Writers get your pens!
Paris Writers News is launching its first contest for the Best and Most Delightful Stories about Paris
Twelve stories will be selected for publication in a collection of short stories about Paris.
Love, hate, expectation, desire, dreams, discovery and disappointment in the world’s most beautiful city. All themes, periods and approaches will be considered.
What we’re looking for: a great story, well-told. Humor, wit and luminous prose, please apply!
PARIS WRITERS NEWS SHORT STORY CONTEST
Genre: Short fiction (with some link to Paris)
Closing date: 30 November 2010
Prize: 200 euros for first prize, plus publication of twelve best stories
Entry fee: 10 euros
Restrictions: Maximum 5’000 words. Submission in the body of the email only
Further information: 12 stories will be selected to appear in the book: “BEST AND MOST DELIGHTFUL STORIES ABOUT PARIS” to be published fall 2011
We have just announced the judges at :
http://www.laurelzuckerman.com/2010/08/judges-announced-for-pwn-short-story-contest-about-paris.html
And the American Library in Paris has published FAQs about the contest at:
http://americanlibraryinparis.org/blog/2010/08/new-short-story-contest-announced/
After a preselection by the Editorial Committee, twelve distinguished judges from the literary community will each select one story for publication.
The Best and Most Delightful Stories about Paris will be published in paperback, e-book and POD in the fall of 2011.
More details will be announced in this space.
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To submit your short story, please send your text IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL (no attachments, no links) to : pariswritersnews AT gmail DOT com
We accept payment through Paypal
(click on "ajouter au panier" which means "add to basket" )
