The English Speaking Union, QLD is delighted to have as our partner in English, Professor Roly Sussex. Professor Sussex is a Consultant to the Judging Panel. He is an Emeritus Professor of Applied Language Studies at the School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland and is a former chairman of the State Library of Queensland. He speaks Russian, French, Polish, Czech and Latin and is one of Australia’s leading experts on the meaning and origin of words and phrases including the evolution of the English language. Professor Sussex attracts a wide audience to his ABC Radio program A Word in Your Ear which has run for 15 years and is a weekly columnist for News Limited publications. His passion for literature includes, in particular, The Competition is one of the most prized Literary Awards and is designed to foster original creative writing of outstanding quality, including experimental, challenging or thought provoking work. The Competition will be held every year, commencing in 2015.
Prizes: First Prize $7500
Second Prize: $1500
Best Secondary School Student story
First Prize: $1000
Second Prize $500
Highly Commended
Length: Maximum 3,000 words
Eligibility: Australian citizens who are not related to the judges or members of the Executive of the English Speaking Union Queensland.
Entrants to the Secondary School section must be enrolled full-time at a secondary school. Submitted stories should not have been published before.
Entrants should adhere to the following guidelines:
Submission Opening Date: Wednesday 17 May 2017
Submission Closing Date: Friday 25 August 2017
Address for Submission by email: [email protected]
Results: The results will be announced in October 2017, and the prizes awarded at a special ceremony in late October 2017. ESU will pay return travel from within Australia and a night’s accommodation in Brisbane for the intestate Winners.
Format: Microsoft Word, double-spaced A4.
Separate title page with the author’s name, email address and telephone number; the title of the story; and a signed statement of citizenship and authenticity of the submitted story.
Secondary School Students should indicate the name of their school.
A title page template and entry form available on line and should be submitted along with the $55 entry fee.
Page 1. Should carry the title of the story but no information identifying the author.
Pages should be numbered from the first page of text and should carry the title of the story in the header.
Publicity and Publication: All stories submitted to the Roly Sussex Short Story Competition will be considered for publication by the ESU, and may be used for marketing and publicity in conjunction with the ESU. In submitting their stories for publication authors indicate their consent to these initiatives.
Copyright: Authors retain copyright of their work
