Starting out

The time has come to announce our runners-up and our overall winner.

Here's what our judge, author Clare Whitfield, had to say about the...

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...

A former primary school teacher from a working-class background, Lesley is passionate about seeing more working-class voices in fiction for...

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...