Writers & Artists has joined forces with Retreat West for a free short story competition. The winner will receive a place on Retreat West’s Plotting Retreat from 17-21 November, which is led by Retreat West founder Amanda Saint and novelist Richard Skinner.
The competition is for 1,000-word short stories, which must have a beach as the setting. All entries must be original and unpublished. Writers may submit only one story. Stories may be sent as doc or pdf files, or in the body of the submitting email. Include name and contact details in the body of the submission email, and ‘Retreat West Short Story Competition’ in the subject line. There are no specific formatting requirements. Entrants must be registered with www.writersandartists.co.uk