Don’t miss out on your chance to win £1,000 and publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize anthology! The Bristol Short Story Prize is organized by the University of Bristol, England. The competition is open to all published and unpublished writers. Entrants must be over 16 years old.

The maximum length of submissions is 4,000 words, there is no minimum length.

Stories can be on any theme or subject and are welcome in any style including graphic, verse or genre-based (Crime, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Romance, Children’s etc.). All entries must be in English.

Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been previously published, in print or online, or broadcast or won a prize in another writing competition.

15 stories will be published in Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 17.

We are keen to encourage quality, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.