FREE TO ENTER COMPETITION in partnership with TSS Publishing:
DEADLINE: Sunday June 11th. The winner announcement and prize reading event will take place on Tuesday July 11th at our usual venue of The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London.
HEADS & TAILS is our competition theme ... so what are we looking for? First and foremost, fantastic storytelling. Secondly, stories which are relevant to the theme. What do we mean by this? Well, you could write about heads of state, egghead intellectuals, brains in jars or animal tails; tailspins and tail-chasers; coin tosses, games of chance and literal or metaphorical snakes-and-ladders. Creative interpretations of heads and/or tails are welcome!
Liars’ League & TSS Publishing Short Story Competition: brief details
Liars’ League and TSS Publishing are combining forces for a themed short story competition and literary evening on Tuesday 11th July 2017.
Entry is free.
1st prize: £100.
2nd & 3rd: Read by LL actors & published on www.TheShortStory.co.uk. Free entry for author and a guest, plus free drinks (author only!)
Three winners will be read on a special Liars’ League evening on Tuesday July 11th, followed by a Q&A discussion with one or more of the winning authors.
Videos and a podcast of the winning stories will be published on the Liars’ League website and the stories will be features on TSS Publishing.
Judges: Katy Darby and Liam Hogan of Liars' League, and Rupert Dastur of TSS Publishing (The Short Story.co.uk)
T&Cs for entry
UK entrants only. (If you wish to submit to future Liars' League themes, however, we normally accept submissions from anywhere).
Only one entry per author.
Entries should be no longer than 2,000 words (including title) and in English.
Entries should be anonymous, i.e. no name, email or identifying details should appear on the story document - only in the body of your submission email.
Send to liars@liarsleague.com by 11.59pm on Sunday 11th June as an attachment, in doc. Or docx. Or .rtf, if you must.
Entrants should be willing and able to appear at the event on the evening of 11th July.
Entries should not have been previously published online or in print.
Simultaneous submissions are fine, but please let us know if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Please ensure your short story is formatted in the following: point size 12, Times New Roman, double or 1.5 spaced, pages numbered.
Shortlist and winner announcements
A shortlist will be announced on 19th June, three winners selected on 26th June and the event is on 11th July.
The winner of the £100 prize and two runners-up will be announced on the night.
The judges' decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
GOOD LUCK - AND GET WRITING!
Hi Claire - good question! It will be downstairs at the Phoenix pub on Cavendish Square in London, like all our events. Hope that helps. http://www.liarsleague.com/liars_league/where-do-we-meet-and-when.html
Posted by: Liars' League | Jun 01, 2017 at 12:19 AM
Where will the event be held?
Posted by: Claire | May 31, 2017 at 02:24 PM
Sorry about that Danny! Feel free to send us a story for any of our other 2017 themes (except Women & Girls) - we normally accept submissions from anywhere in the world :)
Posted by: Liars' League | May 30, 2017 at 08:51 PM
I'm sorry I can't be there I'm in USA , sorry I'm unable to submit a story , I really like this page .
Posted by: Danny C Hall | May 30, 2017 at 08:18 PM