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thebookwright
 20 May 2010, 08:05 #89282 Reply To Post
This year’s Guildford Book Festival Short Story award has a fabulous prize and, as far as we know, a first for any literary competition anywhere in the world.

The winning entry will be converted into an iPhone app that can be either read or listened to – we call these Commutabooks.

The entry will be judged on its ability to engage the reader (or listener) such that, if you were commuting, you might even miss your stop – or even stop commuting forever !!!

Entries only have to be 7000 words or length in any genre including inspiring non-fiction or even poetry.

The winner will be announced during the Festival in October this year.

The winning entry and iPhone app will have a narration recorded by a professional voice over artist (or the author themselves) and an embedded video interview with the author.

The winner will also get an e-publishing contract and receive royalties from sales. With 10’s of millions of iPhones and over 1 million iPads and counting, the exposure alone is worth entering the competition for.

So if there is a story inside you waiting to get out, visit the Guildford Book Festival site for details on how to enter.

Entry detailsHow to Enter
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