This month, I’d like to share an interview with Rachel Swabey, this year’s winner of the Hysteria Writing Competition – Short Story category. Her story, Seabeast, was published in the Hysteria 11 anthology and will be available to read on the website later this year.
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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.
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…
