Under 25? Short-story writer? Valley Press needs you!

Note: The submissions process below is now closed. The collection of short stories was eventually published in November 2012, titled 'Front Lines' - read more here.

In an attempt to break into the exciting, lucrative world of prose anthologies, Valley Press will be publishing a collection of short stories in early 2012, edited by Dan Formby, student of English & Creative Writing and our appointed expert in the form.  The 'angle' is that all the pieces will be from young writers, ideally aged 25 or less (though there is a bit of leeway; we're not age fascists!)  Try and keep them less than 3000 words; other than that, they can be on any subject, they can even be philosophical non-fiction essays if that's your thing.  More than anything, we're looking to represent a generation - according to Dan, a disaffected one, cut-off from society and probably a bit moody (angry young men/women welcome; pick a machine and rage against it.)

We know many of the angry young people are busy with university finals at the moment; so you've got until the 31st July 2011 to get your submissions in.  We'd also appreciate ideas for the title; 'Generation Z' is one suggestion, but you can come up with something less obvious and more interesting.  Best of luck!