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Resurrection Trust available to buy now
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
Read moreBBC Writers room to read top scripts
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.
Read moreThe Art of a Sustainable Future – Art Competition
This is another competition we heard about supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering INGENIOUS scheme
Read moreWriting workshop 19/20 January 2019
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
Read moreAnthology from short story competition due March 2019 with foreword by Caroline Lucas
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
Read moreShort Video of our prize giving event
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
Read moreThe winners of the 2018 Green Stories short story competition
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
Read morePrize giving event 21st June 2018
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
Read moreSustainable Societies Project: Writing a Better Future
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
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