Prize: £1,000 | Can You Write a Winning Story in Just a Week?

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2024 HISTORICAL FICTION SHORT STORY CHALLENGE

PRIZE: £1,000

DEADLINE: 23:59 (UK time) 16th Sept, 2024

Story Length: any length up to 4,000 words!

For this short story challenge, all participants will be randomly assigned one of 6 periods in history. As soon as you receive your assignment, you'll have until the closing time to research, write, and submit a short story of no more than 4,000 words, set during this historical period.

All we ask is that your story (or a significant portion of your story) be set in your assigned historical period. How much the actual history of that time influences the plot is up to you.

You can use real historical figures as characters, you can use completely fictional characters, or you can use a combination of both.

Your story can be centred around an actual historical event, have a historical event as the backdrop, or you can simply set your story during your assigned period.

Want to mix genres? That's fine too! You can write a historical horror story, a historical romance, a historical drama, or any kind of historical fiction story you want! The possibilities are endless!