
Scratch A4 Competition
​​Scratch A4 is bi-annual event. Ostensibly a competition for <1000 word stories, it works as a front for readers and writers to whoop it up together.​​​​​
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The Scratch A4 Winter '25 event is now closed for submissions! Come along to Scratch A4 final in Soho on the evening of Saturday 6th December - it's always a brilliant evening...
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The brilliant judges are:
Harriet Armstrong - author of To Rest Our Minds and Bodies
Steven Evans - Literary Agent at The Eve White Literary Agency
Tom Conaghan - Publisher at Scratch Books
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Read the rules and enter the competition here...
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The Summer 2025 event​ we heard pieces from...
Zahin Towhid
Laura Besley
Elizabeth Potter
Laura Martens
Leoor Ohayon
Jon Stapley​
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The Winter 2024 event​ features pieces from...
Benjamin Wincott
Rowe Irvin
Richie Jones​
Lucy Townsend
Tom Harvey
Georgia Boon
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The Summer 2024 event​ features pieces from...
Jude Neiman
Laura Besley
Patrick Cash
Keith Rossiter
Jon Stapley
Richie Jones​
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The Winter 2023 event​ features pieces from...
Dan Draper
Liz Churchill
Laura Martens
Jon Stapley
Lucie Eleanor
Lucy Townsend
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The Summer 2023 event features work from...
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