Our current writing competition on the theme of Walking A/way comes to a close at Midnight BST on Monday 14 August – you better be quick to get your submissions in – poems or stories of 250 words and under (excluding the title). Submit your work here: Walking A/way writing competition

One of the competition prizes, is to join a Walking Writers’ Circle to discuss topics important to you, and meet VIP guests – to date we have as our VIP guests: author and novelist Geoff Nicholson, his new book Walking on Thin Airpublishes this month; editor and poet, Ann de Forest, who edited an anthology called Ways of Walking, and Brian Lewis, founder of poetry publisher at Longbarrow Press.