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The Katharine Susannah Prichard Speculative Fiction Awards 2014

This competition is open to every form of Speculative Fiction (science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and supernatural/superhero fiction) from authors Australia-wide.

Words: 1,500 minimum - 3,500 maximum

Entry Fee: $7.00

Closes: 5pm, Friday 5 September, 2014

Click here for entry form.


KSP Speculative Fiction Awards 2014
Criteria and Payment Form


2 CATEGORIES:
•   Katharine Susannah Prichard Open Awards
•   Mundaring National Young Writers Awards (20 years and under)

Both sections are open to all Australian residents.
Every form of Speculative Fiction such as science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery and supernatural/superhero fiction are welcome.

WORDS:
Minimum 1500 Maximum 3500

ENTRY FEES:
•   Katharine Susannah Prichard Open Awards - $7.00 per story,
      Payment options (PLEASE TICK):
□  Cheque or money order, payable to: KSP Foundation Inc.
□  Direct deposit to: KSP Foundation Inc, BSB: 633-000, Acct No: 147352983

Date of payment: _____________   Reference (eg. SURNAME COMP): ___________________________
   

•   Shire of Mundaring National Young Writers Awards – no entry fee.


PRIZES (subject to Judges’ discretion):
•   Katharine Susannah Prichard Open Awards: 1st $600 2nd $300 3rd $175
•   Mundaring National Young Writers Awards: 1st $75 2nd $25 Commended 5 of $10
•   Mundaring National Young Writers Encouragement Award (13 and under): $25


The Awards will be announced and presented at the Awards Ceremony
at KSP Writers’ Centre on Sunday 7 December 2014. Results are posted online the next day.








Conditions of Entry

•   Work to be original, unpublished, not have received an award in another competition, and not under consideration elsewhere from the time of entry in these awards until the official announcement of winners.
•   Limit of one story per author. Individual stories cannot be entered in more than one section.
•   Entries to be typewritten, double-spaced on one side only of A4 white paper, with pages numbered, a wide left-hand margin, and story title on each page. A good photocopy is acceptable. Post in an A4 size envelope.
•   To ensure anonymity NO WRITERS’ NAMES TO APPEAR ON MS.
•   Please attach a COVER SHEET with title of story, word count, Section entered, and age if Young Writer (no name to appear).
•   MSS will not be returned and will be destroyed after the competition, so keep a copy of your work.
•   Results and Judges’ Reports will be posted on the KSP website at www.kspf.iinet.net.au/ > Competitions on Monday 8 December.
•   Short-listed award winners will be notified by phone or email prior to announcement at the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre on Sunday afternoon, 7 December 2014, when those winners able to attend will be invited to read excerpts from their stories.
•   The KSP Competitions Secretary and members of the KSP Foundation Management Committee are not allowed to enter.
•   Award placements are issued only by discretion of the judge. The judges’ decisions are final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
•   The KSP Foundation Inc. reserves the non-exclusive right to publish the winning entries once only in an anthology but only if given the permission of the author at the time the anthology is proposed and provided that any such anthology is published within one year of the author’s permission being given.

Please note: All entries must be accompanied by a fully filled in Entry Form.

Please send entries to:
KSP Speculative Fiction Awards
11 Old York Road
GREENMOUNT WA 6056

Entries which do not reflect the stated conditions, which are not accompanied by a fully filled Entry Form or are postmarked later than 5pm on Friday 5 September 2014 may be disqualified and the fee/s forfeited.