Online Competitions to Win

The Scott Prize is an international annual prize for a first collection of short stories by a single author. Entrants must not have been published before, and must permanently reside in the UK & Ireland, the USA, or Australia & New Zealand.

Salt accept submissions of fiction manuscripts postmarked from 1st January until 31st October each year. The winners will be announced in December and published the following June.

The Walter Scott Prize winners will receive synchronous publication in hardback in the UK and Australia and in paperback in the USA by Salt. There will be up to four winners each year. Winners will be issued with a standard publishing contract from Salt.

Terms and conditions

1. Only electronic manuscripts are admissible. No printed paper entries will be accepted. Electronic manuscripts must be typed in Microsoft Word or supplied as an RTF file, paginated, and in the region of 45,000 words in length (single spaced).
2. Individual stories from the manuscript may have been previously published in magazines, anthologies, but the collection as a whole must be unpublished. Translations and self-published books are not eligible. The work must be by a single author. Pseudonymous works will be disqualified.
3. Manuscripts must include a table of contents and a list of acknowledgments for stories previously published. The first page must include a biographical note of not more than 80 words. Your name, address, phone number and email address should appear on the title page of your manuscript.
4. No alterations to the manuscript will be accepted after submission. No correspondence can be entered into for entries once they are made.
5. No illustrations, photographs or images should be included.
6. The Scott Prize is judged by members of the Board of Salt Publishing. Manuscripts are not read anonymously. Manuscripts may be screened by Salt staff. Entries are logged on to databases for the duration of each prize. No personal details will be stored beyond the end of the competition
7. Winners will be announced in December and listed online.
8. Entry fee for The Scott Prize is £18 (i.e. eighteen pounds Sterling). The prize is administrered in the UK. The fee is only payable online through the Salt Publishing Website, details are below. No cheques or cash are accepted. Please ensure your name, address, phone number and email address details in your online payment match those on your electronic manuscript. Use the additional information box of the online payment to cite the title of your manuscript.
9. The entry fee is non-refundable. Please notify the prize as soon as possible if you wish to withdraw your submission.
10. We cannnot offer feedback on individual entries.
11. Email your entry to: scottprize@saltpublishing.com. Do not email any director of Salt Publishing, doing so will disqualify your entry.

Checklist for The Scott Prize

1. I have submitted my electronic manuscript in MS Word or RTF format.
2. I have paid my £18 entry fee online through the Salt Web site.
3. I have listed the title of my manuscript under additional information in the online payment system.
4. I have ensured that the name, address, phone number and email address of my payment match those on the title page of my manuscript.
5. I have read and understood the terms and conditions above.

The Scott Prize Entry Fee
Enter The Scott Prize for just £18.