Prizes:

The winner and runners-up will receive cash prizes and will be invited to attend our annual symposium. We will offer up to £500 travel expenses to help with travel to the event and meals and accommodation during the symposium dates are also covered.

The symposium will take place from Sat 6th - Tue 9th July 2024 in Tuscany, Italy.

First place: £3,000

Second place: £1,000

Third place: £1,000

Rules:

• All genres of writing are permitted, including fiction, non-fiction, and non-academic essays.
• Open to all nationalities.
• Applicants must be aged 18 or above at the time of entry.
• All entries must be written in English.
• Limited to one entry per person.
• Submissions must be standalone and cannot be extracted from a larger piece.
• A maximum of 2,500 words per entry.
• Stories must not have been published (not including self-published), or accepted for publication in print or online, or have won or been placed in another competition at any time
• Travel expenses can be used for economy travel costs only and are not exchangeable for cash, any leftover travel budget will not be redeemed as cash.
• Travel expenses can be used for transport only, and can not be used towards accommodation outside of the dates of our symposium.
• Submissions will be judged anonymously, so please ensure that your name does not appear anywhere on your work.
• Due to the volume of applications, the judge’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into following the results.

Key dates:

Applications open: 1st January 2024
Applications close: 1st March 2024 at 23:59 (UK time)

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*Please note: we reserve the right to change any aspect of our prizes at any point during the submission or judging process or to not award a prize if we choose.