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Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2025
The Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2025 is open for entries.
The deadline for receipt of all entries is September 30th at 4 pm (GMT).
Entries will only be accepted through Submittable.
Entries can be on any subject, theme or genre.
Entry fee: £12 per entry. You can submit multiple entries as long as each entry is paid for individually and includes a separate entry form.
Maximum word count is 3,000 words.
All entries are judged anonymously. Please do not include your name, address, phone number, email, website, social media details, etc. on the short story document or in the file name as this will result in disqualification.
Formatting your short story:
Your story must be written in English. A maximum of 3,000 words. No minimum. Title not included in the word count.
Please submit a typed story in Arial or Times New Roman, 12pt, black. Double spaced.
Include a front page which details the title of story and the word count ONLY. The author’s name should not be included anywhere in the document or the file name.
No illustrations.
Save as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx). We also accept file types .rtf, .pdf, with the
Short Story title as the file name. Please do not include the author’s name in the file name or it will be disqualified.