Short story competition

Harper’s Bazaar and Orange have got together to offer you the chance to follow in the footsteps of our 2002 winner Clare Allan, whose debut novel, Poppy Shakespeare, is being adapted for television this year. What’s more, if you win, you’ll collect your award in the presence of the literary world’s top editors, publishers and agents, at the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction awards.

What we are looking for

Stylish, creative and original writing.

What you'll win

Three finalists will be chosen by our judges to attend a writers' masterclass and lunch at the offices of HarperCollins in London. The first prize is a cheque for £1,000 and the publication of your story in Harper's Bazaar. The two runners-up will receive £500 each. The overall winner of the competition will be announced at the Orange

Broadband Prize for Fiction awards ceremony, which will take place on 4 June 2008. All three winners will also receive copies of all the books shortlisted for this year's Orange Prize for Fiction. For more details of the competition, visit www.orangeprize.co.uk.

Your entry must include:

1 An original 2,000-word story on the subject of ‘Ambition'.

2 A 200-word autobiography.

3 A passport photograph of yourself, attached to a sheet of A4 paper bearing your personal details, including your full name, address, telephone number (mobile number where possible), occupation and date of birth. Your competition entry should be typed and double-line-spaced on A4 paper. Pages should be printed on one side only, numbered and securely fastened together.

The judging panel will be chaired by Amanda Ridout (managing director of HarperCollins), with judges Kate Mosse (co-founder and honorary director of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction), Peter Straus (managing director of Rogers, Coleridge and White Literary Agency), writer and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup, novelist Hari Kunzru and senior editors from Harper's Bazaar. The closing date for entries is 11 April 2008, and the competition results will be published in a future issue of Harper's Bazaar.

Rules and Regulations

1 Entrants must be unpublished female writers aged 18 or over.

2 Send entries to: Commissioning editor, Short-story competition, Harper's Bazaar, National Magazine House, 72 Broadwick Street, London W1F 9EP, to arrive no later than 11 April 2008.

3 Harper's Bazaar holds the first publication rights, with exclusivity for a period of 56 days following publication.

4 Entrants must produce all writing themselves, without any assistance, and the completed piece must be the result of their own labours. Entrants warrant to the National Magazine Company that nothing within the piece is libellous, obscene, or in any way infringes the copyright or rights of third parties.

5 Entry to the competition and acceptance of any prize constitutes permission to use the names of the winner and runners-up for promotional purposes, without consultation.

6 The competition is not open to employees of the National Magazine Company, or of Orange PCS. The judging panel's decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

7 The winners agree to take part in publicity as a result of the competition.

8 The promoter is Orange, 87 North Wharf Road, London W2 1AG