Tuesday 26 March 2013

The Rules. The Rules.

Apologies, but I have to get this write, right.

It is submission day. The story is complete and ready to go, bar one last spit and polish. So, what am I trying to do? These brief extracts from the rules are for my own benefit (and the comments are my own); my brain does not deal well with rules.  
These are The Rules for The Bath Short Story Award.
  • Any theme or subject (OK)
  • Maximum length 2,200 words (OK)
  • Typed, double or 1.5 spaced (think I can deal with that) (OK)
  • Plain legible font (what the heck? Times New Roman? boring) (OK)
  • Each page should be numbered (Yo!) (OK)
  • Each page should ... carry the title of the story (Header/Footer, right?) (OK)
  • Online entries must be submitted as an email attachment (No problem ...) (Done)
  • Online entries must be submitted ... in PDF format only (... hells bells! PDF?) (OK. Sussed it)
  • Closing date ... is Saturday, March 30th, 2013 (Under control. OK)
  • There is a fee of £5 for each story submitted (Oh-kay... Oke Dokie. Dosh, eh?)
  • You may pay via PayPal (Yeah. Got that, done that, somewhere, sometime, somehow; I'll ask the wife) (I did. She knew. Done)
  • Entries must not have been previously published (No problem-0: OK)
  • Do not put your name on the pages of your story (No, no, no) (OK)
  • On the entry form:
    • Contact details 
      • name
      • address
      • tel. no
      • e-mail address (Yo) (Done)
    • The title of the story(Yo) (Done)
    • Wordcount (Yo) (Done)
  • (Yo-Yo) (All done)
That's some load of rules: legible font? PDF format? PayPal? Hope that's all of them. This is seriously challenging. Good job I've got four days to complete submission. Where to begin?
Existential panic. (Arrrrrh. All done. Sent. Scary moment.)

The Bath Short Story Award: The Rules - the real rules, unexpurgated.
Ends

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