The Hailsham FM Short story competition 2024
We are looking for budding local story writers to write a short story to feature in our next series of ‘String Town Stories’ in the autumn of 2024.
To enter the competition, all we need is a story! And who knows you could hear your story read out on the Radio.
Good Luck!!!
Actor Brian Capron reads a selection
of Stories written by you in Hailsham FM’s
String Town Stories Series.
Terms and Conditions
To enter:
- We need an original story that is no more than 1500 words long.
- We ask where possible submissions be double line spaced.
- Entries will be accepted by either email or post.
- Submissions by email should be sent to: info@hailshamfm.uk with Short Story Competition in the subject.
- Submissions by post should be sent to: Short Story Competition Series 4, Hailsham FM, 2b St Marys Walk, Hailsham, BN27 1AF
- All entries should include your Name, contact details and Age.
- Entrants should be a full-time resident of the UK
- Competition is open from Age 10 and will be judged across three age categories Children: 10 – 12 / Teens: 13- 18 / Adult 19 and above.
- Closing date midnight on the Sunday 7th April 2024
- Winners will be announced in late June 2024 on the Wayne Spicer Radio Show – Sunday evenings from 5pm
- Stories are independently judged by a panel, not part of Hailsham FM Ltd.
- Winning stories may be subject to slight alterations by the narrator, upon production to ensure continuity.
- Winning stories will be made into an audio recording and voiced by a professional voice actor.
- Winning stories will be aired on 95.9 Hailsham FM and via other streaming services subscribed to by Hailsham FM in the Autumn 2024
- Recorded stories can be repeated in future and played again in new series or within other programmes or used for promotion without notification to the authors.
- A copy of the audio recording will be shared with winners.
