THE SPECTATOR'S £500 NEW WRITING PRIZE

An annual prize of £500 will be awarded by the SPECTATOR to whoever In the opinion of the Judges, submits the best piece of original, unpublished, new writing of not less than 2,000 words and not more than 6,000 words, In any of the following categories: 1. a short setory or (other) Imaginative fiction; 2. descriptive reporting; 3. Investigative reporting; 4. a political essay, or a polemic.

In addition, an award of £50 will be made to the author of the piece of writing judged best in each category.

Impartiality in judging will be ensured by an entry system which preserves the anon- ymity of competitors.

Entries must be received within a fortnight of the resumption of postal deliveries. and the names of the prize-winner, and the award winners, will be announced during April.

Conditions

1. All competitors must enter under a pseu- donym. The writer's real name should not appear anywhere on the typescript, but the pseudonym should appear at the lop of every page. Entries, In duplicate, must be In Eng- lish, and in typescript.

2. Typescripts should be accompanied by a sealed envelope, bearing on the outside the pseudonym and containing inside a stamped addressed envelope bearing the writer's name and address in capital letters. These sealed envelopes will not be opened until the judges have made their choices.

3. Typescripts should reach the SPECTATOR. 39 Gower Street, London, WC1. within a fort- night of the resumption of postal deliveries.

ENTRY FORM Pseudonym:

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4. Each Individual entry must be accompanied by an entry form 5. Copyright of all entries published by the SPECTATOR rests with the SPECTATOR.

6. Extracts, or incomplete works will not be accepted.

The SPECTATOR's Sixth-Form Prize. A schools' competition will be run in association with he SPECTATOR's SPRING PRIZE. A Sixth-Form Prize of £25 for the best entry, and awards of £10 for the best in each of the other categories, will also be made. Entries for this competition will only be accepted when accompanied by a statement from an appropriate master that the entrant is a member of the sixth form of Ms school: but othetwise the conditions of entry are identical.

SIXTH-FORM PRIZE

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