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F – The 2024 ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award
The winner will receive £2,000, the runner-up £1,000, and £500 to each of the shortlist (up to four authors).
DEADLINE: MONDAY 31 OCTOBER 2023
Criteria for entry
1. The author must be ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.
2. The author must have had at least one short story published or accepted for publication.
3. The story submitted must be in English and must not be a translation.
4. The story submitted may be published or unpublished.
5. The work must not have been previously submitted for the ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award.
6. The work must not exceed 5,000 words.
7. All submissions must have been written by the author and cannot contain the use of AI generated works.
Conditions of Entry
Present employees (or anyone currently connected with the administration of the Society of Authors’ grants and prizes) or members of the SoA Management Committee may not apply for any of the grants and prizes administered by the Society of Authors.
The judges’ decision (both as to eligibility and the winning entries) shall be final. The judges reserve the right not to make any ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Awards if, in their opinion, no works entered reach a sufficiently high standard.
The prize will be presented at the annual Society of Authors’ Awards ceremony in 2024. For any queries, please email prizes@societyofauthors.org