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u3a Short Story Competition

u3a 2024 Short Story Competition

The u3a national short story competition is back for its fifth year, and the judges have enjoyed reading all the creative writing talents our members have submitted.

The theme for this year’s competition was: ‘Escape(s)’.

Thank you to everyone who entered. The results of the competition have been announced.


About the 2024 competition:

  • In summary, your story must be your own, individual, original work, in English, a maximum of 1500 words, and not submitted anywhere else.
  • Your submission must be on the theme of: Escape(s).
  • You must read the rules of the competition before entering. The link for these can be found at the bottom of this webpage.
  • Any submission which does not meet these rules will not be considered.
  • All submissions will be judged by group judging panels and the best story from each group will be compared to decide on an overall winner.

The deadline for submission was 12 noon on Monday 15 July 2024. 

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