Kenneth Grahame Society – Short Story Competition

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Kenneth Grahame Society – Short Story Competition

As part of the Kenneth Grahame Society's celebration of the centenary year of The Wind in the Willows, a short story competition is being held to echo some of beauty of Kenneth Grahame's classic. This is a unique opportunity for creative writers everywhere to write a short story in the same style as The Wind in the Willows and have it published. It is, similarly, a unique opportunity for academic writers to use creative writing as an alternative approach for presenting some new insights into the book. And it is an opportunity for all to pay homage to their favourite book and add to The Wind in the Willows canon.

Prizes
1st £500 2nd £150 3rd £100
If there is a good response and sufficient strong entries, a number of further entries, along with the top three, will be published in a collection of short stories at the end of the year. These entries will be awarded a £50 prize and a copy of the book.

There is no entry fee.

Title/Theme
The title is open, but the story is to be written as a sequel, prequel or countertext to The Wind in the Willows.

Guidelines and Formats
The length of the short stories should be approximately 5000 words - similar to the average length of the chapters in The Wind in the Willows. (Entries of 4500-6000 words will be accepted.)

The cover page should clearly state the title and number of words, and provide essential contact details - name, address, email address and phone number.

Entries should be printed on A4 paper with double line spacing and wide margins. (No handwritten entries, please.) After the judging of the entries, authors of the winning short stories will be asked to submit their story in MS Word format and append a brief biography.

Entries will be judged for their plausibility and continuity as a Willows sequel (or prequel or countertext), as well as for the quality of their storyline and style.

Entry Deadline and Results
Entries must be recieved by July 31st 2008. The winning entry will be announced and read at the Kenneth Grahame Society's Willows celebrations in Fowey, Cornwall, on September 6th-7th 2008.

Entries should be posted to:
Nigel McMorris
Kenneth Grahame Society
37 Ashtree Hill
Tandragee
Co Armagh
Northern Ireland BT62 2HP

E: badger@kennethgrahamesociety.net
W: www.kennethgrahamesociety.net