Short Prose Competition

Welcome back to a second year of Words and Women’s exciting new contemporary writing prize for women in the East of England.

The Short Prose Competition is offering a cash prize of £600 and publication in Words and Women: Two.

This year, the anthology will include 20 shortlisted entries and four winning commissions from its Arts Council Funded project, ‘About.’

The anthology published in partnership with Unthank Books in Norwich will be launched on International Women’s Day, 8th March, 2015.

Entry is open to all women writers over the age of 16 who live or work in the East of England.  Fiction, memoir, life-writing and creative non-fiction is all welcome, but no extracts please.  This year’s judge is Norfolk-based novelist Sarah Ridgard, whose first novel, Seldom Seen was shortlisted for the Author’s Club best first novel award. Entries should be no longer than 2,200 words.  The deadline for entries is 15th November, 2014.

Winners will be announced in January 2015. See www.wordsandwomennorwich.blogspot.co.uk for details.

Last year’s competition winner, Danni Redd, (My Sister’s Haircut) went on to gain agent representation and is beginning a Phd in Creative Critical Writing at the University of East Anglia.

Norwich-based Words and Women showcase and celebrate women writers who live in the East of England, at all stages of their professional careers through an exciting and eclectic programme of events, including a young women’s writing project and touring to regional book festivals.

‘This is the second year of our competition,’ said Belona Greenwood, co-organiser with Lynne Bryan of Words and Women.  ‘Last year’s entries displayed the rich range of literary talent in our region and we were able to put together a marvellous anthology. We are looking forward to seeing what comes in this year.’

‘This is a great opportunity for women writers, whether unpublished or published, who live and work in the East of England. It opened doors for our winner Dani Redd last year and we expect it will do the same for our winner this year and for our runners-up too,’ said Lynne Bryan.

Visit www.wordsandwomennorwich.blogspot.co.uk for more information about the competition and our exciting Arts Council funded project, ‘About.’

Contact:  Bel Greenwood on 01603 621 912/078055 15159

Email: [email protected]

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