Short Story Competition 2025

'Every Picture Tells a Story'

Maximum 500 words for 8-15 year olds

Maximum 1000 words for adults.

Entries have been judged by Michael Rosen, writer of ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ and Clare Mackintosh award winning crime writer.

Winners

of the Adult category.

First Place
Catherine Evans

Second Place
Carol Tierney

Third Place
James Farson

First Place
Claire Richardson

Highly Commended
Anthony Gibbs

Highly Commended
Yvo Henniker Heaton

Winners

of the 8-15 category.

First Place
Rosa Wheatley

Second Place
Lademi Akinfala

Third Place
Isabelle Crisp

These are the T&C’s for entering your short story into the 2025 competition:

Ensure that your full name and contact details are filled in.
Include your chosen image on the cover page of your submission.
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 1000 words for adults.
Stories should be submitted without any other images.
Stories must be saved as a PDF.
Winners will receive a £30 book token and the opportunity to have their story published in ‘I’d rather be in Deeping magazine.’
Stories must be submitted by 30th April 2025.