Green Stories ‘Clean Vs Green’ Short Story Writing Competition

  •  Contest
  •  22-Jul-2022
  •   Worldwide
  • $$  Varies

This is a targeted competition aimed at using an engaging fictional story to help readers understand how over-cleaning and misinformation about bacteria can mean that we can end up killing our bodies ‘good’ bacteria through over-use of harsh cleaning products.

Your challenge is to write a short story (between 1000 and 3000 words) that helps to raise awareness and shift attitudes, especially for those people who assume that the more detergent the better.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Open to all – they encourage international writers.
  • You must be over 18.
  • Your entry must be in English and unpublished.
  • Your entry must promote eco-friendly cleaning practices (directly or indirectly) or address misinformation about bacteria and cleaning.
  • Your entry is between 1000 and 3000 words, includes about 200 words on your thinking behind your approach and how your story meets the criteria. Submit as one PDF/word document.
  • The title of the document is the title of the story.

Offered Benefits

  • The main prize for the winner is £500 or the local currency equivalent! They hope to offer additional runner up prizes for the finalists.

Application Process

Please submit your short story plus around 200 words on your thinking behind your approach and how your story meets the criteria. The title of the document should be the title of your story. No need to have your name/contact details on the document as we take these separately.

We are keen to encourage quality submissions, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using  Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.

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