How to Enter

The theme for 2024 is ‘Reveal.’ The theme is a creative prompt, not a requirement. Send us your best work!

You can submit ONE piece of writing, up to and not exceeding the word limits (not including the title, section/stanza breaks, or epigraphs):

• Poetry: 50 lines
• Fiction: 2,000 words
• Creative Non-Fiction: 2,000 words

There is no minimum word count.

Please ensure you read the following:

• Eligibility
• FAQs

Entries

• Entries must not have been published previously in magazines, anthologies, or online where there is an external selection process (e.g. except on your own blog, website, or social media).
• Please do not put your name on your work. Judging is anonymous.
• You may use a pen name if you wish, up to and including publication, announcement and associated publicity.
• Submissions cannot be altered after entry. You can withdraw your entry and make a new one if needed.
• Your work must not have been created using AI software (e.g. ChatGPT), unless this is done in a transformative or artistic way and this is clearly indicated.
• We prefer typed entries, but accept handwritten entries—keep copies as entries will not be returned.
• If you have entered your work into another competition and won, or the piece is accepted for publication elsewhere, please notify us immediately to withdraw your submission.
• All entrants will be notified by 30 September.

The best way to get a sense of what we’re looking for is by purchasing a previous anthology here. For more about creative non-fiction, please read our blog post here.