Deadline: 28 February 2011
We love Italy and we've set up The Posara Prize to encourage fine writing about the country. It's a creative writing competition open to everyone.
We're looking for original, unpublished pieces of no more than 2,000 words, with the underlying theme of 'A Foreigner in Italy'. The work can be fiction or non-fiction: the important thing is to capture the emotion of Italy, as seen through an outsider's eyes.
You can write about the people, the countryside, art, architecture, food and wine – in fact, anything that makes Italy interesting, inspiring, exasperating or even frightening.
The winner will receive a prize of £1,000.
How it works
Entries should be made using the entry form below, and must be received no later than midnight on Monday 28 February 2011.
No more than one entry per person is allowed.
From all the entries a shortlist of 10 will be drawn up by Lois and Bill Breckon, and Elizabeth Garrett. The shortlist will be announced on the mill website on Monday 21 March 2011.
The winning entry will be will be selected by a panel of judges comprising best-selling authors Jessica Hart, Sharon Kendrick and Anita Burgh. All have been creative-writing tutors at the watermill. Between them they have had more than 150 books published.
The winner will be announced on Tuesday 5 April 2011.
Competition Rules
All entries should be submitted online using the form below. By submitting an entry you agree to the following rules:
* The piece must be an original work of the submitting author and will not have been published elsewhere. All rights, title and interest lie with the entrant.
* The submission must be in English.
* The piece must be no longer than 2000 words. No more than one entry per person is allowed. The judges' decision will be final.
* The submission must not contain any material that promotes discrimination based on race, gender, age, religion, nationality, disability, or sexual orientation.
* The submission must not contain any material that is unlawful or in violation of edicts, rules or regulations within the jurisdiction of the country where the submission is created.
* The submission must not infringe on the intellectual property or other statutory or common law rights of any third party (including, but not limited to copyright, trademark and privacy rights).
* No person involved with the promotion of the Watermill at Posara will be eligible for entry.
* Only entries submitted through the online form will be accepted. No written submissions or correspondence about the competition will be accepted.
* Entries must be received before midnight on Monday 28 February 2011.
* The work will remain the copyright of the author, but The Watermill at Posara reserves the right to publish extracts (no more than 300 words) from shortlisted entries and to publicise the competition, the shortlisted entries, and the winner as appropriate.
More information here.
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