Starting out

The competition is open to students around Britain - so you'll need to be a young writer yourself (or perhaps you're a teacher with a...

"In his wonderful book On Writing, Henry Miller said that if you don’t listen when the Muse sings, you get excommunicated. He...

My journey to London began on the 6am train out of Edinburgh. Smart-suited business people populated the train, with the odd maverick...

Leonard Cohen’s poetry was sometimes set to music, sometimes sung, sometimes accompanied cartoons, sketches and symbols – the Order of the...

But before we reveal the winner, Linda has a few words to say about what she was looking for in the story. 

Linda: It was a very difficult...

But are you getting the very most from the site? There are a few simple things you can do to boost your experience, other than the...