Submission guidelines for event on 5th of March

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: 21st of February

Selected work
Selected work will be read at the next event. If your work is selected, you will be advised at least one week before the event, and asked to provide a brief biography

SUBMISSIONS POLICY

•  Any Birkbeck Creative Writing, English or Theatre Studies BA or Certificate of Higher Education student can submit work for consideration.

•  There is no restriction on the type of work. You can submit a complete short story or an extract, a novel extract, poetry, life writing, adapted screenplay, creative non-fiction piece etc.

•  Submissions should be unpublished. However, previously published work will be considered in some circumstances.

•  Length: Prose: up to 1500 words 

•  Poetry: up to 150 lines ( may be more than one poem)

•  Play: up to 10 minutes

•  The bbk Writer's Rooms team will decide which submissions to select and the running order of the night.

•  No editorial input will be provided. Work will be selected as it stands.

•  No significant changes can be made once the work has been selected.

•  Please make sure you are happy with your work before you submit it. The team reserves the right not to accept an updated, replacement version, even if it arrives before the deadline.

•  Submissions should be sent as a *.doc or *.pdf  attachment to bbkwritersroom@googlemail.com 

•  You will usually be advised whether your submission has been selected at least one week before the event.

•  You must be available to attend from the beginning of the event.

•  If selected you must supply a biography: this event we ask you to provide a description of yourself in 5 words. Use five words that you are absolutely not.

* "The Committee is not responsible for finding readers for any of the play extracts they select."

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Next event Wed March 5th @7.45pm, upstairs in the Orchard Room at The Green Man, 36 Riding House Street, London W1W 7EP