It’s Love at Croydon Writers

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:

Writer of the Month

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

Read all the entries here:

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: