The Newcastle Centre for the Literary Arts (NCLA) is pleased to announce the inaugural International Student Writing Competition. The competition, the first of its kind to be sponsored by NCLA, aims to attract outstanding work which captures the day-to-day lives of international students living and studying in the UK (1st Prize: £1000; 2nd Prize: £500; 3rd prize: £200). Winners to be selected by award-winning writer, Jackie Kay. Best stories to appear in an anthology in 2010. Deadline: 21st June, 2010. Students from anywhere in the world can enter, providing they are studying at a UK university, or have graduated within the past two years. For competition rules and further information about making a submission, please visit the website: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ncla/projects/competitions/isssc/