We are delighted to announce the Long listed entries in our annual Write About Walking writing competition that this year, had a theme of “Walking In The Dark” in support of the global action “Women walking, the City, at Night“.
This is the fifth year in which we have run a Write About Walking poetry and flash fiction writing competition, with the number of entries increasing and quality of writing improving every year.
The competition entries were judged by Damaris West, our current poet-in-residence, joined by acclaimed poet Marcelle Newbold, and Chantal Lyons, our current story writer-in-residence, and English Literature professor Matthew Beaumont, author of “Nightwalking: A Nocturnal History of London“.
You can read each of the Long listed entries from our competition web pages on write@WLC – can you pick the 14 entries that made the short list, each of which will be included in our WALKING illustrated chapbook anthology?
We will be announcing the Short list on Thursday 20 November, with a public Showcase event on Sunday 30 November at which Short listed authors will read their work and learn which of them is a winner, becoming poet or story writer-in-residence for 2026.
If you have an itch to write a poem or short story of your own, we offer a continual submission opportunity on the theme of “Shorelines” – just follow the link here.
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