A warm welcome to all our entrants world wide.
We have published the result for our Open Short Story Competition.
Winning entries have been published along with judge's report by Helen Baggott.
Winning entries to Open Short Story Competition 2021 (weebly.com)
While some critiques have been emailed there are few remaining.
We apologise for the delay but we had a higher number than expected
requests for critiques this year.
Thanks to all for entries to our SEASIDE competition.
Winning entry will be published soon and a link to information will be available soon.
Keep an eye on the website. We are in the process of
creating more competitions for you to enter in 2022
This page was updated 7th December 2021
C O M P E T I T I O N O N E result announced on our blog
Name of comp: OPEN SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2021
Judged by Helen Baggott
Close date: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Prizes: Six prizes to be awarded:
£100 First, £70 Second, £30 Third
two 'Highly Commended' each win 2022 comp free entry
and a charitable donation will be made*
Brief: Short story. There is no theme for this competition, you can write anything you like.
No minimum word count, maximum 2,500 words.
Entry fee: £3.00 for one entry, £5.00 for two, £2.50 thereon
Website: https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2021-open-short-story-competition-with-helen-baggott.html
C O M P E T I T I O N T W O CLOSED - winning entry entry published
Winner 2021 COURSE comp (weebly.com)
https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/winner-2021-course-comp.html
Comp name: THEMED FREE ENTRY WRITING COMPETITION - C O U R S E
Closing date: Thursday 26th November 2020
Prize: £10
Brief: Continuing with our trusted course of providing competitions to encourage and reward writing, we decided the word COURSE would be ideal as a prompt to mark our return. COURSE can be interpreted in many ways, and we’re looking forward to reading your ideas. We invite you to use the word COURSE and write either a poem, or a 500 word story. Please read the rules of entry.
Entry fee: None
Website https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2020-free-entry-course-themed-writing-competition.html
C O M P E T I T I O N T H R E E CLOSED - announcement made on blog
Comp name: THEMED FREE ENTRY WRITING COMPETITION - FESTIVE FRIGHT
Closing date: Thursday 14th January 2021
Prize: £10 for poetry and 500 words, £25 for short stories up to 2,500 words
Brief: From creepy spec fic to bleak psychological thrillers, whether you make your writing ghostly and/or ghastly,
put the frighteners on us to win this competition. Set it during the festive season in December.
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2020-free-entry-festive-fright-themed-writing-competition.html
C O M P E T I T I O N F O U R CLOSED We have a winner.
See blog announcement 30th June and read the winning entry by following this link
https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/winner-2021-holiday-romance.html
Comp Name: THEMED FREE ENTRY WRITING COMPETITION - A HOLIDAY ROMANCE
Closing date: Thursday 27th May 2021
Prize: £10
Brief: We're inviting you to write about a holiday romance. You may want to write about a holiday romance that
has yet to happen, or possibly one currently happening. It could be your writing is a memory of a holiday
romance from the past.
Entry fee: None
Website: https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2021-free-entry-holiday-romance-themed-writing-competition.html
Name of comp: OPEN SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2021
Judged by Helen Baggott
Close date: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Prizes: Six prizes to be awarded:
£100 First, £70 Second, £30 Third
two 'Highly Commended' each win 2022 comp free entry
and a charitable donation will be made*
Brief: Short story. There is no theme for this competition, you can write anything you like.
No minimum word count, maximum 2,500 words.
Entry fee: £3.00 for one entry, £5.00 for two, £2.50 thereon
Website: https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2021-open-short-story-competition-with-helen-baggott.html
C O M P E T I T I O N T W O CLOSED - winning entry entry published
Winner 2021 COURSE comp (weebly.com)
https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/winner-2021-course-comp.html
Comp name: THEMED FREE ENTRY WRITING COMPETITION - C O U R S E
Closing date: Thursday 26th November 2020
Prize: £10
Brief: Continuing with our trusted course of providing competitions to encourage and reward writing, we decided the word COURSE would be ideal as a prompt to mark our return. COURSE can be interpreted in many ways, and we’re looking forward to reading your ideas. We invite you to use the word COURSE and write either a poem, or a 500 word story. Please read the rules of entry.
Entry fee: None
Website https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2020-free-entry-course-themed-writing-competition.html
C O M P E T I T I O N T H R E E CLOSED - announcement made on blog
Comp name: THEMED FREE ENTRY WRITING COMPETITION - FESTIVE FRIGHT
Closing date: Thursday 14th January 2021
Prize: £10 for poetry and 500 words, £25 for short stories up to 2,500 words
Brief: From creepy spec fic to bleak psychological thrillers, whether you make your writing ghostly and/or ghastly,
put the frighteners on us to win this competition. Set it during the festive season in December.
Entry Fee: None
Website: https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2020-free-entry-festive-fright-themed-writing-competition.html
C O M P E T I T I O N F O U R CLOSED We have a winner.
See blog announcement 30th June and read the winning entry by following this link
https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/winner-2021-holiday-romance.html
Comp Name: THEMED FREE ENTRY WRITING COMPETITION - A HOLIDAY ROMANCE
Closing date: Thursday 27th May 2021
Prize: £10
Brief: We're inviting you to write about a holiday romance. You may want to write about a holiday romance that
has yet to happen, or possibly one currently happening. It could be your writing is a memory of a holiday
romance from the past.
Entry fee: None
Website: https://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2021-free-entry-holiday-romance-themed-writing-competition.html
