Oceans of Stories Short-Short Story competition
As part of 2008’s Oceans of Stories‚ Short Story Conference, hosted by Edge Hill University and Liverpool John Moores University, there is a competition for a short story on the theme of Ocean of Stories.
Entrants are free to make use of this phrase in any way they wish, and write in style or genre. The maximum word limit is 500 words, and there is a winning prize of £50 for the best story.
The best stories will also be read at Hemingway’s Cafe on 9 May as part of the Liverpool WOW Literary festival activities and as a prelude to the short story conference (see details below). The winning entry will be announced at this event.
Email, with the story as part of the body of the email and not as an attachment a.j.stubbersfield@ljmu.ac.uk. The email must include a contact telephone number. No other information is required or expected in the email. Only successful entries will be acknowledged and successful entrants are expected to be available to attend the event on 9 May.
Friday 9th May
LJMU/Edge Hill Short Fiction Competition Night
As a prelude to the LJMU/Edge Hill Short Story Conference, successful entrants to the Oceans of Stories competition will perform their work. 6.30 – 9.00 p.m.
Hemingways, 52 Duke Street, L1 5AA
Free. All welcome.
LJMU/Edge Hill Short Fiction Conference present Helen Simpson
Be the first to hear this year’s shortlist for the LJMU/Edge Hill Short Fiction Competition. Author Helen Simpson, one of the UK’s finest contemporary short story writers and receiver of the E. M. Forster Award in 2002 by the American Academy of Arts & Letters, will announce the shortlist and read a selection of her own work.
2.30 – 4.00 p.m.
Performance Space, The Bluecoat Centre, School Lane, City Centre, L1 3BX
£5.00/£3.00
Book Tickets on The Bluecoat website (www.thebluecoat.org.uk) or telephone the Bluecoat Box-Office on 0151 702 5324. Payment can be made on the door, but it is advisable to make advance bookings.
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