The Writeidea Prize is a new national short story prize.

First Prize: £500

Five finalists’ prizes:  £100 each        

Tower Hamlets Prize: £500          

The six finalists and local winner will be invited to read their stories alongside the judge, Alex Wheatle, at the Writeidea Festival on Sunday 16 November 2014 at 2.00pm.

Judge: Alex Wheatle is the author of several novels including Brixton Rock and Brenton Brown. He was awarded an MBE for services to literature in 2008.

Length: Stories must be a maximum of 4,000 words (no minimum).

Closing date: 31 July 2014

Entry to the prize is £5.00
or FREE to Tower Hamlets residents who are Idea Store members.

More details at www.writeideafestival.org      Twitter @writeideafest