The Bedford Writing Competition is open for submissions for 2025.
Submission Guidelines
- Poems – maximum 40 lines.
- Short Story – maximum 3,000 words.
Entry fee: £8.50 (GBP) or £6 (GBP) for students.
Entry categories
- Main Poetry prize.
- Main Short Story prize.
- Cygnature prize (Poem) for entrants between 17 – 25.
- Cygnature prize (Short Story) for entrants between 17 – 25.
- Bedford prize (Poem) for residents within the Bedford (UK) area.
- Bedford prize (Short Story) for residents within the Bedford (UK) area.
Judges: Frank Lock, Toby Litt, Stephen Bywater, Rishi Dastidar, Kate Packman, Hazera Forth.
Prizes:
- £2000 (GBP) for winning Poem.
- £2000 (GBP) for winning Short Story.
- Prizes also for winning Cygnature and Bedford competitions Poem and Short Story.
Full details are available on the competition website: https://