Competition Deadline: Writers’ & Artists’ Short Story Competition
February 13, 2026
From the competition website:
Enter our free annual short story competition and be in with a chance of winning a place on an Arvon Residential Writing Week (worth £985) as well as seeing your story published on our site.
To enter, all you have to do is submit a short story (for adults) of no more than 2,000 words on the theme of play via our online competition form, and ensure that you have a (free!) account on our website. You can attach your entry in either txt, pdf, doc, or docx format, while you can add your contact details and a little bit of information about yourself and your writing experience in the ‘Covering letter’ field if you’d like.
The closing date for entries is midnight 13th February 2026, and the winner – along with two runners-up – will be announced on the blog pages of this site in March 2026.
Enter here.