Green Stories Writing Competitions

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.

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Radio Play competition. 1st Place: ‘Chunky Monkey’ a 45 minute radio play by Emma Howell ‘Chunky Monkey’ is a 45 minute comedy about a Government Minister who uses a year 6 homework assignment as the basis for his energy policy. It was entertaining to see the Read More

We suggest you check out the upcoming competitions page now to see the criteria, prizes and submission link so you can be sure you know what is expected in good time. But there is no hurry to actually submit, the deadline is not till 30th Dec 2021. We don’t accept re-submissions, so double check the Read More

We’re keen to take the Green Stories writing competitions to the next step – it’s not enough to win a prize, we want to help our winners get PUBLISHED. Traditional publishing can be extremely hard to break into as a new author, so who better to help than Orna Ross, the novelist and poet who set Read More

http://www.greenstories.org.uk/radio/

Feel free to check out the two alternative opening chapters (ten pages) of the novel Habitat Man, written to  share green solutions across a wide readership to engage those who wouldn’t dream of watching a green documentary. Both chapters provide an example of how green solutions can be embedded into a story. Hope you enjoy, Read More

We are delighted to share that the novel ‘What on Earth?’ by Susan Cope that won 2nd prize in our Green Stories novel competition 2019 is being published by Homebound Publications summer 2022. Well done Susan!  Our next novel competition deadline is Dec 2021 http://www.greenstories.org.uk/adult-novel-deadline-dec-2021/ 

The aim of the green stories writing competitions is to try to create a cultural body of work showcasing green solutions to a mainstream audience via fiction. Because it is so difficult for new writers to break into film or TV we are now focussing our competitions on formats that offer better opportunities for new Read More

There are four wonderful days of events and talks for writers 24-27 June including a talk by Denise Baden on writing to change the world – see https://writersweekend.uk/2021-programme/

Green Stories Workshop –Writing about Nature and the Climate with Professor Denise Baden. This workshop will give tips on how to write to change the world. Sign up for the free event by clicking here