The Petersfield Bookshop is running a ghost story competition and it’s free to enter!

One overall winner will receive £100, two runners up will receive £50 each. The winning stories and others selected from among the entries may be published in an anthology and a complementary copy of this book will be sent to all those whose work appears in it.

Stories can be up to 2,500 words and the judges would like ghost stories with a sense of place – your place. They would like you to draw on where you live, its history, folklore and landscape.

The closing date is November 23rd, 2023 and the winners will be announced on December 7th. On December 21st there will be an evening event in the bookshop at which the winners’ stories and possibly others will be read aloud by candlelight. Spooky!

As always, please read the full terms and conditions before entering.

Happy haunting!