The stories must be no more than 5,000 words long.

Work must be typed into a MS Word doc, and must up to grammar, punctuation and spelling expectations.

No 'isms' - racism, sexism.. and all the rest.

No extremely foul language or explicit content.

Must be original to you, and not previously published elsewhere. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.

The judges' decision is final.

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. 

Competition is open to new and established authors - just check with your publisher if you have one, to make sure they don't mind!

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.

Must be submitted by 31st October 2026. 

Send submissions to: greencatbooksuk@gmail.com and title email 'Christmas Surprise' (you can use this email for any queries/regular submissions too)