The Mondays at St.
Clements programme has launched its Short Story Competition 2013 requiring precisely
100 words (no more, no less).
“Our short-story
competitions in 2011 and 2012 attracted over 100 submissions each year,” says
one of the co-founders, Pieter Scholtz. “We have therefore decided to make this
an annual event to coincide with the winter solstice in the southern
hemisphere.”
In celebration of
the shortest day of the year which falls on June 21, 2013, Mondays at St.
Clements is celebrating National Short Story Day. This follows the lead of a
UK-wide celebration with the same name, an initiative aimed at promoting
fiction in its succinct form, focusing on South African writing that lends
itself to this tradition.
Guidelines:
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Length:
100 words excluding title (stories of more or less than 100 words will be
disqualified)
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Entries must state author’s name and wordcount
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Use
large font: eg. Times New Roman, 14 pt
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Maximum
number of five submissions per person is permitted
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Stories
submitted for previous competitions will not be considered
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Closing
date: June 3, 2013
Each year a
different judge is invited to adjudicate the stories. Previous judges include Kobus
Moolman (2011) and Graham Linscott, Carolyn Howie and Richard Finch (2012). The
2013 adjudicator will be David Basckin. Author’s names will be deleted for
adjudication.
The author of the winning
story will receive a presentation box of wine or electric coffee percolator. The
top ten stories will be published in le petit déjeuner 3, comprising a
selection of 50 short stories. All stories will be read at St. Clements on the
two Mondays following the presentation.
More information on email: kwasuka1@mweb.co.za
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