Young Muslim Writers Awards

Guidelines on Categories

The Young Muslim Writers Awards are split between short stories and poetry submissions. These categories are broken down further by key stages 2,3 and 4. 

Conditions of Entry

1. All submissions must be in English
2. All entrants must be original and the authors own unaided work.
3. All submission should be typed, in a Word document format, on one side of white A4 paper and with numbered pages.
4. Entrants cannot submit more than one submission per category.
5. Short stories should not exceed the 4000 word limit and poetry should be no longer than 40 lines.
   
6. All submissions must be entered either online through submishmash or emailed to submissions@muslimwritersawards.org.uk with a completed entry form.
7. Once received, entries cannot be subsequently amended.
8. Submissions will not be accepted after 15th April 2011
9. The decisions of the judging panel are final and binding, and Muslim Writers Awards will not enter into correspondence or negotiation about the results.
10. Young Muslim Writers Awards winners will be announced at an awards ceremony to be held in 2011. More details will be available closer to the time.
11. Details of winners will be made available on the Muslim Writers Awards website after the Awards ceremony.
12. Each winner will agree to take part in publicity for the promotion of the Awards which will include - but is not restricted to- his/her name and photograph being used. Writers will not receive payment for this.
13. Winners will retain the copyright to their work but grant Muslim Writers Awards the right to publish their work in the anthology and excerpts on the Muslim Writers Awards website.
14. Submissions must not infringe any copyright or contain defamatory or otherwise unlawful matter.
15. The submission of an entry will be deemed to imply the unqualified acceptance of these conditions of entry.