Introducing the Prize

The Glasgow Student Short Story Prize has been founded to support and encourage new writing talent in Scotland, and promote the wider reading and writing of short stories among students. The Prize is free to enter, and open to all undergraduate and postgraduate students studying at any University in Glasgow - including Glasgow University, Strathclyde University, Glasgow Caledonian, Glasgow School of Art, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

You choose the subject, and as long as it comes in under 1000 words, you choose how short a short you want to write: just have fun and surprise us. This most dynamic and immediate of literary forms offers a way to express yourself and your creativity; even if you have never written a short story before, you can certainly have a go at writing 1000 words.

There is a wealth of writing talent in Glasgow, and it will be our pleasure to promote it. We cannot wait to read your entries.