Tag: Competitions

Writer of the Month

Jan 31, 2026

January’s Writer of the Month competition was won by Martin Domleo with his poem “Sparkie”! Congratulations to him.

Read all the entries here:

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The theme for the February contest is ,of course, “Love”. Unrequited love, forbidden love, love against all odds, love over the airwaves… let your imagination decide. There are no limits other than a word count of 750 words for prose or 7 or 8 paragraphs for a poem. Non – fiction or part of a screenplay are welcome too. 

The deadline for entries will be Friday 21st February: send them to Stella at:

Tom Grass

Jan 14, 2026

The Tom Grass Prize is for stories with a sense of place and adventure. The top prize is £1,000 plus a conversation with a literary agent.

WOTM is back!

Jan 6, 2026

We are restarting our ‘Writer of the Month’ competition!

The theme this month is “Light and Dark”, fitting for this time of year and the times we are living in. Entries can be prose or poetry but should be short – flash fiction or a single stanza of verse. Entries should be a Word document attached to an email, or in the body of an email. Please send them to Stella at:

You will then be sent all the entries to read and asked to return your vote for the top three. The closing date will be  Friday January 23rd and voting will close shortly afterwards. The winner will be announced and published on the website. There is no prize except recognition and we hope, a bit of motivation and inspiration!

Anthology Published

Nov 19, 2025

Our anthology of entries to the Michael Round Prize is now available on Amazon! The paperback is priced at £8.99 and the Kindle version at £3.00 (outside the UK it may be a few days more before it appears). The cover design, by our own Jo Bodley, includes elements that refer to several of the stories. The main pomegranate motif is from the Palestinian embroidery tradition of tatreez, mentioned in the winning story.

Please do buy copies (they make great Christmas presents) and give us good reviews.