Prima monthly magazine has a regular short story competition, with £100 prize, for maximum 800-word stories. Star letters to the magazine earn floral bouquets, worth £25.99. Details: Winning Story, Prima Features, House of Hearst, 30 Panton Street, London SW1Y 4AJ; email: yourwinningstory@hearst.co.uk; letters, prima@hearst.co.uk
Recipients of the £100,000 2019 Society of Authors Awards include Romany writer Damien Le Bas and 70-year-old debut novelist Anne Youngson, who have been featured in WM and Writers Online. You can read the full list of award recipients here: https://writ.rs/soawinners2019
Stars including Bruce Robinson, Michael Palin, Natalie Dormer, Nathalie Emmanuel and Charlotte Gainsbourg have been photographed with their favourite book by Charlie Grey for Just a Book, an initiative to support independent bookshops from London Underground poster campaign Just a Card and Funding Circle. Website:www.justacard.org/ justabook