Hello everyone. Welcome to the first newsletter of 2025 and there is a big change to announce, as well as a request for help – if you’re interested. Firstly, the request for help. Last October, I embarked on an MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology with the University of Wales, Trinity St Davids. This year…
Welcome to the October newsletter and some exciting news. You may remember that last year Hysteria offered publication as part of the category prizes. The winner of the short story category was Denarii Peters and I’m pleased to announce that her first collection of short stories is now available in all good online bookshops. Over the last…
Annette Iles is the winner of the poetry category in the 2023 Hysteria Writing Competition with her poem ‘A Woman Who Does Not Believe In Spells’. You can read the winning story below as you listen to the recording. It is published, along with the other winners and finalists from each category in the Hysteria…
Denarri Peters is the winner of the short story category in the 2023 Hysteria Writing Competition with her story ‘Soaking Wet’. You can read the winning story below as you listen to the recording. It is published, along with the other winners and finalists from each category in the Hysteria 10 anthology, which is published…
Chris Cottom is the winner of the Flash Fiction category in the 2023 Hysteria Writing Competition with his story ‘Hocus Pocus’. You can read the winning story below as you listen to the recording. It is published, along with the other winners and finalists from each category in the Hysteria 10 anthology which is published…
The third launch event for Hysteria 10 was a great kickoff to the Christmas season occurring later than usual on the 18th of December. Despite a few hitches related to my sending out the wrong date and time to pretty much everyone lots of people joined us for an evening of readings and announcements. As…
Hi everyone It’s time to join me and some very special guests for the launch of this year’s Hysteria Writing Competition anthology, Hysteria 10. When: Monday 18th December 7pm GMT Where: Online I’ll reveal the overall winners for each of the three categories; Poetry, Flash Fiction and Short Story and each winning entries will be…
Hysteria 2023 closed at the end of August and it has taken some time, more than usual, to get to the point of announcing the shortlist. To everyone who entered, well done; the reading team were impressed by everything they read. But of course, there do have to be winners and this year I’m pleased…
Hysteria 2023 ended last week and I wanted to take a little time to let you know what happens next.
With just 2.5 days to go a mistake has been revealed on the rules page for the Hysteria Writing Competition. To say it was an ‘oops’ moment would be an understatement, and I’d like to thank Sherri Turner (@STurner4077) and Steven Patchett (@StevenPatchett7) for bringing it to my attention. The guidelines were correct, the rules…
