Supported by Arts Council England and The Literary Consultancy.
Are you a low income, high quality writer living in the south east, looking for some expert advice on your writing?
THE SOUTH launches its Free Read Competition with support from Arts Council England, to provide four writers in the region with a ‘free read’ from The Literary Consultancy, the UK’s leading manuscript assessment service.
The SOUTH is looking for submissions in both fiction and poetry:
A collection of up to three short stories, up to 3000 words each
Poetry submissions of up to 1000 lines
Four winning submissions, three from fiction and one from poetry will chosen by a panel of professional writers and readers at THE SOUTH, will be forwarded on to The Literary Consultancy for an honest, detailed, genuinely useful written report from a highly skilled editor.
A recent success story from the south east is Bethan Roberts’ novel The Pools, which was published earlier this year by Serpent’s Tail following a free read.
The competition is open to all low income writers in the south east region (as defined by Arts Council South East) which covers Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex, and unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest, Brighton and Hove, Medway, Milton Keynes, Portsmouth, Reading, Slough, Southampton, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, and Wokingham
Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been published, self-published, published on any website or broadcast
Entries
Entries must show no name, address or identifying marks other than the title
All entries must be printed out in 12 point font, double spaced, on one side of A4, preferably in loose sheets, with each page numbered
For poetry, please state how many lines the submission contains, and for short stories, how many words
Entries are not returned, keep a copy
Fees
Submission fee is £6 per entry
Fees are payable by cheque. Cheques must be from a UK bank and should be payable to THE SOUTH with the sender's name and address on the back
Submitting your Work
Please send in your manuscript with a sheet giving your name, address, email address, contact phone number, a short CV about your writing to:
Free Read Competition, THE SOUTH, Brighton Writers’ Centre,
49 Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 9QA.
Please ensure you have a back up copy of your manuscript as we cannot be responsible for lost post
Please include a short covering letter with some brief information about the manuscript you're submitting (thriller, literary, fantasy, romance etc), a bit about yourself and your situation, and any history of previous submissions to publishers or agents
Entries must be received at THE SOUTH by 5 pm, Thursday 23 October 2008
The judges' decision is final and no individual correspondence can be entered into
Judges are unable to comment on individual entries
By entering the competition you are agreeing to join THE SOUTH’s mailing list
For more information please contact nathan@thesouth.org.uk or call THE SOUTH on 01273 571700
