The Adelaide Review is having its first Annual Short Fiction Competition! The prizes include:
- A case of South Australia’s best wines
- The overall winner will be published in The Adelaide Review in October 2009
- Up to five finalists will also be published on a bi-monthly basis in The Adelaide Review
What you need to know:
- Submissions close Friday, 10 July 2009
- Entries must be maximum 2,500 words and must be written in English
- Entries must not have been previously published
- Each author can submit a maximum of two entries
- Children’s fiction is not eligible
- Entries can be emailed or posted to Australia
- Must be accompanied by an entry form (which you can find at their website)
More rules and regulations on their website – go and download all the info from there! A bit of background from the mailer I received:
The Adelaide Review, in association with the Creative Writing Program, is proud to announce the first Annual Short Fiction Competition. This annual competition aims to encourage the art of short fiction writing, to set new standards in contemporary short fiction and to be one of Australia’s most prestigious writing awards. The competition features an international judging panel consisting of prize-winning Australian author and Chair of the Creative Writing Program, Brian Castro, Noel Laureate J.M. Coetzee and Jamaican poet and short story writer Oliver Senior.
I have not been able to find the results of this competition. A site that tracks competitions says it has been cancelled.
It wasn’t cancelled! A search of The Adelaide Review brought up the winning entry, which you can find here.