Edinburgh Short Story Awards 2025
Edinburgh Short Story Awards 2025 is now open for entries!
Edinburgh Short Story Awards 2025 : Edinburgh Short Story Awards 2025, recently organized by the Scottish Arts Club located in Edinburgh in Scotland is open to unpublished writers worldwide.
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Edinburgh Short Story Awards 2025, recently organized by the Scottish Arts Club located in Edinburgh in Scotland is open to unpublished writers worldwide.
Organiser welcomes stories in all genres: literary, historic, crime, romance, gritty realism, contemporary, humour and more.
Entries can be on any theme or subject but must be written in English.
Stories must not have been previously published.
Shortlisted and longlisted stories will be revealed by 10 August 2025. Winners will be announced at the Edinburgh Writing Awards Dinner held at the Scottish Arts Club in Edinburgh on the last Saturday in September.
Who may enter?
The competition is open to all writers worldwide, published and unpublished, who are over 16 years of age.
Prize:
➜ First prize: £3,000
➜ Second prize: £500
➜ Third prize: £250
➜ Write Mango Flash Award: £300
➜ First Write Award: £300
➜ Isobel Lodge Award: £750 (open to unpublished writers living in Scotland)
Publication is offered to authors of the top twenty stories in The Edinburgh Anthology, published annually.
The Scottish Arts Club will present one year free membership of the Club to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and Isobel Lodge winners.
Entry fees:
The entry fee is £11 per story.
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Scottish Arts Club
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