Inspiring, encouraging and acknowledging the creativity of young people is a common goal for London based Litro Magazine and the International Gateway for Gifted Youth (IGGY) at the University of Warwick. Litro is proud to announce that the Litro & IGGY International Young Person’s Short Story Award will be held again in 2011.
The “Young Person’s International Short Story Award”, is funded by alumni from the University of Warwick, and is open to young people from around the world aged 11-19. In addition to a cash prize of £2,500 the winner will be published in the free short story and poetry magazine Litro Magazine and will see parts of their work displayed on a poster in a London Underground station. The winner and two runners-up will also have their story published on Litro Online (www.litro.co.uk) and on the IGGY website (www.warwick.ac.uk/go/iggy).
Author Abdelkader Benali will be one of our judges.
An illustrious panel of judges for the 2011 award include the internationally acclaimed author Abdelkader Benali, poet Sabrina Mahfouz, George Ttoouli from the University of Warwick’s Creativity and Performance in Teaching Learning Centre and Cathy Galvin, Deputy Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine.
The competition starts in March 2011.
The deadline for entries is 25th July 2011.
A shortlist of six entrants will be announced on 5th September 2011, with the winner being announced at the Award Ceremony at the end of October 2011.
The email address for submissions is : iggy.litro@warwick.ac.uk.
Submissions should be no more than 3,000 words in length.
Litro and IGGY International Young Person’s Short Story Award
Deadline : 25 July 2011
More information here.
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