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Scratch A4 Competition

Scratch A4 is a bi-annual event. Ostensibly a competition for <1000 word stories, it works as a front for readers and writers to whoop it up together.

The Scratch A4 Winter '25 event is now open for submissions! You can enter the competition here. The deadline is 25th October. The event will be in Soho on the evening of Saturday 6th December - come along: it's always a brilliant evening...

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

Read the rules and enter the competition here...

The Summer 2025 event we heard pieces from...

Zahin Towhid

Laura Besley

Elizabeth Potter
Laura Martens

Leoor Ohayon

Jon Stapley

The Winter 2024 event features pieces from...