We are running a one-off competition this month to win our brand new Crazy About Courses community membership or a place on the new version of Amanda Saint’s Fantastic Flashing course which starts on 31st October. The winning stories will also be published on the website.
Deadline: 31st July 2022
Entry fee: £5
Submit flash stories up to 500 words on the theme: COURSE
Prizes:
- 1st Place – Crazy About Courses Membership with Feedback
- 2nd Place – Crazy About Courses Membership without Feedback
- 3rd Place – Place on the Fantastic Flashing 3 Online Course (31st Oct – 12th Nov)
COMPETITION RULES
- Submit stories written in English through Submittable using the button below by 23.59 GMT on the deadline date (sorry late entries will not be included).
- Please include a word count on the story document
- Maximum word count is 500 (excluding title) but there is no minimum. Please do not submit stories above this word count as they will be automatically disqualified. Sorry!
- Do not include your name on the story or the submission title but provide a short bio in the Submittable cover letter section – sorry but stories where we can see the writer’s name will automatically be disqualified as all entries are judged anonymously.
- Stories must be your own original work and not have been published online or in print.
- By entering the competition you agree to your story being published on the Retreat West website.
- If you enter the story elsewhere and it is accepted for publication before judging takes place then you will have to withdraw it and no entry fees will be refundable.
- Stories can be in any genre apart from children’s fiction.
- You can enter multiple stories but the £5 entry fee is payable each time and each story must be submitted separately.
- The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- There is no alternative prize.