Unbound Press & Spilling Ink Review Holiday Flash Fiction Prize

Flash Fiction Prize

Now Open!
Closing Date: January 9, 2012
Winning and short-listed entries notified no later than January 31, 2012
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1st PrizeiPad2 and publication in our 2012 annual print anthology
For an idea of what you could win and information about the iPad2 visit the good people at the Apple Store

2nd PrizeiPod touch and publication in our 2012 annual print anthology
For an idea of what you could win and information about iPod touch visit the good people at the Apple Store

3rd PrizeiPod nano and publication in our 2012 annual print anthology
For an idea of what you could win and information about iPod nana visit the good people at the Apple Store

Shortlisted Entries – publication in our annual 2012 print anthology

Shortlisted & Honorable Mentions will receive also receive a free copy of Story.Book, our 2011 annual print anthology

Entry fee:

GBP – 1 for £5 or 3 for £10 (cheques accepted from UK banks)
EURO – 1 for €8 or 3 for €16
USD – 1 for $10 or 3 for $20

Competition Guidelines

  • 500 words max (no minimum).
  • There is no theme. All styles are welcome.
  • Entry fees may be paid securely online via PayPal (you do not need a PayPal account) or via post. Cheques must be from a UK bank and should be payable to Unbound Press.
  • Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please let us know as soon as possible if your entry has been accepted elsewhere or won/placed in another writing competition. Entry fees will not be refunded in this case.
  • Entries may be submitted via email or post. Entries submitted via email must be attached in the form of a Word (doc) or Rich Text Format (rtf). Entries submitted via post must be printed on standard-size paper and double-spaced and should be accompanied with a cover page stating: Name, Postal Address, Phone Number, Email Address (if available) Title Entry/Word Count. Entries sent via post will not be returned (please don’t send your only copy). Send postal entries to: UP & SIR HOLIDAY FLASH FICTION PRIZE /PO Box 16864 / Glasgow / Scotland / G11 9DJ
  • If you submit via post and wish to receive an acknowledgement of receipt be sure to include your email address OR a self-addressed, stamped envelope or postcard.
  • Please be kind when formatting and adhere to general rules of courtesy (i.e. 12pt standard font, double-spaced, pages numbered).
  • Submissions must be entrant’s own original work and must be previously unpublished.
  • International submissions are welcomed but all entries must be written in English.
  • Copyright remains with the author.
  • Entries will be judged anonymously and all decisions are final.

How to Enter

  • You have two payment options. You may use the secure, pay-online PayPal option below or you may send a cheque (from a UK bank only) to the following address: UP & SIR HOLIDAY FLASH FICTION PRIZE, PO Box 16864, Glasgow, Scotland G11 9DJ.
  • If paying online: once you have a receipt/transaction number submit your entry via email to: unboundpress@gmail.com
  • Be sure to cut and paste your PayPal receipt/transaction number into the body of the email (or let me know that payment has been sent via post)
  • State the competition category in the subject line of your email
  • In the body of the email please include the following:
  • Name
  • Postal Address
  • Title of Entry and Word Count
  • PayPal Receipt/Transaction Number
  • Don’t forget to attach your story!

How to Pay Online

Paying by £ (GBP)
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Paying by $ (USD)
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Announcement of Winners

Winners and runners-up will be notified by email after the closing date and results posted on the Unbound Press and Spilling Ink Review websites.

© 2011-2012 Unbound Press & Spilling Ink Review / Amy Burns, Editor / PO Box 16864, Glasgow G11 9DJ, email: unboundpress@gmail.com
Unbound Press and Spilling Ink Review are divisions of Arts Unbound Limited Registered Company 07489349
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Spilling Ink Review Issue 7

Collin Barber – Soul Stealer
Kerry Barner – A Story in Two Acts Where Nothing Happens – Twice
Luke Bramley – Spitting at the Stars
Scott Carpenter – The Visit
Sarah-Clare Conlon – I See Electric
Carol Deminski – The Girl at the Chelsea Hotel
Martin Cathcart Froden – S-Bahn and the Sons of Judah
Lou Gaglia – The Fly Massacre
Dylan Gilbert – The Beginning with Hannah
Andrew McCallum Crawford – Gimlet
Carol McKay – Safety Glass
Todd McKie – Fox is Blue
Matthew Zanoni Müller – Pearls Before Swine
Sam Porter – Words in the Eyes
Luiza Sauma – Gone, My Boy
Rosie L. Seymour – The crack in the ceiling
Richard W. Strachan – Homes for the Future
Emma Timpany – Bright, Fine Gold

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Spilling Ink Fiction Prize Results

Please join me in congratulating the winners of the

2011 Spilling Fiction Prize

1st Prize – £500, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

2nd Prize – £250, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

3rd Prize – £125, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

Shortlisted Entries – publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

Honorable Mentions – publication in Spilling Ink Review online (pending author agreement)

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1st Place

Claire-Louise Bennett

The Lake

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2nd Place

Edward Mc Whinney

Premonitions

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3rd Place

Eivind Nerberg

Cries from the Marianas Trench

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Shortlisted

Gill Hoffs – Fuck Hitler
Harriet Kline – Hares
Kenny Mooney – Cyanophobia
Michael Powell – James Pode
Helen Sedgwick – Matthew
J. David Simons – Poland 1919 Decisions, Decisions
Mark Wagstaff - Autumn in the playground

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Honorable Mention

Luke Bramley – Spitting at the Stars
Martin Froden – S-Bahn and the Sons of Judah
Rowena McDonald – My Beauty
Matthew Muller – Pearls Before Swine
Delaney Nolan – Seeds Like Teeth
Rosie Seymour – The Crack in the Ceiling

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The winning and shortlisted entries will appear in our annual print anthology due for publication November, 2011. Honorable Mentions will appear in
Spilling Ink Review: Issue 7 (pending author agreement).

Thank you to all who participated in the Fiction Prize.

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Spilling Ink Review Issue 6

Emily Bamford – Up in Smoke
Bryan Dye – Sugar
Diana Filar – Things that are Hard to Forget
Sherard Harrington – How to Date Your Boyfriend
Gill Hoffs – Firework Sand
Karen Jones – Colouring In
Andrew McCallum Crawford – The Next Stop is Croy
Benjamin Middleton – Actors
Lucy Pizey – And Other Textbook Symptoms
Mark Sheerin – The Bowie Act
Daan Spijer – Cul-de-sac
Mandy Taggart – Skiboo
Graham Tugwell – The Slender Help
Mike Wendling – Ethics Exam

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Viccy Adams – Endangered Species
Seif El Rashidi – Absence
Dorothy Fryd – Fine Art
Alan Gillespie – Rab’s Pub
Caroline Greene – Trompe l’oeil
Tom Mahony – Presence
Mike Morris – I Forgot
Matt Salyer – Idylls of the King
Ross Stewart – Let Good Digestion Wait on Appetite
Sarah Wright – Squab

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2011 Spilling Ink Short Story Prize Results

Please join me in congratulating the winners of the

2011 Spilling Short Story Prize

1st Prize – £250, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

2nd Prize – £125, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

3rd Prize – £50, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

Shortlisted Entries – publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

Honorable Mentions – publication in Spilling Ink Review online (pending author agreement)

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1st Place

Iain Paton

Handling Snakes

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2nd Place

Jamie Waller

The Boy Who Died in Vang Vieng

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3rd Place

Daniela I. Norris

Gathering Storm

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Shortlisted

Nicola Belte – The Bull Boys
Raylene Brown – At Last, A Seed in the Hollow Womb
W.F. Lantry – Origins
Harry McDonald – Dead Authors
James Murray – Avy and the Fish
Kate Smith – Damascus Road
Patrick Sung – The Death of the Star Gazer
Sammy Wright -Malcolm

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Honorable Mention

Emily Bamford – Up in Smoke
Bryan Dye – Sugar
Sarah Evans – Duopoly
Diana Filar – Things That Are Hard to Forget
Gill Hoffs – Firework Sand
Karen Jones – Colouring In
Benjamin Middleton – Actors
Mark Sheerin – The Bowie Act
James Smart – Therapy
Daan Spijer – Cul de sac
Mike Wendling – Ethics Exam

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The winning and shortlisted entries will appear in our annual print anthology due for publication November, 2011. Honorable Mentions will appear in
Spilling Ink Review: Issue 6 (pending author agreement).

Thank you to all who participated in the Short Story Prize.

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Spilling Ink Review: Issue 5

Fabian Acker – Short Circuit
Darci Bysouth – Mud Puddle
Alex Cox – Sealed
Andrew McCallum Crawford – Cl
Andrew Graham – And Into the Summer
Bronwen Griffiths – Inch by Inch
Karen Holmes – The Pass
W.F. Lantry – Saaki
Lynsey May – Chewed Blankets
James McIntyre – Glass Cow Town
Kenny Mooney – In Hospital Greys
Daniela I. Norris – In Search of a Hero
Dan Powell – Jump Start
Amy Ralston – Transition
Mark Wagstaff – Leaving Drink

Paul Abbott – Re-Document
Nicola Belte – Marked
Colette Bernhardt – The Rail Enthusiast
Joanna Campbell – Lily
Ryan Hardgrove – The Other Side
Benjamin Judge – The Last Songs
Marian Kilcoyne – The Leaving
Jeremy King – Resizing
Stephanie Lam – Cargo
Amy Mackelden – Eternity
Iain Maloney – Happy Café
JoAnne McKay – Eli
Denise Reeder – The Glass Rhinoceros
John Revington – The Same Direction
James Smart – Olives and Mustard
Ethyl Smith – Two Visitors
Winn Smith – The Food of Love
Gordon Wallace – Nocturne & Walk…Don’t Walk

Sally Bellerose – Aging Well
Ateet Tuli – The Colour of Closed Eyelids
Martina Young – Sketch

Chelsea Cargill – Confirmation Day
Kirsty Neary – Cocoon: A Collaboration / Bjork
Sarah Rae – See Rock City

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Coming June 1st: Spilling Ink Issue 5

We’ve got an amazing list of contributors for Spilling Ink: Issue 5 so mark your calendar: June 1st, 2011!

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2011 Spilling Ink Short Story Prize: Closing Date July 1st

2011 Spilling Ink Short Story Prize

Now Open!
Closing Date: July 1, 2011
Winning and short-listed entries notified no later than July 31, 2011
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1st Prize – £250, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

2nd Prize – £125, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

3rd Prize – £50, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

Shortlisted Entries* – publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

Entry fee £5

* Number of entries shortlisted will be determined by the quality of submissions

Competition Guidelines

  • 1,500 words max (no minimum).
  • There is no theme. All styles (including experimental) and genre-based fiction (mystery, crime, fantasy, science fiction, historical) are welcome.
  • Multiple entries are accepted but must be accompanied with an entry fee. Entry fees may be paid securely online via PayPal (you do not need a PayPal account) or via post. Postal payments should be made by cheque. Cheques must be from a UK bank and should be payable to ‘Spilling Ink Review’.
  • Simultaneous submissions are accepted but please let us know as soon as possible if your entry has been accepted elsewhere or won/placed in another writing competition. Entry fees will not be refunded in this case.
  • Entries may be submitted via email or post. Entries submitted via email must be attached in the form of a Word (doc) or Rich Text Format (rtf). Entries submitted via post must be printed on standard-size paper and double-spaced. Entries sent via post will not be returned (please don’t send your only copy). Send postal entries to: Spilling Ink Review /PO Box 16864 / Glasgow / Scotland / G11 9DJ
  • Please be kind when formatting and adhere to general rules of courtesy (i.e. 12pt standard font, double-spaced, pages numbered).
  • Submissions must be entrant’s own original work and must be previously unpublished (work that has appeared online, in print or has been broadcast is not eligible).
  • International submissions are welcomed but all entries must be written in English.
  • As a condition of submitting, the author agrees that SIR has permission to publish the material online and in print. Copyright remains with the author.
  • Entries will be judged anonymously and all decisions are final.
  • All submissions will be considered for publication in the SIR e-journal.

How to Enter

  • You have two payment options. You may use the secure, pay-online PayPal option below or you may send a cheque (from a UK bank only) to the following address: Spilling Ink Review, PO Box 16864, Glasgow, Scotland G11 9DJ.

£5 Entry Fee use this PayPal Button:

  • Once you have a receipt/transaction number submit your entry via email to: spillingink.email@gmail.com
  • Be sure to cut and paste your PayPal receipt/transaction number into the body of the email (or let me know that payment has been sent via post)
  • State the competition category in the subject line of your email
  • In the body of the email please include the following:
  • Name
  • Postal Address
  • Title of Entry and Word Count
  • PayPal Receipt/Transaction Number
  • Don’t forget to attach your story!

Announcement of Winners

Winners and runners-up will be notified by email after the closing date and results posted on the SIR website.

All entries must be available for publication online and in print.

© 2010 Spilling Ink Review / Amy Burns, Editor / PO Box 16864, Glasgow G11 9DJ, email: spillingink.email@gmail.com
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2011 Spilling Ink Short Story Prize Results

Please join me in congratulating the winners of the

2011 Spilling Flash Fiction Prize

Because the standard of submission was so high we have created a 4th Place Prize and have serveral distinguished flash fictions among the Shortlist and Honorable Mentions.

1st Prize – £250, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

2nd Prize – £125, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

3rd Prize – £50, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

4th Prize – £25, publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

Shortlisted Entries – publication, 1 free copy of annual print anthology

Honorable Mentions – publication in Spilling Ink Review online

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1st Place

Alex Cox

Word

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2nd Place

Joanne Fox

Watchful and the Fiddler

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3rd Place

Ursula Mallows

The Sandwich

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4th Place

P.W. Bridgman

The Mars Hotel

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Shortlisted

Duncan Abel – Happy Meal
Eleanor Kiddell – A Season of Youth
Sarah Schofield – Performing Fish
Nemone Thornes – Things from Before
Gordon Wallace – One Way Flight
Samuel Wright – The Whale

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Honorable Mention

Paul Abbott – Re-Document
Sally Bellerose – Aging Well
Nicola Belte – Marked
Jeremy King – Resizing
Stephanie Lam – Cargo
JoAnne McKay – Eli
Denise Reeder – The Glass Rhinoceros
John Revington – The Same Direction
James Smart – Olives and Mustard
Winn Smith – The Food of Love
Ateet Tuli – The Color of Closed Eyelids

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Spilling Ink: Volume 1 Launch Party

If you plan to attend (and oh, I really hope that you do) please RSVP to unboundpress@gmail.com. I look forward to hearing from you so that we can (at least) try to keep the wine flowing for all and sundry!

If you aren’t familar with the University of Glasgow campus, here are general directions to the Anatomy Museum. It is tucked away and notoriously difficult to find but courage mon brave. It will be worth the adventure:

From University Avenue, walk through the main gates. Turn left and walk down a small incline across the car park. The Anatomy Museum is ahead of you, a low building with a ramp leading down to the entrace. It is not well sign-posted so take care! I will try to put up signs (rain, rain stay away) on the night. If you have any questions just let me know.

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