The wait is over—our 10th annual (!) themed short story contest for Spectrum Writers London members is now open! A big thank you to critique organiser Malcolm Barclay, our first ever two-time winner, for bestowing us with this year’s theme… As always, the word count limit is 5000, and we encourage you to write a…

Hear ye, hear ye! The 2024 edition of our Annual Short Story Contest is now declared open! A big thank you to Alex Forbes, winner of last year’s contest, for picking this great theme for us. This year’s theme is… Escape As always, the word count limit is 5000, and we encourage you to write…

With just two weeks to go till the deadline for the 2023 short story contest, we have opened the submissions form so folks can send us their entries. The final stretch is here! To access this page, you must be logged in as a member, so do sign up for an account if you haven’t…