Short Story Competitions
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A Burns Night Inspiration
How has Burns inspired you? Write a poem, story or an essay and submit it to the ‘A Burns Night Inspiration’ Competition, and the winner shall receive a free copy of For A’ That: A Celebration of Burns, and their story will appear as a Friday Story.
How does this work?
Everyone has the ability to write a short story. Get involved and enter one of our short story writing competitions - you might even win a prize!
Browse the competitions on offer and make sure your story has already been successfully published on Shortbread. You can enter before submitting your story, just make sure to meet the deadline to be in with a chance of winning.
All Short Story Writing Competitions
Browse, read and vote for your favourite entries in our short story writing competitions below. To enter, first upload your work to Shortbread (sign up, and do this within 'My Writing Desk') then submit your story via your desired competition page.
| Short Story Competition | Opening Date | Closing Date |
|---|---|---|
| A Burns Night Inspiration | 2 weeks ago | 2 days from now |
| Shortbread Formula 500: Travel | 3 weeks ago | Closed |
| Inspirational Moments: BW Nicol | 2 months ago | Closed |
| Shortbread Formula 500: Stories for Children | 2 months ago | Closed |
| Shortbread Christmas Formula 500 | 3 months ago | Closed |
| Inspirational Moments: DS Dundee | 4 months ago | Closed |
| Shortbread Halloween Formula 500 | 4 months ago | Closed |
| Shortbread Formula 500 | 5 months ago | Closed |
| Famous Freddies | 5 months ago | Closed |
| Halloween Competition | 1 year ago | Closed |
| Hometown Tales | 2 years ago | Closed |
| The Rolling Stones Competition | 2 years ago | Closed |
| The Beatles Competition | 3 years ago | Closed |