Storytellers, writers and wordsmiths are invited to submit a fictional short story no longer than 5000 words in length to our 2nd Summer short story competition. Stories can be on any theme or in any genre (although it is a  Summer deadline so maybe a  holiday romance to titillate our judges).

• Competition time gets busy for us here at TWTW so to help us help you we are giving away 4 of THESE. If you enter your story and pay your entry fee before the 15th of August your email will be entered into a prize draw to win this AMAZING GADGET. Your postal address will be requested if you win. No cash prize alternative. UK entries only. 

First Prize -  £500 and publication on TWTW website and upcoming Short Story Anthology 

Second Prize - £200 and publication on TWTW website

Third Prize   - £50  

• Entries must not exceed 5000 words, excluding title and headers and footers.
• Entries should be in the form of a short story, on any theme, and written in English, no Children's fiction please.
• A £10 fee, is required per entry. Multiple entries are acceptable at £10 per entry.
• This competition is open to anyone in the world over the age of 18 years.
• Entries should not have the author’s name, or any other identifying marks, on the competition entry.. Each page should contain the story title and page number at the top or bottom.
• Please double or 1.5 line-space your text using 12-point Times New Roman, Arial or Georgia fonts.
• The Closing Date is 30th  August  2020 and electronic entries must arrive by 23.59 UK time on that day.
• Winners will be notified by 14th  September 2020 and announced on The Wit To Woo website.
• Copyright remains with the author, although the winning entries will be published in the next anthology by The Wit To Woo and on TWTW website. Publication in the anthology, or on the website, is not guaranteed.
• Electronic entries received after the closing date, and postal entries with insufficient postage or postmarked after the closing date will not be accepted but entry fees will not be reimbursed
• No entries should have won or been placed in a competition or been previously published including on any third-party online platforms.
• Entries may be submitted into concurrent competitions but must be withdrawn by the author if successful or published elsewhere.
• Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant. Translations are not acceptable.
• The judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.
• Entries failing to meet any of the above rules will be disqualified. Fees from disqualified entries will not be reimbursed, and any prize monies must be returned.
• Entry indicates an acceptance of these rules.