I is Another - short story competition

A free to enter short story competition from Holland Park Press - not many of those.

For this new competition we’re taking inspiration from Arthur Rimbaud’s famous declaration ‘Je est un autre’ – ‘I is another’.

The task

We would like you to write a story in the first person about someone who is not you but which is about a subject close to year heart. Therefore the storyline will really matter to you but the story should not be autobiographical.
It should have a strong theme such as betrayal, sorrow, lust, jealousy or revenge and be under 2000 words.

Take your inspiration from:

Cathedral by Raymond Carver
Notes on Time by Laura Del-Rivo
Development by Karen Jennings

Prize: The author of the winning short story will receive £200.
The winning short story and runners-up will be published in our online magazine.
The winner and runners-up will be announced at an awards ceremony in central London.

The Judges
Paul McVeigh and Laura Del-Rivo

Who can take part?
We accept stories from anywhere in the world but submissions have to comply with these guidelines:

• The short story should be 2000 words or less
• The short story must be the original work of the entrant and must not have been previously awarded or published
• You can only send in one short story per entrant

How to submit your entry

In order to enter the competition you have to email us: submissions@hollandparkpress.co.uk  

• The short story must be attached as a single Microsoft Word file
• The Word file has to be named as follows: ddmmyy_firstnamesurname_another.doc, where ddmmyy is the date on which you send the email, firstname and surname are your names.
• ‘I is Another’ must appear in the subject line of the email
• The body of the email should contain your contact details
• Please do not add your name or contact details to the Word file attachment that contains your story

Deadline: 31st August