The Katharine Susannah Prichard

Science Fiction/Fantasy Awards

Closing date: 5pm Friday May 27, 2005

Words: Minimum 1500 Maximum 3500. All forms of Speculative Fiction welcome.

2 Sections: OPEN and the

Shire of Mundaring National Young Writers Awards (20 years and under),

PRIZES

OPEN: First $200 Second $50

Shire of Mundaring National Young Writers Awards: First $75 Second $25

Highly Commended and Commended Certificates will also be awarded.

Awards announced and presented at the Sunday Afternoon Readings,

KSP Writers’ Centre, August 14, 2005.

No entry form required – open to all Australian residents.

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
1. Entry fees: OPEN - $5 per story, to be paid by cheque or money order only, payable to: KSP Foundation Inc. Shire of Mundaring National Young Writers Awards – no entry fee. 2. Work to be original, unpublished, not have received an award in another competition, and not under consideration elsewhere from the time of entry in these awards until the official announcement of winners. 3. Limit of three stories per author. Individual stories cannot be entered in more than one section. 4. Entries to be typewritten, double-spaced on one side only of A4 white paper, with pages numbered, a wide left-hand margin, and story title on each page. A good photocopy is acceptable. Post in an A4 size envelope. 5. To ensure anonymity NO WRITERS’ NAMES TO APPEAR ON MS. Please attach a COVER SHEET with name of story, word count, Section entered, and age if Young Writer 6. On a SEPARATE SHEET–note name & year of competition, Section entered – OPEN or Shire of Mundaring National Young Writer – note age if for Young Writer section. title & word count of story, your name, address, telephone number, and email address if available. 7. MSS will only be returned if adequately stamped self-addressed envelope (SSAE) of sufficient size is included, other MSS will be destroyed after the competition, so keep a copy of your work. 8. Include a business-sized SSAE if you would like only a results sheet. 9. Award winners will be notified by phone or mail prior to announcement at the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre Sunday Afternoon Readings, August 14, 2005, when those able to attend will be invited to read excerpts from their stories. 10. Members of the KSP Foundation Management Committee are not allowed to enter. 11. The judges’ decisions are final, and no correspondence will be entered into. 12. The KSP Foundation Inc. reserves the right to publish the winning entry or entries in a publication related to KSP should the opportunity occur, in consultation with the author.
Send entries to:	KSP Science Fiction/Fantasy Awards 11 Old York Road GREENMOUNT WA 6056
Entries which do not reflect the stated conditions, or are postmarked later than 5pm May 27, 2005 may be disqualified without notice and the fee/s forfeited. The Foundation is dedicated to providing a Writers’ Centre and related community activities at Katharine’s Place, the former home of Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883-1969) the internationally celebrated author of Coonardoo, Working Bullocks and many other novels, stories and plays
The KSP Writers Centre sincerely thanks the Shire of Mundaring, ArtsWA, the WA Lotteries Commission, and the Australia Council for their continued assistance and encouragement.