Forty South Publishing: Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2019

• The prize is for short stories up to 3,000 words having an island, or island-resonant, theme.
• Writers will be citizens of Australia or New Zealand or Australian permanent residents.
• Maximum of two entries per person.
• Entry fee of $20 per story entered. See Entry Form for payment details.
• Each entry must be provided as an electronic file (Word file) and in hard copy (these will not be returned). See Entry Form for submission details.
• The author’s identity should not appear on the hard copy manuscript.
Please indicate the word count on your manuscript.
• Please provide full contact details.
• Please provide a biography/statement (maximum 150 words) and author photo (headshot) to be used if the entry is included in the anthology.

It is a condition of entry that successful writers’ names and photos may be used
by Forty South Publishing for publicity purposes.
• Articles should be typed on white paper with text double-spaced using an easy-to-read typeface.
• Entrants must assert that entries are their own original work and that the stories have not been previously published.
• The Judging Panel reserves the right not to award a prize and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Employees of Forty South Publishing and their immediate family members are not eligible to enter the competition. Immediate family members of the Judging Panel are not eligible to enter the competition.

Entries must be lodged by February 17, 2019

• The winning entry will receive a cash prize of $500 and publication in Tasmania 40°South.
• A selection of the best entries will be published in the Forty South Short Story Anthology 2019.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
FORTY SOUTH PUBLISHING
Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2019
Title of short story 1
Title of short story 2
(If applicable)

Author/entrant
Postal address
Email
Contact phone

SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY
Electronic materials: Send via email to lucinda.sharp@fortysouth.com.au OR on a USB drive to the address below
ENTRY FORM: Post to: Forty South Publishing
HARD COPY materials PO Box 168, Lindisfarne TAS 7015

PAYMENT Entry fee of $20 per manuscript
ONLINE See the “Writing Competitions” page on our website.
CHEQUE/MONEY ORDER Made payable to Forty South Publishing Pty Ltd.

Credit card
Please debit my credit card  A$20  A$40
Credit card number
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Name on card
Signature

Entry materials checklist
Hard copy of each manuscript.
Electronic Word file of each manuscript.
Author biography/statement (maximum 150 words) – electronic or hard copy.
Author photo (headshot) – electronic or hard copy.
Entry form and payment ($20.00 for one manuscript/$40.00 for two).

DECLARATION
I declare that all material is my own original unpublished work.
I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions of the competition.
I accept the Judges’ decision as final.
Signature

ENTRY FORM to be lodged by February 17, 2019
FORTY SOUTH PUBLISHING
Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2019