AFTER much deliberating and heart-searching, we have decided to close this platform for competitions and anthologies. Apologies to those expecting a ninth anthology in the series as originally hoped.  Other pursuits in life mean that we can no longer commit the hours of meticulous work required in sifting the competition entries and compiling an anthologies – at least not without compromising  the quality of our output. 

We started in the shadow of COVID and over the years have received thousands of entries across many continents over 16 seasons of competitions. Our eight volumes of anthologies have made published authors of hundreds of writers and many more have received prizes for their entries.

I’d like to thank Danniella Jordan and Julian Anderson for their methodical application of the judging process and to everyone who has entered the competitions and particularly those who have messaged me about how this site has encouraged them to write. Writing is a lonely occupation and it takes something special to keep going while knowing there is a possibility no-one but you will ever see your work. To those who take this pursuit on regardless, each and everyone of you are winners. If you are looking for another outlet for your work, I would recommend Christopher Fielden’ s fantastic website which offers so many more resources for writers than we could ever offer. You can find it here:

Christopher Fielden: Short Story Author, Editor, Publisher

SITE EDITOR,  DAVE JORDAN

NOTE: The site will remain live for next few months.