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Green Stories Writing Competitions

Writing Competitions for Sustainable Futures

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Winners announced for Orna Ross Green Stories Novel Prize

6th June 2022 Denise Baden Uncategorised

We are delighted to share that Lou Reade has won first prize of £1000 for his novel ‘Unfrozen’. It has the great premise of a man waking up forty odd years into the future after having been cryogenically frozen. The family dynamics of his children now being older than him, and the question of why Read More

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Deadline today for short video competition

31st May 2022 Denise Baden Uncategorised

Submit today for our video competition Also sign up for our online green story writing workshop (free to attend) for aspiring entrants to the clean vs green short story competition. This is being held on Teams 6th June 14.30 – 16.30 BST. We encourage you to bring along draft stories and get early feedback from experienced writers, Read More

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Online writing workshop 6th June 2.30 BST for clean vs green short story competition

25th May 2022 Denise Baden Uncategorised

An online green story writing workshop (free to attend) for aspiring entrants to the clean vs green short story competition is being held on Teams 6th June 14.30 – 16.30 BST. We encourage you to bring along draft stories and get early feedback from experienced writers, green story judges and an expert on bacteria and cleaning. Writers Read More

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Writing workshop for short story competition

17th May 2022 Denise Baden Uncategorised

We will arrange a virtual green story writing workshop (free to attend) for aspiring entrants to our clean vs green short story competition in early June (6th/7th or 16th/17th June). Please click here to indicate your preferred dates/times before 25th May. We encourage you to bring along draft stories and get early feedback from experienced writers, green Read More

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New prize categories and extra prizes for short video competition

14th April 2022 Denise Baden Uncategorised

We now have £700 worth of prizes (or dollar/local currency equivalent) to distribute across six prize categories depending on which approach your video adopts. Like the Oscars, one video can win across several prize categories. See our updated guidance. We encourage you to submit early as it is possible for entrants to amend submissions or Read More

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Submission now open for the 5-min Video Competition

31st March 2022 Denise Baden Uncategorised

Governments can regulate and businesses can design greener products, but the over-consumption at the heart of our climate and biodiversity crisis is predominantly a cultural issue. Research suggests that role models can affect behaviour, often on an unconscious level, for better or worse. We need heroes and fictional role models who walk more lightly on Read More

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Short story competition: Theme: clean vs green. Deadline July 22

29th March 2022 Denise Baden Uncategorised

£500 prize (or local currency equivalent). We need to know how to keep our environment and bodies free from harmful bacteria, but many beliefs relating to bacteria and cleaning products are misinformed, which can lead to harmful effects on our environment and on our health. Much waste and unnecessary carbon emissions are generated by people’s Read More

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Short story competition (for adults) deadline extended to 10th March

22nd February 2022 Denise Baden Uncategorised

We have allowed a couple more weeks for our short story competition – click here for details

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Short video competition just launched in partnership with BAFTA

17th February 2022 Denise Baden Uncategorised

Green Stories in association with BAFTA has just launched a new video competition that aims to start a conversation about the role of fictional role models in promoting sustainable lifestyles, and call out those writers, producers and characters that implicitly promote excessive consumption as an aspiration. We are looking for videos of > 5mins. Deadline Read More

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Short Story competitions now open for submissions

26th January 2022 Denise Baden Uncategorised

We are running two competitions. One for adults (deadline 21st Feb 2022) and one for 11-18 year olds (deadline 3rd March 2022). Check out entry requirements early as we ask for a little pre-reading. We ask for stories between 2000 and 5000 words that include green solutions. Prize of £200 for each winner.

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Recent Posts

  • Winners announced for Orna Ross Green Stories Novel Prize 6th June 2022
  • Deadline today for short video competition 31st May 2022
  • Online writing workshop 6th June 2.30 BST for clean vs green short story competition 25th May 2022
  • Writing workshop for short story competition 17th May 2022
  • New prize categories and extra prizes for short video competition 14th April 2022
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