2025 Writing Competition Open!

Our new international writing competition, Detritus, is open for entries and we're seeing our first entries coming in - we can't wait to start reading them! The winner will be offered a prestigious full publishing contract with Pudding Press Ltd.

If you are an unpublished writer with previously rejected work, then this one is for you. There's still plenty of time to enter, as the deadline is 30 September 2025. Good luck! See all the details here.

The theme of the competition is flexible but we're looking for original, inspirational and engaging work from within the categories of Horror, Philosophy or Young Adult Fiction.

There are two tiers of entry. The first tier costs £10 and includes some social media promotion of you and your work and 10% off in the Pudding Press shop for one calendar year.

The second tier costs £40 per entry and includes all the above plus feedback on their submission.

We'd love to see your work. Find out more about the Detritus Competition here. If you have any questions please get in touch as we'd be delighted to hear from you.