Happy New Year! It’s time to get writing.

The 2025 Frome Festival Short Story Competition opens on January 1st and runs until 31st May, with a special ‘early-bird’ entry fee until 31st March. We are looking forward to reading all your lovely stories and are delighted to announce that our guest judge this year is Jennie Godfrey (The List of Suspicious Things).

You can read some of last year’s winning entries by clicking on the highlighted links below:

First Place: The Job at Dobson’s by David Bonnett

Second Place: Ben Garrett Saved My Life by Sally Curtis

Third Place: The Draugr by Robert Campbell

Highly commended: No One Wants to be Second Best by Sue Smith and A Struggle for Words by Fiontan Fleming.

First Prize for best local entry: The Draugr, Robert Campbell

Second Prize for best local entry: White Rose, Genevieve Flintham

Highly commended local entries: The Bookmark, Nikki LLoyd and On the Border, Robert Campbell