Short Story Competition 2024
'The Call of the Wild'
is the title of your short story
Maximum 500 words for 8-15 year olds
Maximum 950 words for adults.
Entries were judged by popular Children's author, Julia Jarman and adult stories by William Shaw, author of the DS Alexandra Cupidi series.
The competition closed on 31st March 2024.
Winners
of the Adult category.
First Place Claire Richardson
Second Place Josie Turner
Third Place Elaine Ground
First Place Claire Richardson
Highly Commended Anthony Gibbs
Highly Commended Yvo Henniker Heaton
Winners
of the 8-15 category.
First Place James Isaac
Second Place Heidi Hibbitt
Third Place Harrison Bauldry
Terms & Conditions
These are the T&C’s for entering your short story into the 2024 competition:
- Ensure that your full name and contact details are filled in.
- Stories should be submitted in 12pt font with 1.5 or double-spaced text.
- Put the title and page number on each page of each entry.
- Stories must be fiction but can be of any genre.
- Stories should be maximum 500 words for 8-15 year olds – maximum 950 words for adults.
- Stories should be submitted without images.
- Stories must be saved as a PDF.
- The winner will be announced as part of the Deepings Literary Festival May 1st -5th 2024.
- The overall winner for each category may have their story published in ‘I’d rather be in Deeping’ magazine.
- Stories must be submitted by March 31st 2024.