Saturday, 13 April 2013

Desi Writers Lounge: Short Story Competition 2013


Desi Writers Lounge is always on the look-out for talented writers  to encourage and promote. Their short story competition, now in its  second year, aims to unearth new fiction talent from all around the  world. Three winners will receive a copy of How to Get Filthy Rich  in Rising Asia, the upcoming, highly anticipated novel by Mohsin  Hamid, and one of these winners will be selected for the Dastaan Award - a new prize that DWL is offering in partnership with a benefactor. The winning entries will also get published in the next issue of Papercuts.

Submission Guidelines: 
  • The stories may follow any theme, but should not be more than 5,000 words.
  • Only one entry per person will be accepted.
  • Entries should be in English.
  • Please only submit original stories.
  • Please do not submit previously published material.
  • Please send your entries only as Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) attachments. Each story must have a title.
  • Each document should be named clearly with the title of the story plus the name of the author. No page numbering, headers or footers, please. Text must be received in the following format: a single-spaced, left-aligned document with Georgia size-12 font.

Deadline for Submissions: July 15, 2013
Please send your entries to editor.papercuts@desiwriterslounge.net with "Short Story" in the subject line

Learn from past winners by reading their stories here



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