As part of the celebrations marking the Queen’s Jubilee this summer,
East Grinstead Town Council is launching a Short Story/Poetry
competition.
Entry fee £3 each submission - £10 for four.
First prize in each category: £100, and a commemorative Jubilee
plaque.
Second prize in each category: £50 and a commemorative Jubilee
plaque.
Deadline is 1 May and entry is open to anyone
"who lives or works in, or has a connection to, Sussex."
Poems up to 40 lines long can be humorous or serious, on a theme
connected to Sussex, or the Queen’s Jubilee, and containing one of the
following words:
- service
- reign
- queen
- soldier
- sixty
- Sussex
- England
Short stories, up to 1000 words, should start with one of the following first lines:
- Sixty years? It didn’t seem possible…
- As the On Air light glowed into life, the Queen discarded her prepared speech and addressed the nation in her own words…
- She had no umbrella, so the Queen caught up her collar, glad to hide her face from the rain and from the few stragglers lingering in the thin drizzle…
- Behind the Prime Minister’s back, the Queen suppressed a giggle, pleased that a lifetime of decorum had not quite extinguished her sense of humour…
The Town Mayor will present prizes if recipients are close enough to
travel to East Grinstead, and winners who wish to receive their prizes
in person will be invited to read their winning entries during the
weekend celebrations marking the Jubilee.
FInd out more here
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