Scratch Books are now open to submissions for the Scratch A4 1000 word short story competition until 25th April 2026.
Send us your rich, exhilarating and brilliant short works!
Entry is only £4.
The judges are:
Gurnaik Johal - Winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award.
Emily Fish - Hutchinson Heinemann, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
Tom Conaghan - Publisher at Scratch Books.
The competition will culminate in an evening of fantastic readings in Soho on Saturday 6th June 2026.
More details
here with previous year's shortlists for inspiration..
Deadline: midnight, 25th April 2026