The
Scott Prize
The Scott Prize is an international
annual prize for a first collection
of short stories by a single author.
Entrants must not have been published
before, and must permanently
reside in the UK & Ireland,
the USA, or Australia & New
Zealand.
Salt accept submissions of fiction
manuscripts postmarked from 1st
January until 31st October each
year. The winners will be announced
in December and published the following
June.
The Walter Scott Prize winners
will receive synchronous publication
in hardback in the UK and Australia
and in paperback in the USA by
Salt. There will be up to four
winners each year. Winners will
be issued with a standard publishing
contract from Salt.
Terms and conditions
- Only electronic manuscripts
are admissible. No printed paper
entries will be accepted. Electronic
manuscripts must be typed in
Microsoft Word or supplied as
an RTF file, paginated, and in
the region of 45,000 words in
length (single spaced).
- Individual stories from the
manuscript may have been previously
published in magazines, anthologies,
but the collection as a whole
must be unpublished. Translations
and self-published books are
not eligible. The work must be
by a single author. Pseudonymous
works will be disqualified.
- Manuscripts must include a
table of contents and a list
of acknowledgments for stories
previously published. The first
page must include a biographical
note of not more than 80 words.
Your name, address, phone number
and email address should appear
on the title page of your manuscript.
- No alterations to the manuscript
will be accepted after submission.
No correspondence can be entered
into for entries once they are
made.
- No illustrations, photographs
or images should be included.
- The Scott Prize is judged
by members of the Board of Salt
Publishing. Manuscripts are not
read anonymously. Manuscripts
may be screened by Salt staff.
Entries are logged on to databases
for the duration of each prize.
No personal details will be stored
beyond the end of the competition
- Winners will be announced in
December and listed online.
- Entry fee for The Scott Prize
is £18 (i.e. eighteen pounds
Sterling). The prize is administrered
in the UK. The fee is only payable
online through the Salt Publishing
Website, details are below. No
cheques or cash are accepted.
Please ensure your name, address,
phone number and email address
details in your online payment
match those on your electronic
manuscript. Use the additional
information box of the online
payment to cite the title of
your manuscript.
- The entry
fee is non-refundable. Please
notify the prize as soon as
possible if you wish to withdraw
your submission.
- We cannnot offer
feedback on individual entries.
- Email your entry to: scottprize@saltpublishing.com.
Do not email any director of
Salt Publishing, doing so will
disqualify your entry.
Checklist for The Scott Prize
- I have submitted my electronic
manuscript in MS Word or RTF
format.
- I have paid my £18 entry
fee online through the Salt Web
site.
- I have listed the title of
my manuscript under additional
information in the online payment
system.
- I have ensured that the name,
address, phone number and email
address of my payment match those
on the title page of my manuscript.
- I have read and understood
the terms and conditions above.
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