UNHEARD VOICES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY AND PROSE.

UNHEARD VOICES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY AND PROSE.

Clackmannanshire Writers in Residence Tom Murray and Stuart Hepburn are planning to publish an anthology of creative writing. They are looking for stories and poems from writers who are eighteen or over, and who live in the region, or who have taken part in the workshops and events run by the residency.

Deadline for submission is: 18 July 2008.

Writers will be notified of the results of their submission by the end of August 2008.

There is no theme. Subject matter is up to you.

Each writer can submit up to TWO pieces of work for consideration.

There is no fee.

Maximum poem length: 60 lines (not inc title.)
Maximum story length: 1000 words (not inc title.)

Submissions must be in English or Scots.

Poems to be single spaced. Stories to be double spaced.

Submissions must show no name, address or identifying marks other than the title. There is no entry form. All contact details should be on a separate letter. Entries will not be returned: keep a copy.

Submission by email, or on CD disc only. Please format your submission in either RTF, Plain Text or MS WORD. If submitting via email please attach each submission separately and put ‘ Anthology submission’ in the subject line of the email.

Submissions should be sent to Tom Murray at tmurray@clacksweb.org.uk or if on disc handed into Alloa Library labelled “ FAO Tom Murray (Anthology)”

Submissions must be entirely the work of the entrant and must never have been previously published, or currently accepted for publication.

The editors cannot be held responsible for submissions that are undelivered or lost.

Submission does not guarantee publication. The decision of the editors on the content of the anthology is final. Your submission to the anthology means you accept these rules.

Worldwide copyright for all submissions remains with the authors, but the editors reserve the right to publish the selected submissions in the aforementioned anthology and/or on the Clackswrite webpage.

Editors: TOM MURRAY. STUART HEPBURN. AN OTHER.

The residency is supported by Culture and Community Services