Our 2026 competition is now open!
Our judge this year was fiction writer Sherrie Flick.
Send us complete stories no more than 300 words for a chance to win £1,000. Closing date: 21 September.
What to find out how our 2025 competition winner Alison Woodhose did it? Head here, and check out our ebook anthology Best Women's Short Fiction 2025, which features our winner, three finalists and eight additional stories (plus the winners, finalist and runners up of our short story competition), to read all our winning entries.
Enter below!
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