Competitions, opportunities and groups

We're thrilled to be teaming up with the Paul McVeigh Writing Residency at The Harrison to offer all applicants a 30-minute online session on how...

I never learned restraint. It wasn’t in my nature and my mother never taught me. She taught me how to hunt instead, like a carnivorous flower...

The leprechaun leers at me from across the room. Waistcoat bursting, top hat tilted, expression hardened into a seedy wink. Beside him, a...

My new housemate’s name was Iris. 

“Like the flower, not the eye,” she’d said over WhatsApp. Her eyes were a pale blue when she...

Once again, a big thank you to the 725 writers who entered our 2024 short story competition this year. 

Decisions had to...