Now Open!
Closing Date: March 31, 2012
We always make an effort to notify winners within 30 days of closing date.+++

1^st Prize – £500, publication in 2012 print anthology, 1 free copy

2^nd Prize – £250, publication in 2012 print anthology, 1 free copy

3^rd Prize – £125, publication in 2012 print anthology, 1 free copy

Shortlisted – publication in 2012 print anthology, 1 free copy

Honourable Mentions – offer to publish in the quarterly ejournal Spilling Ink Review

Entry fees:
We accept GBP (£), EURO (€) or USD ($)
1 entry £5 / 3 entries £10
1 entry €8 / 3 entries €16
1 entry $10 / 3 entries $20

Guest Judge: Louise Welsh

(c) Steve Lindridge

Louise studied history at the University of Glasgow where she gained an honours degree and then opened a second hand bookshop which she ran for several years before becoming a full-time writer. In 2000 she gained an MLitt in Creative Writing (Distinction) from the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde.

Louise has been the recipient of several awards including The John Creasey Memorial Dagger, the Saltire First Book Award, the Glenfiddich/Scotland on Sunday, Spirit of Scotland Writing Award and City of Glasgow Lord Provost’s Award for Literature. In 2007 she was included in Waterstone’s list of Twenty-five Authors for the Future.

Louise has written many short stories and produced features for most of the major British broadsheets. She has also written for the stage, most recently Memory Cells (2009) and also in 2009, wrote the libretto for a fifteen minute opera Remembrance Day, music by Stuart MacRae, which was included in Scottish Opera’s Five:15 series. She has also presented several radio features, most recently ‘The Gorbals Vampire’, a thirty minute feature for BBC Radio 4, producer David Stenhouse (March 2010) and ‘Tibet on the Banks of the Clyde’ for BBC Radio 3, Producer Louise Yeoman (September 2010).

Louise’s work has been translated into twenty languages and she has been awarded several international fellowships and residencies including a Robert Louis Stevenson Award (2003), Hawthornden Fellowship (2005), Stipendium at the Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia (2007/8), Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship (2008), Villa Hellebosch residency (2009) and a Ledig House residency (2010)

Louise is currently writer in residence for The University of Glasgow and Glasgow School of Art.

Louise’s novels include:

Find out more: louisewelsh.com.

Competition Guidelines

• 500 words max (no minimum).
• There is no theme. All styles and genres are welcome.
• 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).
• Please be kind when formatting and adhere to general rules of courtesy (i.e. 12pt standard font, double-spaced, pages numbered).
• Your name, email address or any other distinguishing names should not appear in the body of your story. For example, please don’t put your name and email address in the header or footer. It is fine to include the title of your submission.
• Submissions must be entrant’s own original work and must be previously unpublished (if your work has appeared in an online workshop or a member’s only writer’s chat – etc – it is eligible for this competition).
• International submissions are welcomed but all entries must be written in English.
• As a condition of submitting, the author must hold the copyright of the entry. If the entry is successful Spilling Ink will have one time publicatiopn rights. Copyright remains with the author.
• Entries will be judged anonymously and all decisions are final.

How to Enter

• You have two options: Online and Postal

Online Entry

• You may submit your entry(ies) via email and pay the entry fee(s) online via PayPal. You do NOT need a PayPal account to use this option. Click the appropriate button below and you’ll be re-directed to a secure PayPal shopping cart. Please notice that you have the option to pay online in GBP (£), EURO (€) and USD ($). If you wish to enter more than one submission you will be given the opportunity to change the quantity on the PayPal shopping cart.
• If you do not wish to pay online you may still submit your entry via email and send a cheque via the post. We can only accept cheques for GBP £ from a UK bank. Please make cheques payable to ‘Spilling Ink’ and post to: Spilling Ink Review, PO Box 16864, Glasgow, Scotland G11 9DJ.

• 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! Atachments must be in the form of a Word(doc) or Rich Text Format (rtf). It would also help if the document name is the title of your story. If you are submitting more than one entry, it is perfectly acceptable to send them in one email.

Postal Entry

• Entries submitted via post should be printed on standard-size paper and double-spaced. Please adhere to common formatting (such as 12pt font, Times New Roman – or similar standard font – double-spaced). We do not reject entries based on varied formatting but we do appreciate standard style.
• Entries sent via email will not be returned. Please do not send your only copy.
• If you do not have an email address or you wish to receive hard-copy confirmation that we received your entry, please include a SASE or postcard.
• Postal submissions should be accompanied by a cheque from a UK bank made out to ‘Spilling Ink Review’. We can only accept cheques in GBP (£).
• Postal submissions should be accompanied by a coversheet stating the following:

• Name
• Postal Address
• Title of Entry and Word Count
• Email address (if available)

• If you are more comfortable using a Competition Entry Form, please feel free to click the button below, print and submit with your postal entry.

Announcement of Winners

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

© 2010-2012 Spilling Ink Review / Amy Burns, Editor / PO Box 16864, Glasgow G11 9DJ, email: spillingink.email@gmail.com

Please join me in congratulating the winners of the

2012 Unbound Press & Spilling Ink Holiday Flash Fiction Prize

1st Place

Kylie Grant

Their Eyes Were Watching Cod

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2nd Place

Luxi Peng

On the Outskirts of the World

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3rd Place

Danielle Monroe

Chronicle of an Alabama Childhood, 1957

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Shortlist:

Gail Aldwin – Homeless
Faith Cobaine – The Seat of Virtue
Martin Cornwell – E justitsim
Tania Hershman – Into the Waiting Arms of God
WF Lantry – Coloratura
Paul McGuire – Mum’s the Word
Emily Munro – The Buyer

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Honorable Mention:

Ailsa Crum – One or the Other
Tom Norton – The Pizza Girl
Mark Sheerin – Plucking at the Gunbri
Barabara Whittle – Initiation

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The winning and shortlisted entries will appear in our annual print anthology due for publication November, 2012. Honorable Mentions will appear in
Spilling Ink Review: Issue 8 (pending author agreement).

Thank you to all who participated in the Flash Fiction Prize.

Follow these links if you’d like to know more about future Unbound Press Awards and Spilling Ink Prizes.

© 2011-2012 Unbound Press & Spilling Ink Review / Amy Burns, Editor / PO Box 16864, Glasgow G11 9DJ, email: unboundpress@gmail.com

Flash Fiction Prize

Now Open!
Closing Date: January 9, 2012
Winning and short-listed entries notified no later than January 31, 2012+++

1^st Prize – iPad2 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

2^nd Prize – iPod 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

3^rd Prize – iPod 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!

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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

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

2011 Spilling Fiction Prize

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

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

3^rd 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.

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

2011 Spilling Short Story Prize

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

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

3^rd 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.

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

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

Now Open!
Closing Date: July 1, 2011
Winning and short-listed entries notified no later than July 31, 2011+++

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

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

3^rd 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