It’s the season of mellow mists and fruitfulness and as the days shorten and nights lengthen, it’s the perfect time to decide on your winter reading list. After all, what could be better than curling up with a good book on a cold winter’s day with a mug of something soothing.
Here at Hysteria HQ, July is spent mostly with the reading teams reviewing the entries. This is time-consuming and exciting because it’s impossible to predict what will unfold on the computer screen next. I’ve already been told there are quite a few stand-out entries which I’m looking forward to reading myself when they make their…
How quickly this year is speeding by. Almost half over already and, more importantly, only a few days left to craft your entries to the Hysteria Writing Competition. So, time now to lift those stories and poems from their dark and snug hidey holes and to actually dispatch them. Of course, you will give them a…
Hello again, this time from a very soggy Cumbria. Flaming June, where are you? I always feel torn during the summer as I want to be working in the garden, but I also want to be writing, and I haven’t worked out how to do both at the same time … yet! So, this soggy Sunday…
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Hello fellow writers It’s the start of May, the sun is splitting the sky, and we are at the start of Hysteria’s eleventh writing competition with the choice of topic up to YOU. There is a lot wrong with the world, but that first sentence is a reason to smile. I’m also smiling because I’m…
Hello everyone It’s 1st May and Hysteria 2025 (Hysteria 11) is now open for another exciting round of short stories (up to 1,000 words), poetry (up to 12 lines), and flash fiction (up to 250 words). The reading team have assembled, and over the coming weeks I’ll introduce them to you in more detail. For…
The Hysteria Writing Competition couldn’t take place each year without the help of our wonderful volunteer readers. You can find out more about this year’s team below. Each reader reviews all the entries in their category, allowing them to really see what makes a good entry.
Hello everyone, We are counting down the days to the launch of this year’s Hysteria Writing Competition here at Hysteria HQ. Very shortly, we’ll also announce the line-up for this year’s reading team, and my deepest thanks go to everyone who has volunteered, it feels like a big family reunion.
Would you like to join this year’s reading team? Every year, all the entries are read by a lovely team of volunteers who are the final arbiters of which entries make it to the shortlist. Each category has it’s own small group of readers and I’m here to support all of them. What are the…
