A creative writing competition for young people aged 7 to 18
Themed Writing: Mother's Day
Our first themed writing competition is on the subject of Mother's Day.
The content and style of writing is completely up to you as well - we encourage all types of responses.
Our competitions give writers the opportunity for their stories to be professionally published and recorded in audio.
Deadline: February 25th 2024.
Themed writing: Mother's day
More Details
We are looking for Creative Writing that is about or inspired by mothers in some way. It may be a short story, poem, piece of flash fiction, script, memoir, speech or personal essay. The choice is yours!
The content of the writing is also completely up to you as well and we encourage all types of responses to this theme.
Categories
There are three age groups:
- Key Stage 2 (approx. 6 to 11 years old / Years 3 to 6)
- Key Stage 3 (approx. 12 to 14 years old / Years 7 to 9)
- Key stage 4 / Sixth Form (approx. 15 to 18 years old / Year 10 to 13).
The Prize
The winner and the shortlisted entries from each age group will be published in our Mother's Anthology which will be made available in print and eBook, as well as recorded as an audiobook in time for Mother's Day.
This means that your work will be professionally published, meaning you will be able to hold a printed copy in your hands (or on your Kindle!), and proudly call yourself a published writer.
Who Can Enter?
Any UK based writer can enter, provided that at the deadline date of February 25th 2024, they are 18 years old or younger.
The only stipulations are that the piece of work that you enter cannot have been previously published, either in print format or on a website / blog. Work that has won or been placed in another competition also cannot be entered.
You must have permission from a parent or guardian to enter, and they will need to upload the work.
Fee
There is a £5 admin fee to enter the competition. This supports the processing and reading of entries, and can be paid via PayPal via the link below or from the link on the entry page.
rules and how to enter
Please make sure that you read through all of the rules carefully before you submit your entry
Submitting an entry implies an acceptance of our completion rules, and if any of the rules are not adhered to you may be disqualified.
Style, Form and Subject Matter
We are looking for Creative Writing that is about or inspired by mothers in some way. It may be a short story, poem, piece of flash fiction, script, memoir, speech or personal essay. The choice is yours!
The content of the writing is also completely up to you as well and we encourage all types of responses to this theme. It may be based on true life or a piece of complete fiction. It may be heart warming or heart breaking.
Length
Anything goes with this competition! It could be anything from a short half a page poem to a longer 2,000 word short story! This is all about your response to the theme.
Number of Submissions
There is no limit to the number of submissions that you can make, although you will need to pay the admin fee for each entry.
Format
You should ensure that you follow all of the format criteria listed below:
- You should submit your work as one of the following files: a Word document, a Google doc., a PDF or either a .rtf or .txt file.
- You can use any readable font, but it should be size 11 or 12 and in black.
- You should make sure that the title of your file should be the name of the piece of writing only. Please do not add your name as we read pieces anonymously.
- Your pages should be numbered at the bottom of each page.
- You should use spacing of 1.5 or double spacing throughout your piece of writing.
- Add the word count to the end of your work after the conclusion of your piece.
Copyright
The author retains the copyright for their entry, but Junoberry Books has unrestricted rights to publish the shortlisted work and extracts from the work in their published collection of short-stories (print, eBook and audiobook) and any promotional material that is relevant to this.
Judging and Decisions
The decision of the judges is final. Unfortunately no individual correspondence can be entered into and Judges cannot comment on individual entries. All pieces of writing are read anonymously and therefore judging is unbiased.
Deadline
The deadline for entries is midnight on February 25th 2024. No entries timestamped after this will be accepted.
Results
All shortlisted writers will be notified by email in early March 2024, and published on our website shortly afterwards.
Entry: Admin Fee
£5.00
Pay the Admin fee via PayPal and then include your receipt number on your entry form.
Submit Your Entry
If you believe you are ready to submit your work then click below for the link to the online entry form.
Good Luck!