The 2020 Exeter Story Prize Short List
Congratulations to everyone on the short list for this year's competition. It is quite a long short list due to the quality of so many entries. As we said before, reading has been a humbling experience.
The winners will be announced by the end of next week and that's when all the names will be revealed.
All reports and feedback have now been sent out.
The winners will be announced by the end of next week and that's when all the names will be revealed.
All reports and feedback have now been sent out.
A Dam
American Gothic
Different Ways to Sigh
Drawing a Line Under the Dog
Ever Closer Union
Hindsight
Judge Judy and Executioner
Little Red Wolf Pelt
Look Out for Seals in Deptford Creek
Northern Syria
Piggy Bank
Potboy and the Lightning Glass
Rock
Tell Me What You're Thinking
The Magic Teapot
The Stone Lion
Through the Rubble
Treasured, Surely
Vernon Montgomery is Not Dead
Yellow Jacket
American Gothic
Different Ways to Sigh
Drawing a Line Under the Dog
Ever Closer Union
Hindsight
Judge Judy and Executioner
Little Red Wolf Pelt
Look Out for Seals in Deptford Creek
Northern Syria
Piggy Bank
Potboy and the Lightning Glass
Rock
Tell Me What You're Thinking
The Magic Teapot
The Stone Lion
Through the Rubble
Treasured, Surely
Vernon Montgomery is Not Dead
Yellow Jacket
The Trisha Ashley Award Short List
Latchkey Ladki
Rock
The Visitants
Latchkey Ladki
Rock
The Visitants
Long List
A Dam
American Gothic
A Tale from the Hard Drive
Beyond Known Limits
Beyond the Mountains
Cinnamon
Different Ways to Sigh
Distributing Space
Drawing a Line Under the Dog
Ever Closer Union
Fetish of Care
Flat Pack Life
Guess who’s coming to dinner?
Hereafter
Hindsight
If the Line breaks, no worries
In the Blood
Judge Judy and Executioner
Legs
Little Red Wolf Pelt
Look Out for Seals in Deptford Creek
Mrs Singh is in her wedding sari again
Northern Syria
Only at Night
Out of the Blue
Pledge of Allegiance
Piggy Bank
Potboy and the Lightning Glass
Princess Marigold’s Tiger
Resonance
Rock
Sheep Story
Show Me What You’re Thinking
Slap Dance
Soup of the Day
Swiss Watch – withdrawn owing to winning the Spencer A. Parker Memorial Award
The Away Match
The Bicycle Thief
The Cure
The Dimitropol Chinese Restaurant
The Inishbofin Oracle
The Long Dance
The Magic Teapot
The Naked City
The Problem
The Receptionist
The Reluctant Parcel
The Song of Autumn in June
The Stone Lion
The Visitants
The Way through the Woods
The Wrong Light
Time for a Fresh Body
Through the Rubble
Treasured, Surely
Tunnel of Love
Two Scoops, No More
Vernon Montgomery Is Not Dead
When Love Came to Town
Yellow Jacket
A Dam
American Gothic
A Tale from the Hard Drive
Beyond Known Limits
Beyond the Mountains
Cinnamon
Different Ways to Sigh
Distributing Space
Drawing a Line Under the Dog
Ever Closer Union
Fetish of Care
Flat Pack Life
Guess who’s coming to dinner?
Hereafter
Hindsight
If the Line breaks, no worries
In the Blood
Judge Judy and Executioner
Legs
Little Red Wolf Pelt
Look Out for Seals in Deptford Creek
Mrs Singh is in her wedding sari again
Northern Syria
Only at Night
Out of the Blue
Pledge of Allegiance
Piggy Bank
Potboy and the Lightning Glass
Princess Marigold’s Tiger
Resonance
Rock
Sheep Story
Show Me What You’re Thinking
Slap Dance
Soup of the Day
Swiss Watch – withdrawn owing to winning the Spencer A. Parker Memorial Award
The Away Match
The Bicycle Thief
The Cure
The Dimitropol Chinese Restaurant
The Inishbofin Oracle
The Long Dance
The Magic Teapot
The Naked City
The Problem
The Receptionist
The Reluctant Parcel
The Song of Autumn in June
The Stone Lion
The Visitants
The Way through the Woods
The Wrong Light
Time for a Fresh Body
Through the Rubble
Treasured, Surely
Tunnel of Love
Two Scoops, No More
Vernon Montgomery Is Not Dead
When Love Came to Town
Yellow Jacket
This year we have made two major changes to the competition:
- The word limit is now for stories of up to five thousand words.
- Included in the submission fee will be brief feedback in the form of a sentence which will be emailed to every entrant. A more detailed appraisal will still be available for an extra fee.
Rules
1 - The Exeter Story Prize is now closed for submissions. We have had many more entries this year and from thirty countries.
2 - The Exeter Story Prize is for a story of up to five thousand words in English. There is no minimum word count.
3 - Stories may be on any theme.
4 - The judges will decide which stories will be put forward for the Trisha Ashley Award.
5 - Stories should not have been previously published in print, on the internet or broadcast.
6 - Simultaneous submissions are allowed but please be prepared to withdraw your entry if it is a prizewinner elsewhere.
7 - Entries can only be submitted electronically via this site and the payment made via Paypal. Prizes will be awarded via Paypal.
8 - Entrants should be over 18 years of age.
9 - Only doc, docx, pdf and rtf files will be accepted. Any other formats will be disqualified. Please present your work in Times New Roman or Arial, 12 pt, 1.5 or double-spaced. The file title should be the same as your story title. Your name should not appear anywhere on the story.
10 – Feedback and reports will be sent out when the long list is posted on the site. The winners will be announced at a date tba.
11 - The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
12 - CreativeWritingMatters reserves the right to publish the stories winning cash prizes.
1 - The Exeter Story Prize is now closed for submissions. We have had many more entries this year and from thirty countries.
2 - The Exeter Story Prize is for a story of up to five thousand words in English. There is no minimum word count.
3 - Stories may be on any theme.
4 - The judges will decide which stories will be put forward for the Trisha Ashley Award.
5 - Stories should not have been previously published in print, on the internet or broadcast.
6 - Simultaneous submissions are allowed but please be prepared to withdraw your entry if it is a prizewinner elsewhere.
7 - Entries can only be submitted electronically via this site and the payment made via Paypal. Prizes will be awarded via Paypal.
8 - Entrants should be over 18 years of age.
9 - Only doc, docx, pdf and rtf files will be accepted. Any other formats will be disqualified. Please present your work in Times New Roman or Arial, 12 pt, 1.5 or double-spaced. The file title should be the same as your story title. Your name should not appear anywhere on the story.
10 – Feedback and reports will be sent out when the long list is posted on the site. The winners will be announced at a date tba.
11 - The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
12 - CreativeWritingMatters reserves the right to publish the stories winning cash prizes.
Data Protection
By entering the competition you are agreeing to our keeping your contact details. You will occasionally receive emails from us with updates about all our competitions, events and publications. You may unsubscribe at any time, either by clicking on the bottom of an email you've received or, by going to our Privacy Policy page and filling in the form.
By entering the competition you are agreeing to our keeping your contact details. You will occasionally receive emails from us with updates about all our competitions, events and publications. You may unsubscribe at any time, either by clicking on the bottom of an email you've received or, by going to our Privacy Policy page and filling in the form.
