What you need to know
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• Submission is open to writers who live, work or study in Buckinghamshire (including Milton Keynes), Bedfordshire or Northamptonshire

• All entries must be written in English. Work should be original and not previously published

• Stories and poems must reflect the theme: Dreams for Lammas. You are free to interpret that as creatively as you wish

• Flash fiction must be no more than 500 words. There is no minimum word limit. Any genre is acceptable, e.g. mystery, romance, science fiction, history

• Poems must be no more than 40 lines. All types of poem are welcome: free verse, rhyming, haiku, sonnet, etc. You can submit a maximum of three poems, which should be in a single document

• You may submit both flash fiction and poetry categories If you wish

• Entries should be submitted in Microsoft Word, RTF or Plain Text as an attachment to an email

• All work should be typed in Arial size 12 font and should include a word or line count

• Writers should not include their name on any part of the attachment as entries will be judged anonymously

• We aim to select the best submissions for their writers to read  online on 1 August 2024, and to publish in a downloadable ebook (PDF format). Writers may be invited to participate in other MK Lit Fest events.

• Please do not submit material that would not receive a cinematic rating of 15 or less (i.e. no 18 / R-rated submissions)

• Judges cannot correspond with entrants or give feedback on submissions