Deadline: 31 January 2025
Nominations are now open for the Cheshire Prize for Literature, a competition for an original, fictional, unpublished piece of writing.
There is no theme and you can write about anything that inspires you.
Categories
- There are five categories:
- Short story: an original, fictional unpublished short story, maximum 1,500 words.
- Poetry: an original, unpublished poem, maximum 100 lines.
- Children’s literature: an original, fictional unpublished short story, maximum 1,500 words or an original, unpublished poem, maximum 100 lines aimed at children aged seven to 14 years old.
- Scriptwriting: a playscript suitable for radio, theatre or television, no more than 15 minutes in length.
- Flash fiction: an original, fictional, unpublished short story, maximum 360 words including title.
- Age Categories:
- There are three age categories:
- Primary (4-11)
- Secondary (11-17)
- 18 and above.
- There are three age categories:
Prize Information
- All winners in the age 4-17 categories will each receive a book token. All winners in the over 18 categories will each receive a cash prize.
- There are no runner-up prizes. No cash alternative is available for any prize in any of the age 4 to 17 categories.
- Where a joint submission wins, the prize will be split between the authors of that work. Where more than one winner is declared in any one category, the winners will share the prize between them.
Eligibility Criteria
- You must be the author of the submitted entry and must have been born, live or have lived, study or have studied, work or have worked, in the historical or modern county of Cheshire. For the purposes of the Competition, Cheshire is deemed to include the Wirral, as well as Warrington and Halton.
- There are three age categories. Only Qualifying entries will be considered.
- Entries will not be accepted from members of the judging panel or from any person directly or indirectly involved in the running of the Competition or its administration, or direct members of their family or households.
- By entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to enter and that you may be required to provide proof of your eligibility to enter the Competition (such as proof of age or address) to the Promoters.
For more information, visit University of Chester.