The Julia & Martin Wilson Short Story Competition

2025-11-24T18:20:05+00:00July 29th, 2025|, , |

In 2020 we launched a new short story prize in addition to our art competition in order to encourage creativity during the lockdown. The prize was generously sponsored and judged by festival benefactors Julia & Martin Wilson. The competition now takes place every other year, the next one is in 2026. Entries need to be [...]

‘Unlawful Killings & Rough Justice’ – Tales from the bench by Wendy Joseph KC

2025-05-27T18:48:38+01:00October 25th, 2024|, , |

In this talk, Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC seeks to answer: Do we have the law we deserve? Has justice improved for the victim, the accused and society? What even is justice? Described as a ‘natural storyteller’ by The Times and based on the book which was described by Lady Hale as ‘compelling’, this talk [...]

2022 Short Story Prize now open for entries!

2022-02-02T15:19:56+00:00February 2nd, 2022|Short Story Competition, The festival|

Our annual short story prize is now open for entries! Main prize (over 18s): £400 Ages 14-18yrs: £100 Age 13 and under: £50 2,000 words or less - no theme to adhere to - submit up to 2 entries - free to enter for u18s - no previous submissions please For all the details and [...]

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