Apply for Love Letters to London Writing Competition

Theme

• Entries are to be around the theme of “Dreams for London”.

Categories

• There are four categories:
  • Aged 11 and under
  • 12-18 year olds
  • Open – all other entrants
  • Poetry

Prize Information

• There’s more than £4,000 in prize money up for grabs in the London Society’s free to enter writing competition Love Letters to London.
• The prizes for the ‘Open’ and ‘Poetry’ categories will be as follows:
  • Category winner £500
  • Category second £250
  • Category third £100
• The prizes for the ’11 and under’ and ’12-18′ categories will be as follows:
  • Category winner £500
  • Four runners up prizes of £150 each
• In addition, the school of the two category winners will receive £250 of books.

Eligibility Criteria

• The competition is open to anyone aged under 18 (‘11 and under’ and ‘12-18’ categories) and 18 or over at the time of entering (‘open’ and ‘poetry’ categories). International entries are welcome.

Application Requirements

• All entries must have a title and must not exceed 500 words or for poems 40 lines in length (excluding title). Entries are to be around the theme of “making connections” on any aspect of London’s past, present or future. It can be reportage, an historical essay, a ‘think piece’, a spot of futurology, a work of fiction, a poem.
• Entries must be the entrant’s original work.
• Entries can have been published elsewhere but must fit the brief and have been written in 2024.
• Entries must be a Word or Google Docs file with title (no PDFs). All entries will be judged anonymously, so the first page of the entry should have the title of your entry, and your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address.
• There is a limit of three on the number of entries a single entrant can make.
• No one can win more than one category.
• Entries will not be returned, so please keep a copy.
• Under no circumstances can alterations be made to the pieces once entered. Telephone or email confirmation of receipt is not available. TLS is unable to confirm the content of documents submitted online or by post, so please ensure you send the correct version.
• The competition organisers reserve the right to change the judging panel without notice and not to award prizes if, in the judges’ opinion, such an action is justified.
• All entries are read, the decision of the judges is final; neither the judges nor The London Society will enter into any correspondence.
• No one associated with running the Competition, or a Trustee of the London Society, can enter the competition.
• Copyright in all entries will remain with the entrant, but The London Society has the right to use any entry for free in its own publications in print, online or in other media.

For more information, visit The London Society.