The 20 shortlisted writers will be invited to an awards ceremony hosted by the Arnolfini arts centre on Bristol's vibrant harbourside when the winners will be announced and the BSSP Anthology Volume 3 will be launched. Prizes and anthologies will be sent to any shortlisted writer unable to attend the awards ceremony.

Prizes :

Ist- £500 plus £150 Waterstone’s gift card

2nd- £350 plus £100 Waterstone’s gift card

3rd- £ 200 plus £100 Waterstone’s gift card

The other 17 writers who feature on the shortlist will be presented with a cheque for £50.

All 20 shortlisted stories will be published in both print and ebook versions of Volume 3 of the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology.

The closing date for entries is March 31st 2010.

The maximum number of words for each story is 3,000.

There is an entry fee of £7 for each story submitted.

Stories can be on any theme or subject and are welcome in any style including graphic, verse or genre-based (crime, thriller, science fiction, fantasy, romance, historical etc.).

While there is a maximum word count of 3,000, it should be pointed out that there is no minimum.