Writing
Open for entries
Free to enter
One Room
The brief
A complete short story set entirely in a single room. 1,500 words maximum. No dialogue tags beyond "said".
How it will be scored
01
Structure & Clarity
25%
02
Voice & Style
25%
03
Concept & Originality
25%
04
Craft & Technical Skill
25%
Each judge scores every criterion from 1–10, independently and without seeing your identity. Final score is the weighted average across the panel.
The panel · named before entries open
AB
Aisling Byrne
Fiction Editor, Granta
Rules & rights
- You retain full copyright in your work. Always.
- Entering grants Kwickdo a display licence on the platform only.
- No commercial licence is granted to any third party.
- All file metadata is stripped before any judge sees your entry.
- One entry per creator. Entries may be withdrawn until the deadline.
- Prize money is paid within 5 business days of results publishing.
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