Dedicated to the older writer
Welcome to WriteTime
If you’re over 60 and you’d like to do more with your writing, this is the place for you.
We publish new short stories by older writers from across the world and we run regular writing competitions.
Winning stories are published here on our website. For the top three stories plus Highly Commended listings plus details of our free feedback offer, see our Winners/Highly Commended pages.
The best short stories are selected for our showcase Anthology. Buy the WriteTime THREE book here.
If you’ve got some good stories to tell:
Now is the time.
Here is the place.
Get writing!
Encouraging writers over 60 to be their best
Latest Winner
Word-Birds
By Lynne Hackles
Gordon never said much. He had always known that if the words stayed in his head they were safe, but if they were spoken. Well . . . He’d read it on Google somewhere that words stayed for ever in Space.
From his first baby cries, through forty years, every word he had ever spoken was out there somewhere . . .
Runners-Up
By Hilary Smith
Apricot Sunblaze, Blue Magenta, Crimson Glory, Heart of Gold, Lavender Jewel and . . . my chest tightens. There it is, Papa Meilland, its dark red blooms lifting their heads as if to say, “What took you so long?”
The label is right but I can’t be sure until I smell it. I close my eyes and take a long, slow breath in and I’m seven again . . .
By Trevor Cullum
I never believed in their existence, in those things of the night, those creatures of myth and delusion. Oh, there were stories, whispers and warnings. The moon lies hidden, don’t be alone in the dark, they would say. But that was the drink talking, the game they played to plant fear in the minds of strangers. It worked too well.
The stories grew into legends, into books. There would be always those who believed and passed on the fear . . .
If you’re working on a new short story, or dusting off an old one, some of these pointers might help.
Get the plot right
How will it end?
Make sure your characters are authentic
You need to know them inside out, how they think and how they speak.
Every writer wants to see their work in print – and reach the widest audience. The WriteTime Anthology is a rare prize and our third collection is now available. Another stunning collection of short stories by older writers, produced to the very highest standards.
Click on the book to get there.
