Now Open!
Closing Date: April 30, 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 fee (per entry): £5 or €8 or $10

Guest Judge: Lucy Luck

Literary agent Lucy Luck started in publishing in 1997, and worked for over 8 years at Rogers, Coleridge and White Ltd. In 2006, she set up Lucy Luck Associates, an agency focusing on writers of quality fiction and non-fiction. During her time at RCW she was fortunate to work with many talented writers including Julie Myerson, Anne Enright, Bernard MacLaverty, Miles Kington, Stella Tillyard, Richard Overy, Lisa Jardine, and Donna Tartt. Her interests tend towards edgy, thoughtful fiction and quirky non-fiction, although she has found there are always exceptions to any rules. In 2008, Lucy Luck Associates joined with Aitken Alexander Associates as an associate agency. Her clients include: Adam Thorpe, Catherine O’Flynn, Richard Beard, Ron Butlin, Rupert Wright, Will Ashon, Kevin Barry, Jess Richards, Greg Baxter.

Competition Guidelines

• 1500 words max (no minimum).
• There is no theme. All styles and genres are welcome.
• Multiple entries are accepted but must be accompanied with an entry fee.
• 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 Unbound Press 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 ‘Unbound Press’ and post to: Unbound Press, PO Box 16864, Glasgow, Scotland G11 9DJ.

• 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! 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.

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 ‘Unbound Press’. 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 Unbound Press website.

© 2010-2012 Unbound Press / Amy Burns, Editor / PO Box 16864, Glasgow G11 9DJ, email: unboundpress@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.

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

Please join me in congratulating the winners of the

2011 Unbound Press Best Novel Award

1st Place

Helen McClory

Kilea

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2nd Place

Gillian Best

Carbunckle’s Flight

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Honorable Mentions:

Rory Dunlop – Place of Exile
Sarah Line Letellier – Nights in Paris
Samuel Wright – The Blueprint

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Shortlist:

Liam Bell – Kelpkiln
Lucienne Boyce – In Barbarous Ages
Elizabeth Davidson – Seeking Aisha
Louise Demartigny – The Bomb That’ll Bring Us Together
Rosie Garland – Animal Instinct
Romi Jones – It Doesn’t Matter
W.F. Lantry – Coloratura
Roderick Low – Rewards & Dilemmas
Eivind Nerberg – The Man Who Would Do Nothing Twice
Aline P’nina Tayar – Islands

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© 2010-2011 Unbound Press / Amy Burns, Editor / PO Box 16864, Glasgow G11 9DJ, email: unboundpress@gmail.com

Please join me in congratulating the winners of the

2011 Unbound Press Flash Fiction Award

We’d like to offer a special thanks to our wonderful guest judge:  Laura Marney.

1st Place

Vivien Jones

Sorting Office

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2nd Place

Steven Levery

Inspiration

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3rd Place

Chris Sharratt

Big Society

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Shortlist:

Amy Ralston – Spring Cleaning
Erika Byrnes – Getting Mexico
Patrick Sung – Nighttime in Tobita-Shinchi

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Honorable Mention:

Rachael Claye – Family
Ross Stewart – Let Good Digestion Wait on Appetite
Heather Reid – Crow Baby
Dorothy Fryd – Fine Art
Seif El Rashidi – Absence
Sarah Wright – Squab
Caroline Greene – Trompe l’oeil
Alan Gillespie – Rab’s Pub

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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 Flash Fiction Award.

Follow these links if you’d like to know more about future Unbound Press Awards and Spilling Ink Prizes (including our upcoming Best Novel Prize, closing September 1st and Fiction Prize, closing October 1st – our high ‘purse’ yet – £875 in prizes).

Guest Judge: Laura Marney

Laura Marney is the author of numerous short stories and four novels: No Wonder I Take a Drink, Nobody Loves a Ginger Baby, Only Strange People Go to Church and My Best Friend has Issues. She also writes for stage, radio and television. She is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers which includes Alan Bissett, Nick Brookes, Rodge Glass, Alison Miller, Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh. Originally brought up in Glasgow, Laura now teaches at the University of Glasgow’s prestigious Creative Writing Programme.

© 2010-2011 Unbound Press / Amy Burns, Editor / PO Box 16864, Glasgow G11 9DJ, email: unboundpress@gmail.com

2011 Unbound Press Flash Fiction Award

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

Guest Judge: Laura Marney

Laura Marney is the author of numerous short stories and four novels: No Wonder I Take a Drink, Nobody Loves a Ginger Baby, Only Strange People Go to Church and My Best Friend has Issues. She also writes for stage, radio and television. She is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers which includes Alan Bissett, Nick Brookes, Rodge Glass, Alison Miller, Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh. Originally brought up in Glasgow, Laura now teaches at the University of Glasgow’s prestigious Creative Writing Programme.

Competition Guidelines

• 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 ‘Unbound Press’. Send postal payments to: Unbound Press /PO Box 16864 / Glasgow / Scotland / G11 9DJ
• 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: Unbound Press /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 Unbound Press 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 Unbound Press e-journal Spilling Ink Review.

How to Enter

• You have two payment options. You may use the secure, pay-online PayPal option below (you do not need a PayPal account) or you may send a cheque (from a UK bank only) to the following address: Unbound Press, 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: 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!

Announcement of Winners

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

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

© 2010-2011 Unbound Press / Amy Burns, Editor / PO Box 16864, Glasgow G11 9DJ, email: unboundpress@gmail.com