Manchester Metropolitan University Poetry and Fiction Prizes 2013
Entry fee £17/$26
Website: http://www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk
E-mail address: j.draper@mmu.ac.uk
Under the direction of Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University is launching the 2013 Manchester Poetry and Fiction Prizes - major international literary competitions, celebrating excellence in creative writing, and open to anyone aged 16 or over (with no upper age limit).
Two prizes of £10,000 (approximately $15,433) are given annually for a group of poems and a short story. Bernard O'Donoghue, Adam O'Riordan, and Fiona Sampson will judge in poetry this year, and Alison Moore, Nicholas Royle, and Robert Shearman will judge in fiction. Submit three to five poems, totalling no more than 120 lines, or a story of up to 2,500 words with a £17 (approximately $26) entry fee by August 30. E-mail or visit the website for complete guidelines.
The Manchester Writing Competition began in 2008, funded in the first instance by the University's innovative Enterprise Fellowship scheme. The project was designed to attract the best new writing from around the world, and to establish Manchester as the focal point for a major literary award. Since it began, the Competition has awarded more than £50,000 to its winners.
Initially, the Competition alternated annually between Poetry and Fiction but, from 2013, both will be running every year, with £10,000 awarded to the writer of the best portfolio of poetry, and another £10,000 to the writer of the best short story.