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Submission Guidelines

  • Open to short stories on the theme ‘time travel’.
  • 1,000 – 8,000 words.
  • Stories must fit within one of these two time-travel models:
  • Fixed timeline (events cannot be changed)
  • Changeable past affecting the future
  • N.B. Parallel universes or alternate realities do not count as time travel for this competition.
  • Open to writers worldwide, aged 18 and over
  • Genre is open: science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, literary fiction, or anything in between.

Entry fee: £18 GBP

Prizes:

  • 1st Place: £500 and featured in Sunlight Books’ Time-Travel Anthology.
  • Highly Commended Stories may also be considered for publication.

Deadline: 30th June, 2025 (noon London Time)

All details, all submissions via their website.

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