Peter Barry Short Story Competition: by the Numbers
Saturday, 28th January 2012
Categories:
Moving Stories
Some of the numbers from our recent Short Story Competition:
217 Submissions
58 Submissions on final day
18 Submissions during the final hour
1406 Average word count
206 Lowest word count
8 Submissions that used the maximum word count (2000)
11 Submissions entitled ‘Moving Home’
2 Submissions written by ghosts
3 Submissions written by pets
29 Different countries from where submissions came
134 Submissions from the UK
4 Submissions from the USA (2nd most popular country)
1 Submissions from the Republic of Yemen
2 Submissions from the London Borough of Enfield (where we are based)
8 Submissions that didn’t comply with the guidelines (all were read)
3 Submissions that mentioned Peter Barry Estate Agents
217 Submissions
58 Submissions on the final day
18 Submissions during the final hour
1406 Average word count
206 Lowest word count
8 Submissions that used the maximum word count (2000)
11 Submissions entitled ‘Moving Home’
2 Submissions written by ghosts
3 Submissions written by pets
29 Different countries from where submissions came
134 Submissions from the UK
4 Submissions from the USA (2nd most popular country)
1 Submissions from the Republic of Yemen
2 Submissions from the London Borough of Enfield (where we are based)
8 Submissions that didn’t comply with the guidelines (all were read)
3 Submissions that mentioned Peter Barry Estate Agents (none made the shortlist)
Author: Justin Burns