Submissions are now invited for our annual Fiction Competition, The Frances Copping Memorial Prize 2023, named in fond remembrance of our Lifetime President who sadly passed away in 2020.

The competition is open to everyone, members of Hay Writers’ Circle and non-members too. Pieces of 500-1500 words on any fiction theme are accepted. Closing date for entries is Tuesday 9th January 2024. Prizes are awarded for first, second and third place.

This year we are delighted to announce that our judge is the wonderful Carolyn Lewis.

Carolyn is an award winning short story writer, a published novelist and a creative writing tutor. She has an MPhil in Writing and has just completed a PhD in Writing at Swansea University. Two text books have been published based on her teaching methods. Her latest book, “Some Sort of Twilight“, was published in 2022 and a new novel will be published in the Spring of 2023 by Watermark Press.

Please follow the guidelines listed on our COMPETITIONS page if you would like to enter.
You can contact haywriterscompetitions@outlook.com if you have any questions or queries. 

Click of the following highlighted link to download the entry form :

Good luck!

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