Scratch A4 Winter ’24 is opening to submissions from September 14th!​ For the first time, the competition will be themed. Please enter a <1000 word piece inspired by a stanza or line from a poem of your choice!

The 6 shortlisted writers will get to read their stories at Scratch ’24 Winter in Soho, London on Saturday December 7th.

Judges:

• Jen Calleja, author of Vehicle and Goblinhood
• Julia Silk, literary agent at Greyhound Literary
• Tom Conaghan, publisher of Scratch Books

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.