned so please do not send original manuscripts.
10. Entries will be judged by Sean Jeffery and one other judge, whose decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
11. The winner will receive £250, the runner-up £50 and third-placed £25, plus publication in Dark Tales. All other shortlisted and published entrants will receive £5. Each published entrant will be notified within approximately 60 days of the closing date. Critiques will be sent out shortly afterwards.
12. All published entrants will receive one free copy of the issue of Dark Tales their story is published in.
13. Postal entries: Entries must be accompanied by the correct payment. An entry form can be used but is not compulsory.
14. Online entries: Please use the online form which should appear after making your payment via PayPal to upload your story, or email your story to stories@darktales.co.uk - preferably as a Word document - once you have paid via PayPal, ensuring that the Subject for the email is Dark Tales Contest Entry. Entries must be uploaded or emailed by 31st January 2009.
Go here for a printable entry form if you would like to enter by post.
If you would like to enter securely online, pay for your entry using the button below and then you can upload your story. Select whether or not you require a tick-sheet critique and press the button:
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