Competition

Our 2025 Short Story Competition is now closed. Thank you to everyone who's entered. We've had a bumper number of stories submitted this year and we look forward to reading them. You can find our judging and results schedule below.

The full timetable for this year's competition is as follows:

• 2nd May 2025: longlist is announced

• 19th May 2025: shortlist is announced

• 6th June 2025: winners are announced