Writing Competition
We've all seen the film, right?
High school students, Pink Ladies, T Birds, new student...
True love, meant to be. Dance competitions...
A bit of shammalamadingdong...
and so on, and on...
Are you the one that we want?
With the theme of "Summer Loving" in mind, create a short story. No copying (obviously).
And remember... what is the genre of Grease?
Musical!!!
Are you a poet (and you know it)? Make a rhyme every time?
Rules
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The stories must be no more than 5,000 words long.
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Work must be typed into a MS Word doc, and must up to grammar, punctuation and spelling expectations.
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No 'isms' - racism, sexism.. and all the rest.
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No extremely foul language or explicit content.
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Must be original to you, and not previously published elsewhere. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
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The judges' decision is final.
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The winning stories will be featured in a compilation book, and winners will be able to buy reduced-price copies to give to friends and relatives, or to sell.
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Competition is open to new and established authors - just check with your publisher if you have one, to make sure they don't mind!
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We will be selling the book once published. The writers waive all rights to any profits for these. 10% of the profit from each book that we sell we be donated to charity. Charity nominations are welcomed.
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Must be submitted by 30th April 2026.
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Send submissions to: greencatbooksuk@gmail.com and title email 'Summer Loving' (you can use this email for any queries/regular submissions too)
illustrations
original illustrations are also welcomed, especially for the front cover, and will be credited accordingly.