London Review of Books Reviewer Competition

Megan Marshall sent along news of the following competion open to anyone 26-years-old or younger.

Here's the e-mail that accompanied the poster:

From: "LRB (editorial)"
To: "LRB (editorial)"
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 11:19 AM
Subject: LRB Contest

Dear LRB contributors,

We've recently set up a competition to encourage young reviewers. It's the
first time we've done anything like this, and it's a bit of an experiment.

I've included the details below and also attached a poster. We would be
grateful if you could tell your students about it.

With many thanks,

Deborah Friedell

Young Reviewers Competition

The London Review of Books is holding a competition for young reviewers. The
prize for the best entry is £1000 and a one-year subscription to the LRB.

Prizes may also be awarded for runners-up.

Each entrant should submit one review, praising or unpraising, between 2500
and 3000 words long, of any work of fiction or poetry published after the
beginning of 2007. The review must be original, unpublished work (it is
allowed to have appeared in a student periodical).

Entrants must be under the age of 26 at the closing date, 2 June 2008.

Please send submissions, along with contact details, to
competition@lrb.co.uk (as an attachment), or by post to:

The Editors
London Review of Books
28 Little Russell Street
London
WC1A 2HN

We regret that we are unable to acknowledge receipt of entries.