Short stories – Croydon Writers

May Competitions

Apr 21, 2026

I have updated my list of current writing competitions…

WOTM March Winner

Apr 2, 2026

The winning piece in our March Writer of the Month competition was Little Weed, by Peter Hankins.

You can read all the entries here:

2603 March WOTM entries Download

My latest list of current writing competitions is here. Rather slim pickings in April, but there are quite a few coming up in May. Surprisingly, there are no competitions for writing a good April Fool story. Someone should organise that!

WOTM Winner

Mar 9, 2026

The latest Writer of the Month contest was won by Ashwin Dave with his amusing piece To Be Or Not To Be Smart(ies)

You can read all the entries here…

2602 Feb WOTM Download

March Competitions

Feb 21, 2026

I have updated my list of current competitions.

It’s Love at Croydon Writers

Feb 10, 2026

Lots of non-members have expressed an interest in our Writer of the Month competition – so for February we are opening it to all comers. Only members who enter will get to vote on the winner, though! There is no prize, but entries will be published here.

The theme for the February contest is “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, 7 or 8 verses for a poem. Non-fiction, memoir, or part of a screenplay etc are all welcome too.

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

February Competitions

Jan 21, 2026

I have reorganised my lists of writing competitions and added ones with deadlines in February. I hope collecting all the details on one page is helpful.

10 Ways to Get Going again

Jan 18, 2026

By Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.

January is tough, and it can be difficult to get back in motion, so here are some timely ideas provided by the Novelry. Five suggestions for overcoming writer’s block and five for finding new inspiration.

Faridah is the young writer, born and brought up in Croydon but proud of her Nigerian heritage, whose first novel Ace of Spades shot to best-selling success and a place on the New York Times Top Ten.

12 January – Writing workshop

Jan 5, 2026

Our 12 January meeting was a session on short stories. Our planned facilitator was unfortunately unwell, but we looked at the advice given by successful writers and discussed our favourites.