Get your entries into CHANNELS Volume 14

The English Writers Cooperative of Sri Lanka hopes to publish Volume 14 Number 2 of CHANNELS in mid 2008, and is now collecting material for this issue. The EWC invites entries of short stories, poems, translations and excerpts from plays and novels. Members of the EWC are permitted to participate.

RULES: All work should be in English, original and unpublished. Short Stories: Maximum 2,500 words of creative writing. Poems: Maximum 40 lines of creative writing. Plays: Maximum 3,000 words of creative writing (either complete plays or excerpt). Translations: translations from other languages must be in English - maximum 3,000 words, submitted with written permission from the original Author if s/he is alive, or from the Trustees of the Estate of the original Author. Copy of such authorization should be enclosed with the entry. Format: Manuscripts should be neatly typed double spaced on A4 paper, one side only, one inch margin all round. Pages should be clearly numbered with author's name, address, telephone and email details at the beginning and end of each story, play and translation and on each page of poetry. Pages should be stapled together. The Editorial Board's decision will be final in the selection of suitable material for publication, and reserves the right to edit where it deems necessary.

Fee: An entrance fee of Rs. 50 per short story, Rs. 50, per translation Rs. 50, per excerpt of novel, Rs 50 per excerpt or complete play, Rs 30 per poem should be sent with each submission. Payment should be either by cash or cheque made out to The English Writers Cooperative of Sri Lanka. Money orders and Postal Orders will not be accepted. The entrance fee is non-refundable.

Manuscripts will NOT be returned. Authors must ensure that a copy of the work submitted is retained.Entries should be addressed to : The English Writers Cooperative of Sri Lanka, C/o Mrs. Anne Ranasinghe, 82 Rosmead Place, Colombo 7. Envelopes should be marked CHANNELS on the upper left hand corner.

Entries should reach Mrs Ranasinghe before April 30, 2008. Late entries will not be accepted.