Competition Rules
Important Information: please read before submitting
I am running this competition as part of an extended university unit where we are tasked to launch a project within a specific community. The project will involve a written commentary discussing the process of accepting submissions and judging the final winner, and evaluating how well the project ran.
By submitting your work to the Write the Rainbow Short Story Prize, you consent to the findings of the researcher being used anonymously in a written commentary. Your personal details and the content of your work will not be included in this commentary, only discussion of the submissions process as a whole.
You have the right to withdraw this consent at any point. Please contact writetherainbow@gmail.com if you wish to opt out. If you have any further questions about the community project or the university course, please contact my course leader, James Cole, at jcole@aub.ac.uk
Thank you.
The following rules must be abided by all entrants or your work will not be considered. For information on how to submit your work, please read the submission guidelines.
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Submissions must be a minimum of 500 words and a maximum of 2500 words.
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Submissions must be prose, of any genre. We are not accepting submissions of poetry or script.
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Submissions may be fiction or creative non-fiction (such as memoir), but we will not be considering articles, essays, or forms of non-fiction that would not be considered a 'story'. If you are unsure whether your piece is eligible, please contact writetherainbow@gmail.com before submitting.
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To be considered, entrants must identify as LGBTQ+ and submissions must contain LGBTQ+ content of some kind.
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The theme for submissions is 'joy', and we encourage writers to interpret this however they wish.
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Entrants must be 18 years old or above.
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Entrants must be UK residents, we are not accepting submissions internationally at this time.
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Entrants may only submit one piece each for consideration.
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All submissions must be the author's own, original work, that has not previously been published.
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All submissions must be written in English.
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Submissions will be rejected if they contain gratuitous/exploitative sex or violence, promote hate speech, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, racism, ableism, or any other form of prejudice.
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Submissions may be withdrawn any time before the deadline. Please email us at writetherainbow@gmail.com if you wish to withdraw your piece.
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The deadline for submissions is 11:59pm on Wednesday 1st February 2023.