Forget the Booker and Whitbread national writing competitions! Norfolk now has its very own prestigious
short story writing challenge. It is open to everyone, will be judged by a distinguished panel of local judges
and there are three prizes to be won- £100, £50 and £30.
This new project has been inspired by Keith Skipper who, in his recent book "How to Survive in Norfolk", made a satirical
reference to his hope for a revival of the long forgotten "Trosher" writing competition with
names such as Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo and Anthony Trollope, as well as, more recently, Sid Kipper
being mentioned.
Keith's reference to this little known competition has been welcomed by the Friends of the Norfolk Dialect who have devised a modern set of rules - see below - and invite everyone with an interest in preserving our cultural and literary heritage to enter this competition and get the story that academics say is inside all of us out and on to paper - and win!
Entry forms can be collected from any of the 47 libraries across the county or by sending a stamped addressed envelope to eitherPeter Brooks, 68a, Cromer Road, Sheringham, NR26 8RT or Colin Burleigh, 7, William Cowper Close, Toftwood,Dereham, NR19 1LT.
1. All entries to be typed on one side only
2. Entries to be open to everyone
3. All entries to be original works and not previously published or broadcast
4. All entries to have a Norfolk theme or strong connection
5. No entry to exceed 1000 words
6. Every entry to include some Norfolk dialect
7. A £5 entrance fee to accompany every entry
8. A first prize of £100; a second prize of £50 and a third prize of £30 to be awarded. It is planned to present the prizes on the occasion of the FOND Pantomime to be held on Sunday 11 January 2009 at North Elmham Village Hall.
9. The Judges' decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
10 The closing date for all entries will be Friday 31 October 2008
11 Judges will be Professor Peter Trudgill, President of FOND, Colin Burleigh, Chairman of FOND, Peter Brooks, Secretary of FOND and Keith Skipper.
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