Competitions

Longworth Editors 2011 Short Story Competition

Our theme for this year’s competition is ‘journey’. We hope having a subject sparks your imagination without constraining you.

The maximum word count is 3,000 and the first prize is £250, with two runners up each receiving £100. The shortlist will be read by an agent, publisher and author.

The deadline is 31 December and the entry fee is £10 - you can pay online below. Please send your entry as an attachment via email to competitions@longwortheditors.com, quoting your paypal reference.

2010 competition

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our 2010 competition. We had a tremendous response with some excellent entries. We tried to give all entrants some feedback on our stories, and our shortlist was judged by an agent (Antony Topping), an editorial director (Laura Barber) and an author (Catherine Hall).

Our winner was Douglas Bruton with his story, Creels To Catch Crabs.

Our two runners up were Kate Horsley with The Sacrifice and Anna Clarkson with In the Garden.