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To enter the 麻豆约拍 National Short Story Award the author must be either a UK National or a UK Resident. UK Nationals do not need to be living in the UK in order to be eligible, however non-UK Nationals must be resident in the UK in order to be eligible.

The 麻豆约拍 does not charge an entry fee to enter the 麻豆约拍 National Short Story Award.

There is not a minimum word count for the 麻豆约拍 NSSA, however there is a maximum word count of 8,000 words. Stories over 8,000 words are not eligible.

The 麻豆约拍 National Short Story Award does not accept stories that have been submitted in a previous year. It is the author/author's representative's responsibility to check that they have not previously entered a story they are planning to enter.

No, only one entry per author is accepted per year. If an author/author's representative submits multiple stories, only the first story entered will be considered.

The 麻豆约拍 National Short Story Award was set up to celebrate the unique and difficult art of short story writing and to find the very best of the genre in a way that paralleled the other major UK literary awards from the Booker to the Forward Prize, all of which require work to be published. We offer the equivalent recognition for the Short Story and those who practice it.

Unfortunately not. In order to be eligible for the 麻豆约拍 NSSA authors must have a prior record of publication in the UK. If you have been published internationally but not in the UK then this would be ineligible.

As per the Terms and Conditions, self-publication does not meet the criteria for having a prior record of publication. Please see the Terms and Conditions for the full criteria.

Yes previously published works are eligible to be entered into the 麻豆约拍 NSSA 2025, however they must have been first published after 1st January 2024. Stories first published before 1st January 2024 are not eligible.