Australian Book Review welcomes entries in the 2018 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, one of the world’s leading prizes for an original short story. The Jolley Prize is worth a total of $12,500. Entry is open to anyone in the world who is writing in English.
WORTH
- First Prize: $7,000
- Second Prize:$2,000
- Third Prize: $1,000
- Commended stories: The three commended stories will share the remaining $2,500
ELIGIBILITY
- Entries must be a single story of 2,000 to 5,000 words, written in English
- Entries should be either PDFs or Word documents. The text should be presented with 1.5 spacing and in 12 pt font size. The pages should be numbered
- Multiple entries are permitted
- Entries must be original works of fiction written by an individual author
- Entries must not infringe upon anyone’s copyright
- To remain eligible, entries must not be on offer to other publications or prizes or anthologies for the duration of the Jolley Prize, which will be announced in August 2018. However, it is our expectation that the authors of non-shortlisted stories will be notified in June or early July 2018 and they are then free to place their stories elsewhere
DEADLINE: April 10, 2018
To apply and for more information visit here
