WELCOME TO WATFORD WRITERS' COMPETITION PAGE

This month's competition is an "OPEN" double-header. That is to say there is no theme and it is both poetry and flash fiction.

Flash Fiction:

• You should give your entry(s) a clear title. (Your title is not included in word count). 
• Please give a clear title for your entry.
• Maximum of 400 words per entry. No minimum word count.
• Maximum of 1 entry in this category.
• Please ensure that your entry does not use derogatory terms, words, themes, or language likely to cause offence. 
• Word.doc or pdf format should be used. No other format will be accepted.
• All entries must be NEW, and not previously published, written, read-out, uploaded online in any format anywhere, or recycled from any previous work.
• Please do not place your name on your entry(s).
• Deadline for submissions: Friday 12 June 2026, 7pm.
• Please check your entry carefully before submitting as changes may not be possible after submission.
• Submissions received after deadline will not be accepted. No correspondence will be entered into.
• Scoring will commence on Saturday 13 June 2026, 10am. Details to follow.
• Please note that any breach of the competition rules and scoring criteria will result in your entry(s) being withdrawn. This decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

All entries should be Emailed to: ianwelland@hotmail.co.uk

Poetry:

• You should give your entry(s) a clear title. (Your title is not included in word count). 
• Please give your entry a clear title.
• Maximum of 36 lines per entry. Minimum of 12 lines per entry.
• Maximum of 1 entry in this category.
• Please ensure that your entry does not use derogatory terms, words, themes, or language likely to cause offence. 
• Word.doc or pdf format should be used. No other format will be accepted.
• All entries must be NEW, and not previously published, written, read-out, uploaded online in any format anywhere, or recycled from any previous work.
• Please do not place your name on your entry(s).
• Deadline for submissions: Friday 12 June 2026, 7pm.
• Please check your entry carefully before submitting as changes may not be possible after submission.
• Submissions received after deadline will not be accepted. No correspondence will be entered into.
• Scoring will commence on Saturday 13 June 2026, 10am. Details to follow.
• Please note that any breach of the competition rules and scoring criteria will result in your entry(s) being withdrawn. This decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

All entries should be Emailed to: ianwelland@hotmail.co.uk

PLEASE READ THE RULES CAREFULLY BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY(S).

Watford Writers' competitions are only open to those on our current Email circulation list.

Results will be announced at our Zoom meeting on 22 June 2026.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THOSE WHO ENTER

Group members are respectfully asked when contributing to meetings either in written form or verbally, or entering our competitions, not to use potentially harmful derogatory terms, words, themes, or language, likely to cause offence.

In all submissions or discussions we would encourage group members to ask themselves if they align with the following guiding principle of being: True, Helpful, Inspiring, Necessary, Kind to all.