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  New England Writers' Centre

NEW ENGLAND THUNDERBOLT PRIZE

    
OPENING FOR SUBMISSIONS FRIDAY 9 JUNE 2023

The New England Thunderbolt Prize ​for Crime Fiction
For a story up to 2,500 words
First Prize: $500

The New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Non-fiction
for an article up to 2,500 words
First Prize: $500

The New England Thunderbolt Prize ​for Crime Poetry
for a poem up to 60 lines
First Prize: $500

Looking for inspiration?
   Take a look at 2022's winning submissions
   Take a look at 2021's winning submissions
   Take a look at 2020's winning submissions.
The New England Award
The best entry in any category by a resident of New England , NSW. 
​Prize: 
$250 

Emerging Authors Award (over 18 years)
The best entry in any category by a new, ​unpublished writer 
​Prize: 
$250

Youth Award (Under 18 years)
The best entry in any category
by writers aged under 18.
Prize: 
$150
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ENTRY DETAILS
Opens:  9 June 2023 5pm (AEST)
Closes:  29 September 2023 5pm (AEST)
Results:  November 2022
Fee: $10 for adults, $5 for Youth
No limit on number of entries per entrant but a fee must be paid for each individual entry.

Entries: Must be sent as an attached file (.pdf) by email to: nethunderboltprize@gmail.com.

​No hardcopy submissions will be accepted.
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Payments may be made through Trybooking or by EFT, cheque, money order or cash.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
EFT: Deposit directly into our account
New England Writers’ Centre,
BSB: 932000
Account No: 618658.

Please make sure you include your name and NET prize as reference when you make an online deposit.

You may also pay by cheque, money order or cash.

​Please make cheques/money orders payable to the New England Writers’ Centre and send to NEWC at PO Box 1219 , Armidale NSW 23350.

PAYMENT WINDOW CLOSED

Terms & Conditions of Entry
  1. ​Entry is open to all Australian residents. Entry fee is $10 over 18 years | $5 Under 18 years
  2. All entries submitted must be unpublished commercially*, whether in print or online, must not be on offer to any outlet or have won a prize or be currently entered in any other competition, and must be wholly the original work of the entrant. It is however permitted for work to have been published non-commercially on a blog or website.
  3. A completed entry form and entry fee must be submitted with each entry.
  4. As judging will be carried out anonymously, the author’s name or other identifiers should not appear anywhere on the work itself. The title on the work must be identical to the title on the entry form.
  5. Entries must be emailed and received by 5pm (17:00) AEST on Friday 29 September 2023. No hard copy submissions will be accepted.
  6. Receipt of entries will be acknowledged by email. This will serve as an official receipt of the entry fee. No other receipt will be issued. Entry fees are non-refundable.
  7. Entry instructions including word and line limits and details of prizes form part of these terms and conditions.
  8. Winning entries will also be published on the NEWC website. All copyright remains with authors.
  9. Four judges will be appointed. The decisions of the judges will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  10. Winners will be notified early November 2023 and results announced on the NEWC website at the end of November.
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* An unpublished writer means not having had any of your work previously published in traditional form in a commercially produced book or anthology, or more than twice in commercial magazines, whether in print form or online. You may have had work self-published or in free online journals.
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        • 2022 Summer micro grants_Kerry Moran
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