Competition Details
We hold an Annual Short Story Competition with a First Prize of £400
Second & Third Prizes of £50
FLASH FICTION Competition
First Prize £150
There will also be several Highly Commended places in both competitions.
All these winning stories will be placed on the website.Entry into the competition will be assumed to give tacit agreement to this, unless we are asked explicitly not to do so.
Longlists 2016 will be posted on October 2nd
Shortlists 2016 will be posted on October 16th
Winners will be announced on 1st November
Closing date for both competitions is August 31st 2016
TO ENTER:
Please read the rules carefully before you submit your stories.
ON-LINE SUBMISSIONS
Please click on the relevant link to enter using Paypal or Credit/Debit Card facilities;
Once your payment details are entered and the transaction complete click on the Return to HISSAC link and you will be directed to the submissions page where you can upload your story\stories
If you add several options to your cart (for example one short story and one flash fiction) and, after submitting one you are not given the option to submit the other, then please send your entry/entries as attachments or in the body of the email to
info@hissac.co.uk
- Click here to enter one short story, or two
- Click here to enter three short stories at a reduced price of entry
- Click here to enter one piece of Flash fiction or two
- Click here to enter three pieces of Flash fiction at a reduced price
TO ENTER BY POST
Send entry with cheque made out to HISSAC to:
20 Lochslin Place, Balintore, Easter Ross, Scotland IV20 1UP
If you would like acknowledgement of arrival, please include SAE
TO ENTER WITH ATTACHMENT
Pay using the Paypal or Credit/Debit Card facility as for On-Line Submissions, or send a cheque to the address as for entering by post, then send an email detailing your payment method, along with your story as an attachment (.doc .docx .pdf) to:
info@hissac.co.uk
To read last year's winning entries, please click this link:
WINNING STORIES 2015
Other Short Story Competitions you may be interested in:
The London Magazine runs a prestigious short story competition each year, as well as a poetry competition. For details, please click on the link.
Mslexia Women's Novel Competition 2016 is for novels of at least 50,000 words written for adults (and young adults) in any genre by previously unpublished women novelists.
Closing date is in September. Check website for details.
£5,000 First Prize + meetings with literary agents and editors
Mslexia Novel Competition
Mslexia Women's Annual Short Story Competition is for previously unpublished stories of up to 2,200 words by women writers.
Mslexia Short Story Competition
Less Than 100 Words
Keep your hand in with this weekly, themed flash fiction competition.
99p per entry, £20 for the winner
250 Words
Regular competitions for stories of exactly 250 words.