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Time is Running Short

Time is running out, there are now only a few weeks left until the closing date of the 2007 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition on Friday 31 August 2007. If you are a short story writer and think you have what it takes to win the first prize of £1,000 for just one story then send us your stories now. A further 10 runner–up prizes of £100 are also up for grabs.

The competition which is judged anonymously to ensure a fair competition is open to all writers born in or currently living in Wales.

Judging the 2007 competition is Tessa Hadley whose own collection of short stories Sunstroke and Other Stories has been published this year by Jonathan Cape. Judging alongside Tessa is Meic Stephens who as well as founding and editing Poetry Wales up until 1973 has also worked as a journalist, arts consultant and was the University of Glamorgan’s Professor of Welsh Writing in English 2000–2003 (now Emeritus). Catherine Fisher will filter judge for the competition. You can find out more about our judges and their publications on the Academi Writers of Wales pages.

The first Rhys Davies Short Story Competition was held in 1991 and was established to extend interest in the work of the Welsh author Rhys Davies and to promote short fiction writing in Wales.

Don’t lose any time in entering your short story click here to download the entry form in seconds.

Alternatively to receive a hard copy of the entry form send a SASE to:
Rhys Davies 07, Academi, Mount Stuart House, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff, CF10 5FQ.

The closing date is Friday 31 August 2007.

The Rhys Davies Short Story Competition is administered by Academi and sponsored by the Rhys Davies Trust, a charity which has as its aim the fostering of Welsh Writing in English.