Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Fiction Prize deadline Aug 12

July 15th, 2011

Manchester Fiction Prize 2009 finalist, Toby Litt - Click to return to Gallery Under the direction of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University is launching the second Manchester Fiction Prize for unpublished short stories by new or established writers from anywhere in the world. Judges John Burnside, Alison MacLeod and Nicholas Royle will be shortlisting and picking the winner of the £10,000 First Prize, to be awarded at a gala ceremony on 14^th October as part of the 2011 Manchester Literature Festival.

The winner of the inaugural competition in 2009 was Toby Litt (pictured left). For more information visit: www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk/fiction.