Short story competition: Market research in 2029

You might not have expected to see the words ‘short’, ‘story’ and ‘competition’ together on these pages, but here they are. We want you to embrace your inner novelist and give us your vision of the future of research. Here’s how it’s going to work…
• The topic is: Market research in 2029
• The title is: Up to you
• The word count is: 550-650 words. When we say short we mean it.
• The deadline is: October 31st
• What to do is: Email your story (either in the body of an email, or as an attachment in any sensible format) to robertb@researchmagazine.co.uk. Please also include a bio of up to 50 words incorporating your name, company and job title.
• The judges will frown upon: Anything that’s libellous, massively offensive, breaches anyone’s copyright, or is a shameless sales pitch.
• What will happen next is: We’ll judge them and publish the winning story in our December issue. We might pop some more on Research-live.com too.