Launch Competition

Ignite your creativity and share your story idea for the chance to win a 12-month creative writing subscription worth over £250!

Have you got a story idea that won't leave you alone?
Maybe you have an idea for a novel, a children's book, a family story, a local story, or something you can't quite explain yet...whatever your idea is, we want to hear about it!

Here at Northkind Press, we love a good story. We love stories so much that we are launching the Northkind Story Studio! To celebrate the launch we are giving one person the chance to win our mega-exciting, coming soon, 12-month subscription, worth over £250.

For a small entry fee (£3), you send us your story idea. You don't need to have a polished plan. You don't even need to know the whole story. All you need is the spark of something. Something original, with potential for growth. Something that matters to you, or your family, or your community. You'll need to tell us the idea, where it came from, why it is important to you, and what you think the idea could become.

Enter the competition

How to enter

You've got to be in it, to win it!

Tell us about your story idea in up to 150 words.

Your entry should tell us:

  • what your idea is
  • why it matters to you
  • what kind of story it might become

Entry costs £3.

The competition closes on 30 September 2026.

The winner will be announced in December 2026.

You can enter online by paying the fee and emailing us your entry.

You can also enter in person at a Northkind Press stall. Look out for us at upcoming markets and say "Hi" if you see us!

Enter now

What are we looking for?

A spark... something with potential

We are not looking for the neatest plan or the perfect pitch. That is not what this competition is about. We are looking for a spark. Something original. Something with heart. Something with potential and a reason that it matters.

This competition exists to ignite your creativity, help you locate your imagination if you've not seen it for a while, and give you explicit permission to dream of what might be (it's literally the point of the competition so it would be rude not to!)

Entries will be read by the Northkind Press editorial team. We will look for: heart, originality, potential, and a sense that this story matters. The winning idea must make us want to know more. The editorial team's decision is final.

Enter now

Copyright

You keep copyright of your own writing.

Entering the competition does not give Northkind Press ownership of your idea, story, characters or future work.

We will only use your entry to run and judge the competition, unless you give us separate permission.

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