The Henshaw Short Story Competition

               Our December Competition is now open

.               with a closing date of 6th January 2022.

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                       Prizes in the December competition are:-

             1st Prize £200, 2nd Prize £100, 3rd Prize £50

            The entry fee is £6 and the fee for a critique is £14.

We now offer a Proof Reading Service

If this is your first competition entry or if you are concerned about the presentation of your story do read our guide to presentation and writing tips on the Story Presentation Page, before submitting your entry.

Competition Rules

1. Entries must be a fictional short story of up to 2000 words on any theme.

2. Entries must be on A4, double spaced and page numbered with the title on each page..

3. All entries must be the original work of the Author, must not have been published before the date of submission and must be accompanied either   The author's name, address and telephone number must be included on a separate page or within  the body of the e mail

4. The Author's name must not appear as a title or in the body of any page other than the author information page.

5. Entries received after the closing date will not be considered.

6. Do keep a copy of your entry, manuscripts cannot be returned.

7. The judges’ view is final and no correspondence will be entered into in connection with the award of the prizes.

8. Prize Winning Stories will be published on this site.

9. Entries may be made by E mail as a Word document  (pdfs cannot be accepted), or by post.

10. Winning entrants will be offered the opportunity to have their stories included in an Henshaw anthology.  It is intended to produce our next anthology when there have been sufficient prize winning stories.

11. Receipt of all entries will be acknowledged by e-mail or by post where no e-mail address is available.

12. Entrants must be aged over sixteen. If you are sixteen or under do have a look at our Young Writers page.

Each entry by post must be accompanied by a cheque for £6 payable to G. Jennings and sent to:

The Henshaw Competition

24 Rowlandson Close
Northampton
NN3 3PB

Entries by E-mail should pay the appropriate fee using the button below and send their story separately to:-
editor@henshawpress.co.uk

For an extra £14 the judges will provide a critique  (of any story entered into the competition)  after the results of the competition have been published.