Thursday, 31 August 2023

We are currently open for your stories for our 5 November event 'Love is Strange'. Submissions close on Sunday 1 October at 23.59 (one minute to midnight). 


Love Stories and Stories about Obsessions are the joint themes. 

Here is the timetable -

1 October at 23.59 - Submissions close

4 October - *Long List announced

8 October - *Short List announced

11 October - Final Ten announced

13 October - Tickets, priced at £10, go on sale on the Cotswold Playhouse website

5 November at 7.30 (doors 7.00) - 'Love is Strange' event at the Cotswold Playhouse

* The L/L and S/L are only announced to the writers who have submitted for this event, and are only by title to maintain author anonymity 

The event is part of the 2023 Stroud Book Festival

This event will not be recorded.

Rules and How to Submit here.

Essential Read - Writing Tips: What we're Looking for here.

Please see the earlier post (below) for more information about the themes, submitting, the rules, judges and writing tips...