Welcome to The Storylights!
…A place for young writers to grow their skills and confidence in fun, practical ways.
We’re passionate about giving young writers opportunities to use their skills, because we believe that the best way to get better at writing is to do it in a way that’s fun.
That’s why we run Short Story Competitions (with prizes, of course!), mini writing challenges, and will be continuing to add fun, helpful resources for young writers here in the coming months.
Join our Mailing List below to keep up-to-date with upcoming contests and giveaways!
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An Invitation…
Being a Writer of Stories is like setting out on a dangerous adventure…
Dark forests await and wild beasts lurk. There’s battles to fight, faraway places to explore, and steep mountains to climb. There’s a world of possibilities… and it’s all at the tip of your pen.
Here at The Storylights, we believe in the power of stories, and we’d love to cheer you on. You already have everything in you to write amazing stories. Sometimes all that’s needed is a place to develop your skills, ask questions, and find company along the way.
Because, as everyone knows, adventures are ALWAYS better when undertaken together.
There are plenty of enemies out there who want to intimidate us and send us running home. There’ll come moments when we desperately need to hear that whisper of, “Courage, dear heart.”
We’re gonna need weapons. We’re gonna need snacks.
Are you in?
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Meet The Storylights Team →
(Here Be Introductions)
2024 Schedule:
August – Giveaway! ✅
September – Mini Contest ✅
November – Short Story Contest
PLEASE NOTE: Schedule may be subject to changes, especially in the case of surprise life happenings, brilliant ideas (that must be implemented instead), sword-fighting outbreaks, and/or hedgehog invasions.
“For when you were born, you were born into an Epic that has already been under way for quite some time. It is a Story of beauty and intimacy and adventure, a Story of danger and loss and heroism and betrayal.”
– John Eldredge, Epic
Privacy Policy
The Storylights
Firstly, we'll never sell or share any of your personal information with anyone else unless we're required to by law, and we only collect the minimum personal data that we need to run our services. For example, we need your name and email address so we can notify you if your competition entry has been selected for a prize, or to send you details about our next competition.
Secondly, any original story material that you send to us, either as part of a competition or not, remains your own personal intellectual property. However, by submitting your story to us, you grant us the right to display it on on our website, and we agree to always credit it to you the author. You retain full rights to your story, including the right to reuse it or resubmit it to any other competition or publication.
Terms & Conditions
The Storylights
By using this website, (for example, by submitting a form, or entering a competition or giveaway), you agree to be bound by and follow these terms and conditions:
- You agree that you are either at least 13 years old, or you have the permission of a parent or guardian to use this website.
- We understand that the name you choose to use on our website or submit with a competition entry, may be an alias or pen name (for young authors, this can be a good way to help protect your privacy), but you understand that we will treat that name like your real name, including when we provide credit to the author of a winning story.
- You agree that any written work that you submit to us as part of a competition or giveaway, is your own original work, written by you and not copied from or written by another person. (No AI work permitted.)
- You agree to not submit any written work to us that promotes or encourages violence, racism, self-harm, or any other activity that is either illegal or potentially damaging to other people.
- You keep all intellectual property rights to any of your own written material that you submit to us, but you agree to give us the right to display your work on our website as part of the services we provide. (For example, displaying competition winners and honourable mentions.)
- We reserve the right to judge competition entries at our sole discretion, and will award the winning entry based on whatever criteria we think to be fair.
- We reserve the right to exclude from competition, any entry that we feel goes against the spirit of the competition, or breaches one of our other conditions, like plagiarism.