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Short Story Competition

writng competition

If you're an unpublished author that loves to write short stories, we want to hear from you. If you send us a short story that you've written, you could be in with the chance of having it printed (enough copies for you and a small group of friends that you'd like to share it with).

Some stories deserve to be printed, to be able to be placed on a shelf and picked up and held. We'd like to give your story that chance.

To enter, email your short story in a Word document (or a .txt document, if it's easier) to email@printexpress.co.uk.If you know of any authors who would like to see several copies of their short story printed, get in touch.

Rules

Make sure your story is no longer than 4000 words. Please only send in one story

The deadline is September 30th, 2011

The prize

The winner will have their story published in their own book, they will receive ten copies!

The winner will have their short story published in a 14.8x10.5cm book with a 350gsm card cover.

The author can design their own cover or our in house design team can help.

illustrations inside the book are optional.

To enter email us at email@printexpress.co.uk

This competition is now closed. Due to the high volume of entries, the winner will be announced Friday 7th October 2011 6PM GMT. Please be patient with us whilst we read all your stories. Thank you everyone who entered!

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8/11/2011 4:38:25 PM #

I have just emailed mine over I wrote 3,000 words is that enough to fit in the book?

Josie | Reply

8/11/2011 4:59:36 PM #

Hi Josie, yes that amount is perfect. Anything over 2,000 words is ideal. I can confirm I have recieved your entry.

Thank you and good luck!

Print Express UK | Reply

8/14/2011 11:35:30 AM #

Hello Print Express. I have a story I'd like to email, but I'd also like to try and design a front cover. Can I email the story, then a design at a later date, as long as it still gets to you before the deadline?

Andy

Andy | Reply

8/15/2011 9:25:01 AM #

Hi Andy thank you for your interest, we recieved your email and will get back to you ASAP

Print Express UK | Reply

8/14/2011 8:04:57 PM #

Dear sir or madam,

I am a BA holder in English Language and Literature from Iran. I am
the co-author of the article" a postmodernist reading of Henrik
Ibsen's Ghosts" which has been accepted by the journal of Canadian
Social Science and is going to be published on August 31.

I have a short story and I am really pleased to enter your contest.
But I have a couple of questions: If I win the contest, will you send
the 10 copies of my story to Iran?

I was also wondering if you would mind telling me about the exact time
when you will announce the winners of the short story contest?

I would like to thank you in advance for your cooperation

all the best,
Amin Davoodi

Amin | Reply

8/15/2011 9:32:39 AM #

Thank you for your interest Amin, I am pleased to inform you yes we can ship to Iran if your story is the winning entry.

The deadline is September 30th, 2011 the exact time will be around 6pm GMT. The winnners will be annoucned the next working day, most likely in the afternoon. I hope that answers your questions, do let us know if we can help with anything else. I look forward to reading your entry

Print Express UK | Reply

8/16/2011 7:28:43 AM #

I haven't written anything yet, but I know it can be done... I'm only asking, why is all of this so vague? Just send in one of my own short stories and that is all? it doesn't have to be any specific genre or anything?

Alexandra | Reply

8/16/2011 11:50:05 AM #

Hi Alexandra, It can be a story from any genre. We decided to keep the competition as open as possible to give all writers a chance to enter. If you do require anymore information please let me know

Print Express UK | Reply

8/16/2011 3:57:00 PM #

How many copies of the winning story will be printed, and how/where will they be distributed?

thanks!

Sam | Reply

8/16/2011 5:00:49 PM #

Hi Sam, we will print ten copies (in a 14.8x10.5cm book with a 350gsm card cover)

The books will be dispatched to you for you to keep .

Thanks

Print Express UK | Reply

8/26/2011 10:04:26 AM #

Dear Sir or Madam,

I want to send one of my stories in a couple of weeks to you. I have already made up my mind to send which story of mine. But it is around 1200 words. Is there a minimum amount of words limitation or not?

Thank for your cooperation and kindness

Amin | Reply

8/30/2011 11:36:11 AM #

Hi Amin

Thank you for your comment. The minimum is 2,000 words but I think you can get away with 1,200. Email it over when you can

Thanks we look forward to reading it!

Print Express UK | Reply

8/27/2011 7:46:17 PM #

hi, do you have to be of a certain age to participate in this contest? thank you

Casey Chon | Reply

8/30/2011 11:37:15 AM #

Hi Casy

There is no age restriction you can be of any age!

Thanks

Print Express UK | Reply

9/1/2011 3:34:06 PM #

Hello I'm a very interested young writer and would love to enter. I will have to be quick - I have only 9 days! I will get to writing straight away. I was just wondering about the judging. Who judges, and how many people?
Thank you

Anais | Reply

9/2/2011 4:54:36 PM #

Hi Anais

Thank you for your message. There will be a small team of us who will be judging, varying from Teachers to writing professionals.

Looking forward to reading your entry. Good luck

Print Express UK | Reply

9/2/2011 10:11:34 AM #

Hi,

I was just wondering, if let say ' Sam's' entry is good enough and is the winner. Does Sam have the right to send it to publishing companies and get the book published for public use as well?

Thanks

Aishah | Reply

9/2/2011 5:01:28 PM #

Hi Aishah

Yes Sam has the right to have it published for public use as well

If you need any more information please drop us an email or message on here. Thank you.

Print Express UK | Reply

9/2/2011 11:59:36 AM #

Hi,
I'm still in the process of writing my story, but I have a question: Even if we don't win, do we still get feedback on our entries? I would love to know if I need to improve somewhere.

Thanks.

Stephanie | Reply

9/2/2011 12:09:01 PM #

Hi,

I'm currently in the process of writing my story, but I have a question: If we don't win, do we still get feedback on our entries? I'd love to know if I could improve somewhere.
Thanks

Stephanie | Reply

9/2/2011 5:09:03 PM #

Hi Stephanie

We will ensure you receive feedback. Looking forward to your entry

Good luck

Print Express UK | Reply

9/3/2011 11:07:20 AM #

Hi,

Is it possible to read previous winners' entries for the short story competition? Or is this something new? Have admired Fathers' Day photograph winner.
Thanks in advance,

Mary | Reply

9/5/2011 10:30:54 AM #

Hi Mary

Thank you for your message. Yes this is the first time we are running a short story competition so unfortunately do not have any previous winning stories to share. But the competition is open to all genres and titles.

That Father’s day photograph is amazing, thank you!

Print Express UK | Reply

9/5/2011 4:48:20 PM #

Hello
A few questions:
1) My story is for a teenage audience; is that okay?
2) When do we find out who's won?
3) What details do we need to include in the email we send the story to?

Thanks

Alice | Reply

9/5/2011 6:03:23 PM #

Hi Alice

Here are some answers for you

1) The teenage story genre is fine
2) You will find out beginning of October who has won.
3) Please include your name, copy of your shorty story from an email address you use frequently. If you have won we will ask you for an address.

Thank you for getting in touch.

Good luck!

Print Express UK | Reply

9/8/2011 12:11:41 PM #

Hi! I don't have MS Outlook, what is your Yahoo! mail so I can send my entry?

Kim | Reply

9/8/2011 3:45:07 PM #

You can send your entry using our email address from anywhere, so if you are using yahoo you can still send your entry to email@printexpress.co.uk.

Print Express UK | Reply

9/9/2011 7:54:57 PM #

Is it okay for us to send in an entry we've submitted to another competition, too? Or is that a no-no? Haha.

Nat | Reply

9/12/2011 9:33:03 AM #

Hi Nat

Yes that is fine please send your entry, if you have sent it to another competition you can still enter it here.

Thank you

Print Express UK | Reply

9/11/2011 2:07:27 PM #

I was wondering do I have to put my address in with my entry.

Lily | Reply

9/12/2011 9:33:41 AM #

Hi Lily

You do not need to send your address, if you win we will contact you and ask for your details.

Thank you for getting in touch

Print Express UK | Reply

9/12/2011 3:02:52 PM #

Hi
I have entered my story into a different competition, am I still allowed to enter it into this one?
Thank you
Jennifer

Jennifer Booth | Reply

9/12/2011 3:03:39 PM #

okay sorry... didn't read the other questions... scrap my previous question thank

Jennifer Booth | Reply

9/16/2011 5:19:29 PM #

If a story has appeared in an online journal can it be sent? And will I need to pay for the copies should I win.

Meghana | Reply

9/26/2011 2:18:33 PM #

Meghana

So sorry for the late reply. Your comment on lost. No payment is required, you can still enter it if it has been used elsewhere.

Good luck Thank you for getting in touch.

Regards

Print Express UK

Print Express UK | Reply

9/17/2011 6:05:11 PM #

Hi,

I've just sent a copy of my story, although I've accidentally sent it under my alternative email address. Can you send me a confirmation that you've received my entry? If you're not sure if its the same email, I can send it again under my original one.

Thanks

Stephanie | Reply

9/19/2011 10:12:18 PM #

Hey there,

I've just emailed my copy. Could you possibly confirm you got it? Also me being only 14 doesn't disallow my entry does it?

Thanks,
Cameron

Cameron Wallis | Reply

9/20/2011 9:03:59 AM #

Hi Cameron

Thanks we have recieved it Thanks for letting us know

Print Express UK | Reply

9/20/2011 7:22:28 AM #

Hi,

I've sent 3 emails (sorry).

Just saying that it is the last one you need to read.

Cameron

Cameron | Reply

9/23/2011 10:41:14 AM #

Hi,

I still haven't received confirmation that you've had my story entry? If you just let me know you've got it.

Thanks,
Steph

Stephanie | Reply

9/26/2011 2:11:05 PM #

Hi, I have just replied please check your email We can't seem to open your file, can you send it again on a word document?

Thanks

Print Express UK | Reply

9/24/2011 9:10:45 PM #

Hi.

I just wanted to tell you that I entered your contest and it looks like a lot of fun.

Thanks.

Marki

marki | Reply

9/26/2011 2:11:37 PM #

Thank you Marki Thanks for entering!

Print Express UK | Reply

9/25/2011 1:14:11 AM #

Hi,
I've just emailed my entry for the writing competition in, but it's not coming up in my sent items - I'd just like to confirm whether or not it's been received, in case I need to try again.
Thanks very much!
Rhiannon

Rhiannon | Reply

9/25/2011 1:21:33 AM #

Please ignore my last comment! My email has pulled itself together now
Thanks,
Rhiannon

Rhiannon | Reply

9/26/2011 2:11:53 PM #

Amazing, thanks for letting us know

Print Express UK | Reply

9/25/2011 7:03:44 AM #

I am very excited for the competition! This is my first one but writing has been my passion for as long as i can remember! I was just wondering if we were allowed to submit more than one entry?

Stephanie | Reply

9/26/2011 2:13:09 PM #

Hello Stephanie

Thank you for your entry, for this competition only one entry per person is allowed, we may do more competitions like this in the future so make sure you check on this site.

Good luck

Print Express UK | Reply

9/28/2011 6:07:34 PM #

Hi,
Can you please let me know if you have received my entry.
Thank you

Lianne | Reply

9/29/2011 2:58:09 PM #

Hi Lianne

Thank you for your message and I can confirm we have recieved your entry.

Thank you and good luck

neeru | Reply

9/28/2011 9:34:18 PM #

I was only wondering how many winners do you select? And How old must you be too enter?
Thank you

Jodie | Reply

9/29/2011 2:55:51 PM #

Hi Jodie

We pick only one winner, you can be of any age to enter

Thanks for the message

neeru | Reply

9/29/2011 1:05:03 PM #

I just sent my story named "Millionaire". Please confirm whether you got it or not. Thanks

Amin | Reply

9/29/2011 2:52:47 PM #

Hi Amin

We have emailed you back

Thanks for entering

neeru | Reply

9/29/2011 3:22:09 PM #

I know this is a bit late but I seem to have emailed in the wrong story, if you don’t get to reply before the competition closes no matter, I just had a better story that I wanted to submit
thanks
Mary J

Mary J | Reply

9/29/2011 5:58:46 PM #

Mary, please see our comments on your lastest message.

Thanks

neeru | Reply

9/29/2011 4:05:14 PM #

Hi
Can you let me know if you have received my story please? I sent it on monday.
Thank you

lianne wright | Reply

9/29/2011 5:56:41 PM #

Hi Yes we have recieved it

Thanks for the message and entry

neeru | Reply

9/29/2011 4:49:40 PM #

I seem to have sent the wrong story today, Is it ok if I resend the email with the right story this time? sorry I left it a bit late

Mary J | Reply

9/29/2011 5:55:54 PM #

Hi Mary, no thats fine send it to me again quick!!!

Thanks

neeru | Reply

9/30/2011 1:50:26 AM #

Is it too late to send one in now?

Michelle | Reply

9/30/2011 2:38:31 AM #

Can i send a story now? or is it too late

Michelle | Reply

9/30/2011 9:33:26 AM #

You can go ahead and send it over. But we won't be accepting any more entries after today.

Thanks

neeru | Reply

9/30/2011 8:09:11 AM #

I'm terribly sorry but I only just found out about this competition yesterday and have been dusting off a short story of mine as fast as I can as soon as I found out. Would it be awful if I submitted it to you at about 4pm GMT today, or is that extremely tardy?
Sorry for being so late to the chase! I really hope I can enter because it sounds like such a great contest and I would certainly be disappointed if I couldn't.
Thank you so much for running it.

Tara | Reply

9/30/2011 9:32:36 AM #

Hi Tara

Thats fine Please email it before the end of the day.

neeru | Reply

9/30/2011 10:03:45 AM #

I have resent the email, with the right story this time called kind hands. I had to send a following email however as I realised that on the story heading I had put my real name not my pen name. So it is my work, Mary C Jones is a pseudonym.
Thank you and sorry for all the hassle
Mary

Mary J | Reply

9/30/2011 5:20:44 PM #

Your welcome, I look forward to reading it!

neeru | Reply

9/30/2011 4:04:40 PM #

I sent my entry in now - thank you very much for your understanding.
Please let me know when you get it so I know if I have to resend it
Thanks again.

Tara | Reply

9/30/2011 5:31:24 PM #

I accidently sent an entry with the wrong title at the top of the document - I am dreadfully sorry about this. I have sent the correct version (the content is identical otherwise) just now and I am very sorry about this. I hope you feel you can accept the corrected version and not the other, but if this is not the case then I don't mind too much since it is only the title that is different in the two documents.

Tara | Reply

9/30/2011 5:21:08 PM #

We have got it

Thanks

neeru | Reply

9/30/2011 5:46:53 PM #

Do you send out confirmation emails when you recieve our short stories...?!

Avery | Reply

9/30/2011 6:01:14 PM #

We do, but just to let you know I have got your entry Thanks

neeru | Reply

9/30/2011 8:12:44 PM #

have you got mine?

michelle | Reply

10/1/2011 8:48:34 PM #

When do you think a winner will be announced and if we do/don't win, will we be notified?

Stephanie | Reply

10/1/2011 8:49:06 PM #

PS: have you gotten my story yet?

Stephanie | Reply

10/6/2011 2:26:56 PM #

Will you make another competition for the ones who missed this one ?

Momo | Reply

10/7/2011 5:17:08 PM #

Aaah,
Unhealthily excited!

Cameron | Reply

10/7/2011 7:12:31 PM #

Congratulations to the winners - I'm sure their entries were all thoroughly deserving of it
I was just reading through some of the old comments and it mentioned how someone wanted feedback which you said you would provide them with. Are you doing this will all entries or just Stephanie because she asked especially? I would really appreciate feedback from my work but if it's already too late since I've asked so late that's fine! I misread your response as everyone receiving feedback but then realise it may have been directed specifically to the commenter, but would certainly appreciate some feedback if possible!
Thank you very much,
Tara

Tara | Reply

10/9/2011 1:12:56 AM #

Hi Tara, thank you for your message. We will try our best to get back to everyone, with the volume of entries being so high it might take us a little time. Please bare with us.

Thank you for you kind words

Print Express | Reply

10/8/2011 5:26:31 AM #

what time do you think the winner will be announced because, where i'm at, it's already 11:30 PM.

Stephanie | Reply

10/8/2011 8:21:46 AM #

Has anyone heard anything yet? Waiting patiently

lianne wright | Reply

10/10/2011 5:41:56 PM #

Hi, I know you will be inundated with requests for feedback but I would really be grateful for some as this is the first time I have entered anything like this.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you
Lianne

Lianne | Reply

10/16/2011 12:53:54 PM #

Hi,

Just wondering whether we'll still get feedback from our stories?

Thanks,
Steph

Stephanie | Reply

11/22/2011 5:16:00 PM #

Contrats to the winners guys! I'll hopfully catch this one next year if its repeated! Thanks, SD.

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