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Swansea Life Young Writers Prize

The Dylan Thomas Prize and Swansea Life are pleased to announce the first Swansea Life Young Writers’ Prize. The prize is £1,000 in cash to be given to the best young writer, under 21, of a single poem or short story. The shortlist will be announced at the Swansea Festival as part of its 60th Anniversary celebrations: there will be an opportunity to hear the finalists reading their work at an event on 8 October at the Grand Theatre. This will be followed by Independent Ballet Wales’ production of Under Milk Wood.

The winner will receive the £1000 Award at the Dylan Thomas Prize Ceremony on 10 November as part of the evening’s events celebrating the next £60,000 winner of the International Prize.

Judges for this prize will be Dai Blatchford, Features Editor of Swansea Life, Peter Read, a well known poet who has performed his poetry throughout Britain and America and who works in schools helping children to write creatively, Peter Stead who broadcasts regularly for the BBC on cultural and political matters and is Honorary Chairman of the Dylan Thomas Prize, and Tim Prosser, Chief Executive of the Dylan Thomas Prize.

General Guidelines

1. Entries may be short stories or poems in any format and on any subject

2. Poems should be no more than 30 lines; short stories no more than 2,000 words

3. Each writer may submit only one piece of work

4. Writers must be under 21 on May 31

5. The decision of the judges is final

All entries should be sent to:
The Features Editor, Swansea Life Magazine, Exchange Buildings, Adelaide Street, Swansea SA1 1SE.

Please mark the envelope ‘Swansea Life Young Writing Category’

For further information, please contact Dai Blatchford: daipennant@hotmail.com

For more information on the Dylan Thomas Prize, please see www.dylanthomasprize.com