CRIMINAL TENDENCIES 2009
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
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- Entries must be prose fiction, the original, unpublished work of the author, and in the crime genre.
- Entries should be in English, typed, double spaced on one side of the paper only, and should not exceed 3000 words.
- Closing date 31st October 2008: for on-line entries, midnight on that date local time where you are.
- The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript; please complete the on-line submission form, or attach a cover sheet with the name of the story, number of words and full contact details: name, address, daytime phone number, e-mail address.
- Paper manuscripts should be unbound and secured with a staple or paper clip; please do not submit entries in sleeves or folders. On-line entries should be .RTF files to ensure compatibility.
- Entrants may submit as many stories as they wish, at an entry fee of £5 per story. Entry fees should be paid by sterling cheque or banker’s draft drawn on a UK bank, payable to Crème de la Crime Ltd; UK postal order; Visa or Mastercard; or cash: £5 sterling, €10 or US$10 per entry. £1 of each entry fee will be donated to Genesis, the UK’s only breast cancer prevention charity.
- Entries may be submitted on-line.
- On-line entries will not be acknowledged.
- Paper manuscripts CANNOT BE RETURNED.
- The judges’ decisions are final.
Entries which fail to conform to any of these requirements may be disqualified. Entry fees are non-returnable.
Prizewinners will be notified before Jan 31st 2009. Names of winners will appear at www.cremedelacrime.com no later than this date.
Copyright remains with the authors; but entrants must be prepared to grant permission for publication of their entries in Criminal Tendencies, the anthology of short crime fiction associated with the competition.
Please send paper entries to:
CRÈME DE LA CRIME
CHESTERFIELD
P O BOX 523
S40 9AT
UK
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