Green Stories Writing Competitions

The first output from our green stories competition is now available to buy ‘Resurrection Trust‘ – a collection of funny, dark, mad, bad, upbeat, downbeat and fantastical short stories about living sustainably. It has a foreword by Caroline Lucas and review by Jonathan Porritt. It’s £3.99/£7.99 available on Amazon or even better https://www.hive.co.uk/ which allows you Read More

Great news! BBC Writers room have agreed to read the top five scripts in the radio play, TV series and film categories and follow up with any writers they think have promise.

As part of the green stories writing competitions, we are holding a writing workshop to help you write a winning story. We encourage attendees to attend both days if they can but there are pricing options also just for single days – either Saturday or Sunday. The standard weekend price is £80 with discounts for students/on benefits Read More

We have put together an anthology of the 20 best short stories from our short story competition called  ‘Resurrection Trust’’. This  will be published March 2019 by Retreat West publishers with a foreword by Caroline Lucas. “Most people find it very difficult indeed to imagine what ‘living sustainably’ might really mean – and neither dry Read More

We read out stories (see them on our Facebook page) we ate insect buns, we drank and had a good time celebrating the winners of the first green stories competition: short stories. See our video for a taster of what it’s all about  

Congratulations to Nancy Lord who won first prize for her excellent and evocative story ‘Come Help Me’ . Well done as well to Adrian Ellis who won 2nd prize for his imaginative story ‘The Buildings are Singing’ which made me laugh out loud in parts. Meg Smith was the best student entry for her futuristic Read More

Come along to our free prize giving event on 21st June 7-8.30 pm at October Books, Southampton to celebrate the winners of our Green Stories competition, and pick up a free mini-anthology to give you a taster before the full one is published early 2019 (foreword by Chris Packham). Published author Philip Hoare will be Read More

What is a sustainable society? A sustainable society is a society in balance, one that is environmentally, socially and economically viable/stable and does not diminish the chances of future generations. In a sustainable society, consumption does not outweigh resources, and practices do not contribute to climate change. It is also a socially just society which Read More