Do you want YOUR story published?
Whether you've written a short story, poem, complete novel, or book review we want to hear from you. We run a monthly competition in each of these categories that is completely FREE to enter.
Our team of judges will pick the best each month, and we will publish a selection of them in the next available issue of First Edition Magazine. There are cash prizes for the very best in each category. No matter which category, if chosen you can boast that your work has been published and read by tens of thousands of people, and you may even win some cash if you're the very best!
There is NO LIMIT to how much you can submit, or to how many categories.
Categories we are looking for:
Short Stories
Serialisations of Complete Novels
Poetry and Prose
Reader's Book Reviews
Step 1 - Either print and fill in the following form or copy all the text from it into an email:
CLICK HERE FOR A PRINTABLE SUBMISSIONS FORM.
Step 2 - Choose to send via email or post (including the completed form above):
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK VIA EMAIL.
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK VIA POST.
SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
All submissions should ideally be sent to First Edition in an easily editable digital format (such as basic text or Microsoft Word), and sent either by post on CD/DVD, or via email. We can also accept printed and handwritten copies, though prefer digital formats. You must also fill in a short application form and declaration. Inclusion of a mini-biography and digital photograph would be beneficial.
There is no limit to the number of submissions you can enter, and these guidelines are exactly that - guidelines!
Short Stories should be between 500-7000 words. Whilst we will consider stories outside of these sizes, other stories will be our priority.
Poems and Poetry of all types should be no longer than 50 lines.
Complete Novels can be of any size over 40,000 words and, if chosen, will be serialised over several issues.
Book Reviews should be between 100-300 words.
Prizes and Competition
Our judges will select their favourite from each of the following categories, and a cash prize will be awarded and the winner notified. The judges decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into regarding the entries, entrants or winners.
WHERE TO SEND
Submissions can be sent via post to: Submissions Department, First Edition Magazine, PO BOX 7110, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 9ER. Alternatively, submissions can be accepted via email to submissions@firsteditionmagazine.com as long as the email contains all of the information included on the short application form and declaration.
Whilst submissions are accepted from anywhere in the World, they must be in English. Please note we cannot accept submissions without a completed short application form and declaration.
By submitting, authors agree for the work to appear in any future First Edition Magazine issues or compilations, but confer no other ownership of the work to First Edition Publishing.
* A Young author is classified as anyone 17 years old or under at the time of submission.
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