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.
As a social enterprise dedicated to the older writer, we publish new short stories 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 AND 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
Devils in the Switchgrass
By Glyn Matthews
Around midnight the drumming on the boxcar roof stopped and Walt was woken by the sudden silence. He sat and propped his back against the doorjamb. Drips still fell from the curved roof and the air held the wet earth smell that rides the tail of summer storms. The night relaxed and a fox barked off in the switchgrass. Walt listened to his own breath scratching and reached for the bottle of Jim Beam.
He regarded his busted shoe . . .
Runners-Up
By Susan Bowman
It was gradual you see, just the feeling of a presence at first. I’d imagine someone behind me; feel breath on the back of my neck.
I’d wake in the night to experience an overwhelming comfort, the warmth of love I guess you’d call it. Reaching for the lamp, but understanding that the light would extinguish the power of it . . .
By John Maskey
The room was dark and gloomy – deliberately so. The curtains were black, heavy and lined, as if to forbid any sunshine. Sombre paper covered the walls, from which framed heads, sepia-toned with stern expressions, looked down disapprovingly. It seemed to Chris they were showing their disdain for visitors . . .
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.
