April Showers Publishing are very excited to open submissions for our 2025 writing competition. Winners will be given prize money and publication in our anthology “Midnight Streetlight”!

Requirements:

• Must be a UK resident

• Must be your original work and unpublished

• Complete, standalone short stories only - no first chapters, prologues or sequels

• No simultaneous submissions or reprints

• No AI-generated content

• No horror or disturbing content

• Word limit 2000-7000

• Entry fee: £5 per entry.

• Short feedback from our editors to all rejected submissions. Prize money: £0.005/word

  How to submit:

  1. Add 1, 2 or 3 entry fees to your cart (£5 per entry) and checkout.

  2. Once you have paid, you will receive a confirmation email with your order number.

  3. Send your piece(s) as separate Word documents, 12 point font, single line spacing to aprilshowerspublishing@gmail.com with your order number and name as the email subject line.

  After submission:

  • Please reply to any emails from aprilshowerspublishing@gmail.com ASAP in case there is an issue with your submission.

  • If we do not receive your submission in the proper format by the deadline, even if you have paid, you will not be entered and will not receive a refund.

  • You will be contacted in January 2026 to let you know if your work has been accepted. Rejected submissions will receive short, analytical, encouraging feedback from our in-house editors.

  • Please be patient - we’re a very small team working hard to get back to everyone as soon as possible after the deadline. If you haven’t heard from us by the end of January 2026, please contact aprilshowerspublishing@gmail.com