Southam Book Festival was has been held annually since 2018 to promote local literature and local writers. The festival committee organise a number of events – a book fair and a Flash Fiction competition.

The competition is for an original work of fiction no longer than 100 words in length. It is open to anyone who is 16 years and over.

The work must contain at least one of the following words :- ‘tip’ ‘tipping’ ‘tipped’. The work must be previously unpublished and not be simultaneously entered into any other competition. It must be the work of the person entering the competition.

Copyright of each story remains with the author, but Southam Book Festival reserves the right to publish a selection of the stories at some point during or after the Book Festival.

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.