The 2024 Globe Soup Open Short Story Competition is a fantastic opportunity for writers of all genres and styles to showcase their best work. Whether you write literary fiction, sci-fi, historical, horror, or anything else.

The competition is open to stories of any length, up to 8,000 words. All stories will be judged on their own merits, and if a 1,000-word story is successful as a 1,000-word story, it won’t be at a disadvantage in this contest.

Whether you’re entering for the £2,000 prize or looking to improve your craft, this competition is a fantastic chance to grow as a writer, get feedback, and share your unique voice with the world.

All writers retain full ownership of their stories, including the winner. The organizer only publishes the winning story on their website!

We are keen to encourage quality, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.