The 2011 EJ Brady Short Story Competition is now closed.

Prize winners will be announced mid January 2012.

Many thanks to all those who entered this years competition.

 

 

 

Postal entry form here!  

 Online entry form here! 

 

EJ Brady Short Story Competition 2011

 

The Mallacoota Arts Council invites stories from emerging and established writers of short fiction, in any genre of adult and young adult literature. Now in its seventeenth year, the EJ Brady Short Story competition is named in honour of the poet Edwin James Brady (1869 - 1952), who made Mallacoota his home for more than forty years. In 1909 Brady established a camp for writers and artists, which was visited by his friend and fellow poet Henry Lawson. 

 

There are two categories for entry in the competition: the Major Short Story (under 2500 words), and the Very Short Story (under 700 words). The author of the best Major Short Story will be awarded $1500, with the runner-up receiving $200. The best Very Short Story will win its author $500. And while the competition is open to writers throughout Australia, a special prize, the Tom Donovan Encouragement Award, will be given to a very short story written by a resident of East Gippsland or Bega Valley Shires. 

 

To enter the competition, please complete the postal entry form or online entry form. 

You may submit more than one story. 

Entry fee is $12 for each Major Short Story and $8 for each Very Short Story entered in the competition.

 

Terms and Conditions

 

1. Maximum length for EJ Brady Major Short Story entries is 2500 words. Very Short Stories must not exceed 700 words. The judges reserve the right to reject work exceeding the word length.

2. All entries must be fiction. There is no set theme and you may write in any genre in adult or young adult literature.

3. There is no geographical restriction on entry. The EJ Brady Short Story Competition is open to everyone.

4. The entrant's name and address must appear on the entry form but not on any of the pages of the manuscript(s).

5. Entries can be made online or by post. To enter online, please complete and submit the online entry form at www.artsmallacoota.org. To enter by post, please complete the entry by post form (available for downloading from www.artsmallacoota.org and return it to: EJ Brady Short Story Competition PO Box 201 Mallacoota Victoria 3892.

6. Postal entries must be submitted typed and double-spaced on A4 white paper in a 12 point font.

7. Entry fees are $12 for each EJ Brady Major Short Story, $8 for each Very Short Story. Full payment MUST be submitted with your entry form, preferably by direct deposit to the  MAC account. Postal entries may be paid by cheque or postal money order payable to Mallacoota Arts Council.

8. The closing date for entries is Friday 16th September 2011.

9. All entries must be the original and previously unpublished works of the signatory.

10.Any works submitted must not have won prizes, contracts or cash in any other competition.

11.First prize for the Major Short Story category is $1500 with a runner-up prize of $200.

12.First prize for the Very Short Story category is $500.

13.The Tom Donovan Encouragement Award will go to an excellent Very Short Story submitted by a resident of East Gippsland or Bega Valley Shires.

14.The judges' decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.

15.Copyright will remain with the author but the Mallacoota Arts Council reserves the right to reproduce the prize-winning stories and runners-up, at any point in the future, in hard copy, performance readings, adaptations and electronic media, with author acknowledgment.

16.Manuscripts will not be returned.

  

EJ Brady Short Story Competition

PO Box 201

Mallacoota VIC 3892