SHORT LISTS 2025:

Prose

We are so grateful and would like to thank everyone who took the time to submit their work.

So please join us! This exciting event will feature prize awards from Canterbury Christchurch University and Canterbury Festival.

So, it's November and our judges have read through every single one of your competition entries!

As a result the long - and now, the short lists of Prose & Poetry writers' entries have been revealed!

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After choosing long lists from both, the judges have elected the final few best pieces, ready for the awards evening next month which will be held on Saturday December 6th as an online event via ZOOM.

Reserve your ticket NOW - by emailing us on: saveas@hotmail.co.uk

SaveAs Writers' International Writing Competition 2025:

'Facing the Storm'

AWARDS EVENT Dec. 2025

Poetry

LONG LISTS 2025:

COMPETITION DETAILS:

This year, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of J. M. W. Turner's birth, SaveAs Writers invited poems and stories on the theme of ‘Facing the Storm’. Turner was known for his atmospheric portrayals of weather and seascapes, and famously secured himself to the mast of a ship to experience a storm at first hand. As Turner himself said: "It is only when we are no longer fearful, that we begin to create."

For inspiration, Turner 250 has been a year-long festival of special exhibitions and events during 2025. You can find out more at www.tate.org.uk/art/turner-250. However, the theme of stormy seascapes could be freely interpreted, metaphorically or literally, with or without reference to Turner's life and art.

National and International entries are welcome.

The Canterbury Christchurch Poetry Prize of £200 is awarded to the poetry winner, with the additional prizes of £100 for second place and £50 for third.

The Canterbury Festival Fiction Prize of £200 will be awarded for the winning story with the additional prizes of £100 for second and £50 for third prizes.

Poems:60 lines max.

Short stories: 3500 words max.

ENTRY FEES: £4 per poem, £10 for three. £5 per short story, £12 for three.