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Win prize money in our weekly poetry and story competitions.

LIVE COMPETITION

You realize you are being lied to but must keep up the act to uncover the truth.

$100 Prize money

Previous Competition

COMPETITION FINISHED

Write a poem about an old tree and the secrets it holds.

$100 Prize Money

73 entries

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1st

Castiel

Bark As Old As Time

2nd

Isabel

Wildcat Miner

3rd

J. D. Starkey

The Moons Wondering Eye

+ 70 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Her eyes found mine across the room—and that was the last moment I belonged to myself.

$100 Prize Money

80 entries

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1st

Emma Duncan

Across The Golden Floor

2nd

Delphine P Snow

The Bond

3rd

Goose

Her Mother's Eyes

+ 77 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Write a story that begins with an intensely descriptive paragraph - this could be about the setting, a character, or anything important to your plot.

$100 Prize Money

62 entries

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1st

Core Lyra

Bunny

2nd

cieramae

Where Sadness Sits

3rd

Veiled Writer

A Deeper Lie

+ 59 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

As the pair crossed the roaring river, they noticed a figure waiting for them on the other side.

$100 Prize Money

45 entries

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1st

cieramae

Where the River Ends

2nd

Rosaline

Gone Fishing

3rd

𝔏𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔰𝔞𝔶 🧚🏼‍♀️

The Way Back

+ 42 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Come up with a unique prompt to inspire a fictional story or poem.

$100 Prize Money

175 entries

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1st

Zella Rae

Eyes For Me

2nd

Emmerson Lavigne

Poor Shot

3rd

MidnightType

Nine Cameras, One Clock

+ 172 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

“I trust you,” she says as his knife points to her throat.

$100 Prize Money

88 entries

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1st

Marie Lauren

The End

2nd

Emma Duncan

The Blade Made Flesh

3rd

Mariah k

Raven’s Nest

+ 85 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Scientists predict that a massive asteroid is about to hit earth in 24 hours.

$100 Prize Money

101 entries

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1st

𝔏𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔰𝔞𝔶 🧚🏼‍♀️

Denial

2nd

BabyPeach

One Of The Five

3rd

Rosaline

Blue Nail Polish

+ 98 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Use the phases of the moon to metaphorically or chronologically progress a narrative.

$100 Prize Money

75 entries

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1st

xvb_3lla

Feeling In Phases

2nd

Shona

The Moon Thief’s Apprentice

3rd

SW

Blood Moon

+ 72 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Write a short story about a family preparing for a special day.

$100 Prize Money

76 entries

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1st

Elowen Marsh

The Morning Of May

2nd

Lola

Functionally Dysfunctional

3rd

Hannah Marie

Farewell

+ 73 more

COMPETITION FINISHED

Write a poem or story about a mirror struggling with the fact that she has no identity of her own. (What could this be symbolic of?)

$100 Prize Money

125 entries

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1st

Lilly Kaufman

Your Darkest Shadow

2nd

TayTay

The Mirror With A Thousand Faces

3rd

Clementine

Everything I Never Saw

+ 122 more

Recent winners

Bark As Old As Time

Across The Golden Floor

Where the River Ends