SHEFFIELD STORIES wants your stories!

[SheffStories 10]

CALLING ALL SHEFFIELD WRITERS!

 

SHEFFIELD STORIES, a project that recently hosted an event at the OFF THE SHELF Literary Festival 2010, wants your stories! All you have to do is submit your stories (approx. 500 - 1000 words) to our team and we'll consider them for publication! That's right, your work could be published!

 

As detailed in a recent review in the Sheffield Star, our project will work with you, the writer, to create an anthology and website of your work! The work will be edited by a professional student team alongside yourself.

 

The story could be about:

 

-Why you chose to live in Sheffield?

 

-Why you've stayed in Sheffield?

 

-Why do you love Sheffield?

 

-Anything relating to Sheffield!

 

We will also be hosting various live nights throughout the year (2010/11) where authors will get the chance to perform their work to an audience!

 

Email your entries to the following email address...

 

[email protected]

 

(Members of the Literary Editing group that will select/edit the stories!)

 

...and our team will consider them for publication! Tell anyone you can about it who you think may be interested! This is a massive opportunity for any budding or established writer! =D

 

GOOD LUCK ALL! =)

 

[Feel free to drop us a comment below to let us know if you're thinking of submitting! Ta!]

Edited October 30, 2010 by SheffStories
New email address!

[maidinsheff 10]

Sounds good - although 500-1000 words only is a bit tight

[SheffStories 10]

500 - 1000 words is just a guideline to keep stories around a similar length. Feel free to write your story and submit it at the length you wish and we will work with you to decide how best your story works! It may turn out that we will use your story as a longer piece of work! So don't worry too much about the word count just yet!

Good luck! And spread the word! =D

Thanks,

Sheffield Stories

[SarahD 10]

Great project!

 

Do the stories have to be Sheffield themed?

[SheffStories 10]

Hi Sarah,

 

As the project is Sheffield Stories it does have to be relating in some way to Sheffield. If you need any ideas, think about your own personal journey to Sheffield, why you have stayed in Sheffield, or why you think other people come to Sheffield.

 

You can be as creative as you want regarding any of these themes as long as the final piece is a short story! Thanks for your enthusiasm!

 

If you need any more help or anything, feel free to contact us on the email above also, but we do check the forum daily! Also, when you submit your story, you will work with us to edit you story so be as creative as you want at this stage and don't worry too much at the moment!

 

Good luck!

 

Sheffield Stories Team

[Ron Blanco 10]

Hello Sheffield Stories team.

 

Your project sounds great, and I'd like to know more:

 

Is it organised/funded by the council, university or others?

 

Where will the stories be published?

 

Who are the literary editing team?

 

Do you have a website?

 

Cheers

 

Ron

[SheffStories 10]

Hello Ron,

 

Thanks for your interest in our project! It really is proving to be a great success amongst the people of Sheffield. The project is organised and funded by Sheffield Hallam University, and held an evening at the Off the Shelf Festival that will become an annual event.

The stories themselves will be published in an anthology (projected for publication in 2011) and also online. As for a website, we are currently in the process of building one but we do have a facebook page (type Sheffield Stories into facebook) and there is soon to be a fanpage!

The literary editing team is built up of four final year English students who have a range of experience between between us. All our work is overseen by tutor, and writer, John Turner.

 

I hope this helps Ron and if you would like any more info - [email protected]

 

Thanks again, Ron.

 

Adam

Sheffield Stories Literary Editing Team

[Allo1010 10]

Does it have to be real? As in can I write fiction but make the location sheffield?

Can it be about anything at all, or does it have to promote sheffield in some way?

 

Thanks in advance

[pattricia 575]

Wonder if short stories would be accepted ?

[SheffStories 10]

Hello Allo1010 and Pattricia,

At the moment we are accepting anything Sheffield related, we have had a few fictional stories that have been based in Sheffield but they have been based around real observations so we feel that they may work within our project! It's always nice to have a variation so feel free to be as creative as you want at this moment!

Also, Allo1010, it really can be about anything about Sheffield, either based on your own experiences or based on something you've seen happening whilst out and about!

Hope this helps and we look forward to hearing from you!

Adam

Sheffield Stories Literary Editing Team

 

(Check out our website in progress too - http://www.sheffieldstories.webs.com)

[Hopman 46]

And the fee?

[SheffStories 10]

The project is completely free to all writers! There are no entry charges and live mic nights so far have been free to those involved and will continue to be to performers! So... there is no cost to anyone.

 

Thanks,

 

Sheffield Stories Team