Green Stories Project

Prepare early if you plan to submit, as we are keen to ensure that this year, we get more entries that truly meet the criteria of embedding climate solutions, not just raising awareness of green issues. To this end, we ask you to read one or more of our Green Stories publications that we believe Read More

Our clean vs green competition attracted a large number of entrants and we were delighted with the standard of entries. Congratulations to Jenni Clarke for writing the winning story ‘Mostly for You, an engaging romance about a crisis of conscience for a professional cleaner who discovers many of the harsh detergents she uses can have Read More

Thank you to everyone that has reached out to offer their support. We really appreciate every single person who has offered up their time and expertise to help with judging all the entries we’ve received. At the moment we have enough judges to judge the Clean Vs Green competition, but if you are interested in Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

£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