From the competition website:   This competition is open to beginners, experts and anyone in between. The theme is romance. The winner will receive a £50 cash prize (subject to increase if we receive more entries than anticipated), have their poem featured in the next issue of Chaotic Creators Magazine, and receive a free printed...

The ENSFR invites you to a special event commemorating the legacy of the Save Our Short Story campaign — a landmark movement that rallied writers, scholars, and readers in defence of the short story form. Decades after its inception, this reunion brings together several of its original campaigners and literary advocates to reflect on its...

The last short fiction reading group meeting before Christmas will take place (via Zoom) on Monday 15th December at 5pm (UK time). During the meeting, we will be discussing Ines' reading suggestion: the short story “Lost in the Louvre” by Lucia Berlin. You can access it from this link. Our conversation will focus on the following key...

From the competition website:   Our 2024 Open Short Story Competition is open to writers of all genres and styles. Whether you write sci-fi, historical, horror, or anything else, we want to read your story! WORDS: 8,000 max (no minimum) CLOSING DATE: 23:59 (UK time) 16th Dec, 2025 WINNER ANNOUNCED: 10th Feb, 2026   Enter...

From the competition website:   Previously judged by the late thriller and murder mystery author, Ruth Rendell CBE - InterAct's Short Story Competition is now named after her. The competition is more recently judged by Margaret Drabble DBE; biographer, novelist and short story writer. The top 3 stories are shortlisted and performed by professional actors that work...