Writing Competitions

Every quarter we run a short story competition. 

We’ll be announcing our next competition in late July 2024!

Our latest short story competition saw us publish 12 short stories from prize winning and shortlisted writers who all used the prompt 7.12am differently.


Here's a list of the writers and their stories! 

1st Prize - C.J. Persson - She Was Always Energy 

2nd Prize - Liam A Spinage - The Shrine of Sutter Street 

3rd Prize - Callum Henderson - Over by Christmas

4th Prize - Abigail F. Taylor - Hero 

SHORTLISTED writers: 

Helen Rana - Doug’s Confidante

Jon Saviours - The Wraith

Finlay McQuade - Day’s Work

Maura Cowen - 7am 

Glyn Matthews - The final fifteen minutes of the third best bowls player in Balleymullet

Edward Burrell - 7:12AM 

Nomusa Neo Shuping - A Stranger and the Girls 

Anwen John - Marching Through Time

Our last three anthologies of short stories can be found on Amazon!