Coronavirus and The Lockdown Short Story Contest
Tags: Writing Challenge, Writing, Short Story, Competition

Penpee.com — The online platform to read, write and get paid for short stories, like Airbnb for writers, invites you to another short story contest.

With all non-essential activities closed, social life abruptly stopped and businesses advised to work from home. The world is in a lockdown. Join this contest to write a 400-word short story about your experience in the lockdown for a chance to win £100

Closing date: Sept 30 2020

The winner’s account will be credited with a bonus of £100 by 30/09/2020.

Read the entries: Corona Darkness , Killer in the Pandemic , Just like war

Eligibility

This contest is excusive to Premium members at Penpee.com. Refer here for other contests that are open to free members. Compare memberships

Terms:

The contest has a strict limit of 400 words excluding the prologue.

The prologue must be strictly 50 to 80 words.

In order for your story to be classified as an entry into this contest, you must use the category: competition , when submitting your entry.

, when submitting your entry. All entries must be submitted in the free story section. Contests cannot be submitted as paid stories.

section. Contests cannot be submitted as paid stories. Writers can submit as many entries as possible but there can only be one winner.

Each entry must be submitted with a clear cover image.

You must have a valid profile photo of yourself before you can submit a story on penpee.com. Stories submitted without the writer’s valid profile photo will be removed.

Penpee does not allow multiple accounts per user. Failure to abide by this condition means your account can be suspended without prior notice and you may be banned from using our website again.

Plagiarism is not allowed anywhere on our site. Failure to comply will result in automatic ban from ever using our site.

Your entry must be submitted in time to be approved by 10PM GMT on 30th of Sept 2020. In order to meet this deadline, you must submit your entries at least 3hrs before the approval deadline.

£100 cash prize will be credited to the winner’s account. This will display in “Account Balance, Under Review” in their dashboard.

The contest may be withdrawn if enough entries are not submitted by the closing date.

No employee of penpee may participate in this competition.

Go to How it works to learn more about how penpee works.

For enquiries, contact support@penpee.com or chat to us live on our website.

Important:

In order for your story to be classified as an entry into this contest, you must use the category: competition, when submitting your entry and must be submitted in the free story section. Compare free and paid stories

Penpee reserves the right to extend, cancel or end this contest at anytime.

Good luck!

About Penpee.com

Penpee.com creates the next commercial opportunity for everyone that sees themselves as a writer and a story-teller. We see ourself as the airbnb of this space, creating an opportunity where there existed none in its form before it. For the professionals to the amateur to the aspiring writer who would love to write Short stories. Penpee.com is a platform to read, write, and get paid for short stories. Quick short stories you can start to finish in a sitting.

The aim of our contests is to promote writing while encouraging writers at all levels to use creativity to entertain and raise awareness about society’s topical issues to global audience through first hand experiences and fictional stories.