Creative writing competition: The 2024 Harpers Bazaar Short Story Competition

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11 February 2024
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The theme for this year's contest is 'The experiment'

The Harpers Bazaar Short Story Competition is an annual creative writing prize that continues the magazine's 155-year tradition of publishing creative work by writers including Virginia Woolf, Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie and Margaret Atwood.

This year's contest invites stories up to 2,200 words on the theme of 'The experiment'. All entries must be original and unpublished.

The winner will receive a Montblanc Meisterstück 149 pen two-night stay at Chewton Glen in Hampshire and the chance to have their work published in the magazine.

Entry is free.

The closing date is 25 February.

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For full details see the website.

 

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