Scratch A4 - Summer '24

Submissions open from 1 April to 25 May...

Scratch A4 is a biannual short story event held in London. Enter your < 1000 word story for the Summer '24 event on Saturday 6 July.

The Judges are:

Francesca Reece - the author of Glass Houses (2024), Voyeur (2021), and the 2019 recipient of the Desperate Literature Prize.

Laurie Robertson - literary agent with Peters Fraser and Dunlop.

Tom Conaghan - publisher of Scratch Books.

Scratch A4 Summer '24 will be held upstairs at the Blue Posts pub, Berwick Street,

London, W1F OQA (not the other Blue Posts pub).

If your story is chosen in the shortlist of six, you will need to be able to get to Soho on 6 July for a night of wonderment and good cheer.

Looking for inspiration? Read the six shortlisted pieces from our two 2023 events...

The Winter 2023 event features pieces from...

Dan Draper

Liz Churchill

Laura Martens

Jon Stapley

Ellie Redpath

Lucy Townsend

The Summer 2023 event features work from...

Scratch A4 Competition