The Litro and IGGY young persons International Short story award
‘Words get you further’
Please note: the competition has now closed and we are no longer accepting entries. The best of luck to all those who entered and watch this space for the announcement of the winner in September!
Litro Magazine, along with IGGY, has launched its first short story competition.
Inspiring, encouraging and acknowledging the creativity of young people is a common goal for Litro Magazine and the International Gateway for Gifted Youth, and therefore we have created a major new short story award for young people: the Young Person’s Short Story Award.
The award is open to young people from around the world aged 11-19. In addition to a cash prize of £2,500, the winner will be published in Litro Magazine and will see parts of their work displayed on a poster in a London Underground station. The winner and two runners-up will also have their story published on Litro Online (www.litro.co.uk) and on the IGGY website (www.warwick.ac.uk/go/iggy). An illustrious panel of judges has been assembled for the award, including novelist Sadie Jones, author of international bestseller The Outcast; acclaimed historian and novelist Kate Williams; award-winning poet Laura Dockrill and Peter Blegvad, creative writing lecturer at the University of Warwick.
Terms and conditions of entry:
1. Entrants can write in any genre.
2. The length of each story must not exceed 3000 words.
3. The winner of the Litro and IGGY International Short story competition will receive £2,500
4. The closing date for all entries is 5pm, 16th July.
5. There is no entry fee. However you can support Litro Magazine and this great new competition by subscribing to Litro Magazine http://www.litro.co.uk/index.php/subscription/ in the process support our effort to continue to provide you with alternative new and exciting reading from established as well as up and coming writers.
6. Submissions should be emailed to competition@litro.co.uk
7. The copyright of any story submitted to the Litro and IGGY International Short Story Competition will remain with the magazine, the submission of a story is done with the understanding that Litro Magazine has the right to copy and distribute the story in the magazine and litro online as well other platforms.
8. Entrants must be aged between 11- 19 on the date of the entry.
Disclaimer: Due to the expected volume of entries, Litro Magazine is unable to offer individual feedback to entrants. The decision of the judges is final.
From left: Sadie Jones, Kate Williams, Laura Dockrill and Peter Blegvad.
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Please note: We are pleased to have Kate Williams join the judging panel, taking the place of Ian Kelly, who withdrew prior to the contest starting due to previously aforeseen commitments.
Howcome it says “Please note: the competition has now closed and we are no longer accepting entries.” but the deadline is in july?
This post is about last year’s competition. For this year, visit http://www.litro.co.uk/index.php/2011/02/23/international-young-persons-short-story-award-returns/