The Historical Short Fiction Prize 2006

Welcome to Short Histories II
the Historical short-fiction competition run by Fish Publishing,
in conjunction with the Historical Novel Society

Following the success of the Short Histories Prize in 2005
and the excellent 2006 Anthology, All the King's Horses
we have decided to run Short Histories II, but with a new twist.
Our intention is to produce a Fish Anthology of the very best in modern short-form fiction, including some with an historical theme. This time however we are going to borrow from the Fish Anthology and introduce THE HISTORICAL ONE PAGE PRIZE

For more information - click here:
Short Histories II or Historical One-page Prize

These are ON-LINE ONLY competitions.

Short Histories II - Competition Summary >>> CLOSED <<<

Summary - The Rules - Entry Fees - On-Line Entries - Postal Entries - Judges

Title: Short Histories II
Opens: 1 May 2006
Closing date: 17 September2006
Results: 17 November 2006

A First Prize of €1,500 goes to the winner, plus publication in the Fish 2007 Anthology and ten copies of the Anthology.

Up to nine runners up will also be selected to appear in the Fish Anthology and will each receive an award of €100 plus five complimentary copies of the Anthology.

All winning authors will be invited to read their work at the launch of the Fish Anthology 2007.

The Historical Novel Society's definition of historical fiction is:

"To be deemed historical (in our sense), a story must have been written at least fifty years after the events described, or have been written by someone who was not alive at the time of those events (who therefore approaches them only by research).

We also consider the following styles of novel to be historical fiction for our purposes: alternate histories (e.g. Robert Harris' Fatherland ), pseudo-histories (eg. Umberto Eco's Island of the Day Before ), time-slip novels (e.g. Barbara Erskine's Lady of Hay ), historical fantasies (eg. Bernard Cornwell's King Arthur trilogy) and multiple-time novels (e.g. Michael Cunningham's The Hours )".

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The Rules

• No entry form is needed. Entry is on-line only

• The Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English.

• There is no restriction on period or style but the theme must be historical.

• Maximum length 5,000 words. Any stories significantly longer than this will be disqualified

• Winning stories must be available for the Anthology and, , must not have beenpreviously published .

• Copyright remains with the author.

• Notification of receipt of entry will normally be by email.

• The judges' verdict is final.

• No correspondence will be entered into once work has been submitted.

• Stories cannot be altered or changed after they have been entered.

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Entry Fees

The cost of an On-line entry is fixed in Euro and any translation into your local currency will be done automatically by your credit card company according to the current exchange rate.

Payment is by credit card only.

	On-Line Entry €
Per Entry	€20.00
Critique (Optional)	€45.00
2006 Fish Anthology (Optional) (Inc. p. & p.)	€10.00

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On-Line Entries

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED ON-LINE THROUGH OUR WEB SITE. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ENTRIES AS E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS.

PLEASE ENSURE THE TITLE OF THE STORY DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE FIRST PAGE, THE TITLE IS AUTOMATICALLY APPENDED BY THE SYSTEM.

PLEASE DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE STORY. YOUR STORY IS AUTOMATICALLY LINKED TO YOUR NAME.

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Postal Entries

For the first time Fish Publishing is running on-line only competitions. Postal entries will not be accepted.

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Judges

Phillip Gooden

Philip Gooden read English at university and taught for many years before becoming a full-time writer in 2001. He writes the Nick Revill series of historical mysteries set in Elizabethan and Jacobean London. His latest title isAn Honourable Murderer . Philip also produces reference books on language, most recently Faux Pas and the forthcoming Name Dropping. More....

Emma Darwin

Emma is an old Friend of Fish Publishing. Her Short Story, Russian Tea appears in the recent Short Histories Prize Anthology, All The King's Horses. On 3rd July Emma's first novel, The Mathematics of Love, was published by Headline to great critical acclaim. Emma was born a nd brought up in London and still lives their with her children. She has travelled very extensively however and has lived in New York and Brussels. More ...

Elizabeth Chadwick

Elizabeth's first novel, The Wild Hunt, won a Betty Trask Award in 1990, and in 1998 her novel, The Champion, was short listed for the Romantic Novelists Association Parker Pen Award. Unusually, in 1994 Elizabeth was asked by Columbia Pictures to turn the script of their film First Knight into a novel, which has been selling worldwide ever since. Since her first novel was published Elizabeth has gone on to write and publish many other award winning historical novels, including, Daughters of the Grail, which pre-dates and pre-figures The Da Vinci Code and is about to be reissued by Little Brown. More ...

Short List for Short Histories II

Jacob M. Appel - The Border. Canada. 1915.
Lane Ashfeldt - Dancing on Canvey
Kathleen Barbour - Making a statement
Jan Bengree - Lilly's Diary
Alison Burt - Remembrance
Enriqueta Carrington - The Seven Names of Satan
Jo Campbell - A Journey to the Sun
Nuala Ni Chonchuir - I, Paula
Lisa Clarkson - The Tale of Rauðúlfr
Car ys Davies - Waking the Princess
Tom Finnigan - Wildgoose
Steve Gossard - The Champion
Shelina Kurwa - Serving Germany
Min Lee - Who died?
Sarah Line Letellier - The Slave of Bracelets
Lydia Little - Strong Warriors
Kuya Minogue - Death By Colonization
Margaret Mulvihill - A Goose of a Swan
Claire Oakley - A Mind That's Strong and a Back That's Weak
Leslie Patterson - The Medical Glance
Dan Reilly - STANDING HOLY, In Six
Stephen Sealy - A Whisper in the Storm
James Stewart - The Clockwork Girl
Neil Stott - Naaman - Leper to Commander
Stuart Tallack - Succubus
Stuart Tallack - Cerulean
Beverly Trainor - You're Company
S. M. Walker - Catch As Catch Can

Historical One-page Prize- Competition Summary

Summary - The Rules - Entry Fees - On-Line Entries - Postal Entries

Title: Historical One-page Prize
Opens: 1 May 2006
Closing date: 17 September2006
Results: 17 November 2006
Judges - Philip Gooden

Enter Competition Here

A First Prize of €1,000 goes to the winner, plus publication in the Fish 2007 Anthology and ten copies of the Anthology.

Up to four runners up will also be selected to appear in the Anthology and will each receive an award of €100 plus five complimentary copies of the Anthology.

All winning authors will be invited to read their work at the launch of the Fish Anthology 2007.

The Historical Novel Society's definition of historical fiction is:

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