BCSA Writing Competition

Annual contest from the British Czech and Slovak Association

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Written by Expats.cz Staff Published on 24.05.2007 13:43:23 (updated on 24.05.2007) Reading time: 2 minutes

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Write for the BCSA 2007 prize

Fact or fiction – both are welcome in the writing competition run in 2007 by the British Czech and Slovak Association. A first prize of £300 and a second prize of £100 will be awarded to the best 1,500 to 2,000-word pieces of original writing in English on the links between Britain and the Czech/Slovak Republics, or describing society in transition in the Republics since 1989. Topics can include history, politics, the sciences, economics, the arts or literature.

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The writer of this year’s winning entry will be presented with the prize at the BCSA´s annual dinner in London in November 2007. The piece will be published in the December 2007 issue of the British Czech and Slovak Review.

Submissions are invited from individuals of any age, nationality or educational background.

Entry is free. Entries should be received by 30 June 2007. An author may submit any number of entries. The competition will be judged by a panel of experts. The writer of the prize-winning entry will be notified by 30 September 2007.

Entries should be submitted by post to the BCSA Prize Administrator, 24 Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3NS, England, or by e-mail to prize@bcsa.co.uk.


Submission guidelines

All entries must be in English, prose, typed with double-spacing and no more than 2,000 words in length. If submitted by e-mail, entries should be in Microsoft Word or a compatible program.

To ensure objective and anonymous judging the writer’s name must not appear anywhere on the piece itself.

The title must appear on the first page of the entry.

All entries must be accompanied by a cover sheet, which should include the following information:

* the writer’s name, address, home telephone/fax number, e-mail address, date of birth, and brief biography (not more than four lines in length);

* the title of the piece and the word count;

* a signed statement verifying that the submission is an original piece of writing by the writer and has not been previously published, and that any citations are complete, correct and acknowledged in due form;

* a note of how the entrant learned about the competition.

The BCSA´s decision on the winning entries will be final. Entries are subject to the rules of the competition, which are available free on request from the BCSA Prize Administrator at the addresses given above, or by phone on +44 (0) 1892 543206. Copies of this notice are also available free from the Prize Administrator.

Visit www.bcsa.co.uk for more information.

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