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KSP Short Fiction Awards Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre 11 Old York Road Greenmount WA 6056	Sample Competitions Page Deadline: Last Friday in September
Conducted	Yearly – since 1987. Entries received from August 1.
Entries invited from	All residents of Australia.
Sections	Open, and Shire of Mundaring National Young Writers Awards. Young Writers = 2 sections: 20 years and under, and 13 years and under.
Entry form	No entry form required. Conditions available from early February - send SSAE, or email kspf@iinet.net.au, or check website. Multiple entries accepted - maximum 3. Individual stories cannot be entered in more than one section.
Entry fee	Open: $5 per story. Payable to: KSP Foundation Inc. Shire of Mundaring National Young Writers Awards: no entry fee required.
Entry presentation: requirements and instructions	Manuscript: typed or computer printed, wide left hand margin, double-spaced, on one side only of white A4 paper with pages numbered, titled, and stapled in top left corner. No writer's name to appear on manuscript. Handwritten, faxed, computer disk, or email entries will not be accepted. Cover sheet: to state name of competition, Section entered, title of story, word count, and age of entrant if Young Writer. Separate sheet: to note name and year of competition, Section entered, title and word count of story, writer's name, age if Young Writer, address, telephone number, and email address if available. Entries are to be forwarded in an A4 size envelope. Include a similar-sized SSAE if manuscript return is desired.
Entries must be	Original, unpublished, not previously broadcast, not a previous award winner in another competition, and not under consideration elsewhere from the time of entry in these awards until the official announcement of winners.
Word count	1000 to 3000 words – both Sections.
Range of interest	Free choice of style and subject.
Common flaws encountered	Lack of final editing, polishing. Full conditions of entry not acquired, checked and followed, i.e. no entry fee/s included with Open entries, text single-spaced, stories under or above stated word count range, no word count noted for stories, writer’s name on manuscript and/or cover sheet – writer’s name must only appear on the Separate sheet used as entry form, no Section entered noted – e.g.. Open, no age given by Young Writer entrants.
Judging finalised	End of November.
Winners notified	By telephone or mail. Awards announced and presented at the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre in the afternoon of the Sunday closest to Katharine’s birthday, December 4, when those able to attend will be invited to read extracts from their Award winning stories.
Full list of winners	Automatically supplied if business-size SSAE is included with entry. Second SSAE unnecessary if large SSAE already provided for return of manuscript/s.
Judge's report	Supplied to winners and all entrants who include an SSAE with entry.
Prizes	Open: First - $300; Second - $50. Shire of Mundaring National Young Writers Awards: 20 and under: First - $75; Second - $25. 13 and under: First - $25. Plus Highly Commended and Commended certificates at judge's discretion.
Rights	Remain with writer, but Competition organisers reserve the right to publish winning entries in a publication related to the organisers if the opportunity occurs.