Submission Guidelines

1. Submitted work must be a short story in English.
2. There is no theme for the competition.
3. Submitted work must not be published elsewhere including blogs, social media, and the like.
4. Simultaneous submissions are NOT accepted, i.e., you cannot enter the same story in another competition or magazine or literary journal, till the winner is announced.
5. Multiple submissions are accepted, i.e., the same person can send many stories.
6. Stories should be between 1000 and 4000 words but in special cases, editorial discretion may be applied.
7. We invite stories that are detailed, craft-intensive, and that look at the world we inhabit with openness and empathy, or as we say, stories with a lot of heart.
8. We discourage material that includes erotica, rampant racism, or hateful accounts of sensitive subjects such as religion, caste, gender, or sexuality, or works that are offensive or excessively violent.
9. In your entry email, please include the following contact information: name, postal address, email address and telephone number. Please provide a brief biographical sketch in the third person of no more than 150 words. Please include a self-attestation stating that:
   • the entry being submitted has not been published elsewhere, particularly in an anthology of short stories.
   • You are not an author who has previously published a novel(s) or a collection of short stories. If you have self-published a book, that is alright. If you have been featured in an anthology of short stories, that is alright too.
10. If you are an international or non-Bangalore-based participant and win the competition, you will have to make your own travel and accommodation arrangements, should you wish to travel for the prize ceremony, or nominate someone in Bangalore to collect the prize on your behalf. If this is the case, please mention the details in your entry email.
11. In the attachment, (word doc or pdf format only. File Name: The R K Anand Prize 2025, Name of Story) kindly mention the title of your story and the number of words at the top of the page. Remember to number your pages and please DO NOT mention your name on the story document.
12. Please email the above details with your story/ies attachment/s to bangalorewritersworkshopbww@gmail.com Subject line should contain 'The BWW Short Story Award Submission' only.
13. Copyright remains with the author. Should your piece be published again, we request the courtesy of an acknowledgement stating that the piece was first published in Out of Print Blog and was the winning entry or a Special Mention or in the Short List at The BWW Short Story Award Competition.