Welcome to the home of the James White Award Short Story Competition.
The James White Award is an annual short story competition open to non-professional writers with the winner chosen by a panel of judges made up of professional authors and editors. Stories entered into the competition must be original and previously unpublished. Entry is free.
The James White Award was instituted to honour the memory of one of Ireland’s most successful science fiction authors, James White. To learn more about James White and his writing, visit www.sectorgeneral.com.
The prize for winning this year’s James White Award 2011 is £200 plus publication in Interzone, the leading UK science fiction magazine.
The winner of the 2011 James White Award was Calum Paget with his story, “Invocation of the Lurker”. The judges also awarded a special commendation to Tori Truslow for her story “Train in Vain” – for more details, click here.
The 2012 competition will open on 1 June 2012.
The winner will be presented with their award at BSFA Awards ceremony at Eastercon 2012.
