The V S Pritchett Short Story Prize 2025
The V S Pritchett Memorial Prize 2025
Prize: £1,000
Deadline: 13 September 2024
Entry fee £8
The VS Pritchett Memorial Prize of £1,000 is for an unpublished short story. It is awarded by the Royal Society of LiteratureThis British site may seem rather formal (stated aim ‘to sustain and encourage all that is perceived as best whether traditional or experimental in English letters, and to strive for a Catholic appreciation of literature’), but has a lively series of lectures and discussions involving distinguished authors. Also administers literary prizes. http://www.rslit.org/index1.html. The winning entry will also be published in Prospect magazine online and by the RSL Review.
This prize commemorates an author who is widely regarded as the finest English short-story writer of the 20th century.
Entrants must be citizens of the UK, the Republic of Ireland or the Commonwealth. Stories entered for the competition must not have been published previously and any story submitted should be between 2,000 and 4,000 words in length. Entries should be in English.
The judges are Tash Aw, Tania Herschman and Fiona Mozley.
The entry fee is £8 but low-income writers may apply before 30 August to get a free entry.
