Short Story Writing Competition
Enter competition here

London is an extraordinary place to live in. We are looking for fictional stories, no more than a 1000 words, that are inspired by:

London, Glamour and Grime

This is intended to tie in with the Photography competition based around the same idea.

There will be Reading Performance of the shortlisted entries at the Old Operating Theatre.

 

The Times Literary Supplement are supporting this competition.

Some of the best stories will be featured on the site as they come in. We are working on getting one or two judges to shortlist the entries. Will let you know how this develops.

The three winning entries will be featured on the Festival website, and the writers invited to the Wrap Party on July 25 at the Roxy Bar and Screen. You'll get to meet other artists and performers who took part in the Festival.

At the Wrap Party, we'll award the UnNamed Award for the Best Writer. Still got to think up a name for this award.

 
Friday 17, July 12 noon Deadline for submitting your entries
     
Monday 20 6 pm Story Reading Performance at the Old Operating Theatre
     
Tuesday 21 6 pm Story Reading Performance at the Old Operating Theatre
     
Wednesday 22 6 pm Story Reading Performance at the Old Operating Theatre
     
Thursday 23 6 pm Story Reading Performance at the Old Operating Theatre
     
Saturday 25 7 pm 3 Winners invited to the Wrap Party at the Roxy Bar and Screen
     
What You Need to Do
 

There is no need to register on this site. But, you're welcome to do so, and you'll have a profile and benefit from Festival publicity. See Statistics.

Please submit your story on this page. Please note we can only accept one story per person. We'll check your email and ip address.
 
A Few Rules
 

All entries must be submitted via this page.

We reserve the right to close the competition if we get too many entries.

We're sorry but we cannot enter into correspondence about the results.
   
Legal stuff
 

You may only submit your own work. Festival organisers will not be responsible for copyright infringements committed by entrants.

By entering the competition, you give the Festival organisers the right to publish winning entries free of charge in any country for the purposes of promoting the Festival, and in any material relating to the competition for one year after the winning stories are announced.

 
 
Please note as circumstances change the details on this page may alter without notice.