Away since February 2013, Stroud
Short Stories will return refreshed and rejuvenated for another exciting night
of short stories on 25 May 2014 at Stroud Valleys Artspace as part of the Site
Festival.
The stories will be selected
by John Holland, who has previously read at Stroud Short Stories, and who will
be taking over the running of the event from now on. John has had stories published in
anthologies, magazines and online, including one in The Best Stories in a Decade, published by Momaya Press and
formerly wrote for Punch and BBC
Radio. I’m very glad to be able to hand
the event over to him, as I think he is just the person for the job!
We are now open for
submissions. In line with our new,
organised, rejuvenated self we have produced a set of rules (below), which will
hopefully answer most questions about submissions. The one change is that we are now limiting
submissions to writers who have a connection to the Stroud area, as detailed
below.
Due to the length of our
absence, we’ve relaxed our rule about writers not appearing in consecutive
events. Therefore writers who read at
our last event (February 2013) are
welcome to send in submissions for our forthcoming event in May.
We look forward to reading
your stories!
Rules
1. Submissions
will be considered from writers with a Stroud area connection (ie writers who
were born, live, work or study in the geographic area equivalent to the Stroud
District Council area)
2. Authors
should be aged 16 or over
3. Maximum
of three stories per person
4. Submissions
are free
5. Stories
should be between 100 and 1,500 words (excluding the title)
6. Submissions
should be received by Sunday 4 May 2014
7. Stories
can only be submitted by email
8. Stories
can be on any theme but must be fiction
9. Poetry
and children’s fiction will not be accepted
10. Stories
may be unpublished or previously published
11. Stories
previously read at SSS will not be considered
12. Writers
must be available to read at the SSS event on the evening of Sunday 25 May 2014
13. Include
your name, email, phone number, word count and your connection with the Stroud
area to your submission
14. The
decision of the judge(s) is final and no correspondence will be entered into
How to enter
1. Please
email your stories to stroudshortstories@yahoo.co.uk as an attachment in Word or pdf format
2. Remember
to include your word count, name, email, phone number and your connection with
the Stroud area on your submission
3. The
closing date for submissions is Sunday 4 May 2014
4. Your
submission will be acknowledged within two days
5. You
will be informed of the winning submissions to be read at the SS event by no
later than Monday 12 May.
