Biscuit 'Combo' Prize

COMPETITIONS

A new kind of Competition: the 'Combo'!

Biscuit's next international prose fiction competition is something new: is it a flash fiction competition? is it a short story competition? yes, it's both!

Submit a Short Story (with a word count between 1000 and 5000 words, and a Flash Fiction (to a maximum of 750 words, and no minimum!), and you could win a First Prize of publication of your book, whether it's a collection of short stories, of flashes, a novella - or a combination of all three disciplines, plus £500 advance royalties and 75 books. Or you could elect to take your prize in cash and win £1,500!

The Combo Competition is now open, and the closing date for submissions is 31st January 2012.

Biscuit 'Combo' Prize 2012

The Biscuit International Short Story and Flash Fiction Combo Prize 2012, a new 'Combo' contest is now open for submissions.

Submit a short story together with a flash fiction.

* Short Story word count between 1000 minimum and 5000 maximum
* Flash Fiction word count 750 maximum (no minimum!)

First Prize £1,500 (approx. €1,140 - 1,642 US dollars)

Or your collection of shorts, flashes or a novella published. The book can, if you wish, combine all three disciplines, with a total word count of up to 40,000 words, plus - you will also receive £500 advance royalties and 75 books.

The choice is yours!

2nd Prize £250
3rd Prize £100
Seven runners-up £50 each.

The top ten 'Combos' will be published in the Winners' anthology and each author will receive three copies.

Rules

Submissions must be wholly and exclusively the original work of the author. All winning Combos will - and this is a condition of entry - appear in the anthology. Copyright will still remain the intellectual property of each individual author.

This contest welcomes writers from around the world, but all entries must be in English

No entry form required, just include personal contact details with your entry.

Judging is by a panel to be appointed with Brian Lister (Biscuit's Managing Editor) as Chairman.

Entry fee is £12.00 per Combo (Combo = short story plus flash fiction) online or postal.

You can submit as many Combo entries as you wish.

Deadline for submissions: 31 January 2012

Results announced: 31 March 2012.

To submit online: http://www.biscuitpublishing.com/comp/2012combo.html

First, use the PayPal form below (you do not need to have a PayPal account) to pay your fee of £12.00 per Combo (Combo = short story plus flash fiction):

'Combo'
Competition
£12 per entry.


Number of entries:


Credit or debit card payments made online will go via PayPal; you do not need to have a PayPal account to do this.

You will automatically receive a payment receipt number from PayPal. Paste your work into an email text box, or attach it as a Word doc, and send it to info@biscuitpublishing.com. Be sure to include your contact details: address, phone number, and PayPal receipt number.

If the card holder's name is different from that of the story entrant, please tell us both names.

E-mailed entries will be acknowledged by e-mail; this is done manually by a real person, so there might be a few hours delay; please be patient.

To submit by post:

To submit by surface mail, please:

* send your work to Biscuit Publishing,
PO Box 123,
Washington,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE37 2YW.
* Enclose a covering page with your address and phone number.
* Make your cheque or p/o payable to Biscuit Publishing. Cheques must be written in GBP £,sterling, drawn on a UK bank.
* If you require a postal acknowledgement, please send a sae postcard with your entry; Manuscripts will not be returned, so please keep a copy.
* Results will be published on the website but if you require postal results, please send a sae for this, too.

Any further queries, please contact us on info@biscuitpublishing.com