Stroud Short Stories is open for submissions from Gloucs and South Gloucs writers until 23 September – for our 5 November 2017 event. It’s free to submit and we are happy to consider published and unpublished work.

There’s a theme this time – ‘All you need is love. Or is it?’. Think of the theme as widely and flexibly as possible. Not only romantic love but stories of obsession and relationships of all kinds are welcome. And not necessarily just relationships between people. Other obsessions too. The style can be straight or funny, cynical, ironic or dark.

As well as reading before a sell-out audience at the SVA in Stroud, the authors of the ten stories chosen will be offered a place in our next published anthology – due 2018.

All the info you need is on our website – http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.co.uk/