Tuesday, February 23, 2016

THE PROVERSE PRIZE FOR UNPUBLISHED WRITING 2016 IS NOW OPEN FOR ENTRY!


THE PROVERSE PRIZE FOR UNPUBLISHED WRITING


DEADLINE for completed entry forms and fees to be received in Hong Kong OR the United Kingdom: 31 May 2016.

DEADLINE for entered work to be received by mail in Europe: 30 June 2016.

THE INTERNATIONAL PROVERSE PRIZE FOR UNPUBLISHED FICTION, NON-FICTION OR POETRY SUBMITTED IN ENGLISH 2016

Entry is open to all aged 18 or over on the date they sign the Entry Documents, irrespective of residence, nationality or citizenship.

Unpublished translations into English (including those already published in the writer’s mother tongue) submitted by the author are welcome. Work may be previously edited, acknowledging the editor.

The winner receives publication of the entered work and HK$10,000. (HKD7.80 approximately = US$1.00) Additional publication prizes may be awarded.

The Entry Documents (with a list of already published previous winners) and an explanation of how to enter are available from the Proverse website: proversepublishing.com.

The judges meet in Europe in July/August and the semi-finalists are announced in August/September.

The entry fee is HK$220.00 (two hundred and twenty Hong Kong Dollars) or GBP32.00 (thirty-two pounds sterling) and can be paid in various ways as explained in the Entry documents and on the Proverse website.

The online archive of Newsletters from the present and previous year, with a few Press Releases, media notices and links to media interviews, give information about the founders and background of the Proverse Prize, previous winners and successful works already published, including entries from Australia, The Bahamas, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and the UK. There are also many photographs of related Proverse events. To see these, visit the Proverse website .

This is a good opportunity to compete internationally and, if successful, to be published.

If you have a question of a general nature about entering for the Prize, please contact us at the following email address: proverseprize@proversepublishing.com. We will do our best to answer it.


Wishing you success in your writing! — Proverse Prize Administrators

Proverse Hong Kong, P.O. Box 259, Tung Chung Post Office, Tung Chung,
Lantau, NT, Hong Kong SAR.
T: INT+ (852) 2259-3456; F: INT+ (852) 2688-0546;
E: proverse@netvigator.com; W: www.proversepublishing.com
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