THANK YOU!
We've received your entry for the 2024 Andrew Siderius Memorial Competition. We look forward to reading it!
Although we usually try to post on Fridays, many of your stories and poems will appear on other days during the competition to allow us to spread our workload. We don't – can't – acknowledge your work individually. You'll know if your story or poem has been accepted when it's published. And clearly we can't offer and sort of feedback during the competition, so we've switched that off as well.
We try to accept most things, but I'm afraid we have to reject submissions that:
Although we usually try to post on Fridays, many of your stories and poems will appear on other days during the competition to allow us to spread our workload. We don't – can't – acknowledge your work individually. You'll know if your story or poem has been accepted when it's published. And clearly we can't offer and sort of feedback during the competition, so we've switched that off as well.
We try to accept most things, but I'm afraid we have to reject submissions that:
- that are too long (and sometimes too short);
- that are 101-150 words long (this excludes poetry);
- that are offensive or inappropriate;
- that are not sufficiently well-written, with poor grammar or spelling. I'm afraid we don't have resources to edit poorly-prepared work;
- that aren't actually fiction, but are instead essays, true events, religious proselytising or polemic;
- where the submissions form has been incorrectly completed. It drives us mad and is currently the most common reason for rejection;
- particularly in the case of new contributors, where we are unable to confirm that the details supplied on the submission form are accurate. That's why we insist that you temporarily switch of any virtual private network and avoid sending via proxy servers of the type used in colleges and many firms.
THERE MIGHT BE DELAYS IN POSTING STORIES ON SOME DAYS. THE SITE ISN'T MONITORED 24/7 AND THE EDITORS HAVE OTHER COMMITMENTS. BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST.
However we do hope you enjoyed writing for us and will write again, during the Edinburgh Festival Competition and in the future. However, please remember that you're limited to one entry in each category across the entire two weeks. Entries close at 23:59 GMT on Friday 29th March 2024. During the two weeks of this year's competition, we won't be publishing any non-competition stories or poetry.
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Best wishes,
Gordon Lawrie, Editor
Lisa Williams, Assistant Editor
Best wishes,
Gordon Lawrie, Editor
Lisa Williams, Assistant Editor
