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[Rachel Caldecott]

BBC National Short Story Award - How to enter - BBC Radio 4

Hope the link works. It is to the BBC Radio 4 National Short Story competition

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Good that it's free to enter, and good that they accept previously published work (most competitions don't), but bad in that they only accept work from authors with "a prior record of publication in creative writing in the United Kingdom. This means the author must previously have had a work or works of prose fiction, drama or poetry published by an established UK book publisher (including e-book and audio publication), published in print or online by an established printed newspaper, magazine, journal, periodical in the UK, or broadcast by a UK national broadcaster or content provider."

Self-published doesn't count.

 

[Kitty]

I think that’s fair enough. Many competitions exclude previously published authors so it’s nice to see one the other way round for a change!