Bristol Short Story Prize is an international award open to writers outside the U.K. as well as U.K. residents. There is a £7 entry fee for each story submitted.

Stories can be submitted online via the Prize website or by post. 
Maximum number of words is 3,000.

Deadline 31stMarch 2009

20 stories will be shortlisted and published in the 2009 Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology.
All shortlisted writers will be invited to an Awards Ceremony hosted by Waterstone's in the centre of Bristol when the top 3 winners will be announced and the Anthology launched.

Cash Prizes- 1st £500 plus £150 Waterstone's gift card
                     2nd £350 plus £100 Waterstone's gift card
                     3rd £200 plus £100 Waterstone's gift card

The other 17 writers whose stories are published in the Anthology will each receive a cheque for £50.

The judging panel includes Sara Davies, Executive Producer BBC Radio 4
and Patricia Ferguson, award-winning novelist and creative writing teacher at Bristol University.

Full details of the Prize are available from http://www.bristolprize.co.uk