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[Call for Submissions] Storytel Epigram Horror Prize 2022
30 May, 2022
Epigram Books and Storytel are pleased to announce the creation of a S$10,000 annual short story competition for horror stories. The Storytel Epigram Horror Prize (SEHP) for 2022 is now open to all Singapore residents, aged 18 years and above. The closing date for submission is 30 May 2022. Manuscripts must be between 4,000 and 7,000 words with a fictional horror genre, including but not limited to ghost stories, dark fantasy, cosmic terror, goth, industrial and weird fiction.
The winning short story will receive S$3,000, with S$2,000 going to the second-best entry and S$1,000 to the third. Eight other entries on the shortlist will receive S$500 each. All eleven winning submissions will be published in an anthology to be issued by Epigram Books by the end of the year. The individual stories will be released as audiobooks by Storytel earlier and will be available on the platform globally for over 1.8 Million subscribers.
“We are delighted to provide the platform to award Singapore literary excellence in the horror genre with the sponsorship of Storytel. It’s time for more writers to showcase their stories,” says publisher of Epigram Books, Edmund Wee.
“We are very happy to collaborate with Epigram books on this initiative and are hoping to be scared out of our wits by the submissions!” said Shalu Wasu, Country Manager Storytel Singapore
