Junoberry Books - Short Stories
We love short stories...
...and are committed to supporting the writing of them, and to developing writers.
Our short story collections and competitions aim to celebrate the form of the short story, as well as help writers find and develop their voices, get published and be supported in their journey to becoming an author.
our current Competitions
Seasonal Shorts: Christmas
Seasonal Shorts: Christmas
Seasonal Shorts: Christmas
A creative writing prize for young people aged 7 to 18.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The Winners and Shortlisted Stories for the Seasonal Short: Christmas competition have now been announced.
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WRITERS SELECTED!
Perfectly Formed
Seasonal Shorts: Christmas
Seasonal Shorts: Christmas
The best things come in small packages...
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The Winners Runners-up and Shortlisted stories for our Perfectly Formed short story writing competition have been announced.
A MASSIVE WELL DONE TO ALL THE WRITER'S WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED!
AVAILABLE TO BUY: SHORT STORIES Collections
Classic Short Stories for Every Day of Advent
A Dozen Classic Short Stories
Class Short Stories for the Holiday Season
Another Dozen Classic Short Stories
More Classic Short Stories for the Holiday Season
Another Dozen Classic Short Stories
A Classic Collection of Short Stories
13 Classic Horror Short Stories
SHORT STORIES
Competitions
Enter one of our short story competitions to be in with a chance of having your short story published, and also recorded in audio form.
We believe that having your work published in physical form is one of the best things for a writer, both in terms of their sense of achievement and with the development of their career as a writer. Having the exposure of being a published, and recorded, writer, boosts profile and helps take you to another step.
That is why we will publish the work of every winner and finalist in book form as well as here on our website. We will also record audiobooks for each of our collections, meaning that the winners work will be available in print, online and in audio form.
Check out our writing competitions below for more details and to see how you can take part.
Our upcoming Competitions
ONE PAGE: FLASH FICTION
ONE PAGE: FLASH FICTION
ONE PAGE: FLASH FICTION
Can you say it all in just 250 words?
Our Flash Fiction competition gives you the opportunity to put that to the test, with your story being a maximum of 250 words in length and fitting onto one page only.
Monthly Genre Shorts
ONE PAGE: FLASH FICTION
ONE PAGE: FLASH FICTION
Every month a new genre and a new competition.
At the start of each month, we post a new genre and you respond by writing a short story of between 1,000 and 3,000 words in that category. Simple!
Poetry Competition
ONE PAGE: FLASH FICTION
Short(er): Junior Shorts
Not just stories...
We love poetry too, and are just as keen to read and promote new poets and their work.
There are no rules about subject, style or content, just a limit
Short(er): Junior Shorts
Short(er): Junior Shorts
Short(er): Junior Shorts
Short stories for short(er) people.
Are you a young writer who has a short story ready to meet the world. Then this is the competition for you.
We have three different categories: 11 and under, 12 to 15, and 16 to 18.
Exact Words
Short(er): Junior Shorts
Inspired by...
Not one word more, not one word less.
Can you write the perfect story in exactly 150 words? That's the challenge with our exact words competition. It has to hit the word count precisely as well as being a great story, of course.
Inspired by...
Short(er): Junior Shorts
Inspired by...
A subject, a theme, a word...
What stories can you come up with when you are inspired by a theme or a particular subject, or maybe just one word?