Wells Festival of Literature

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Our COMPETITIONS are now OPEN! For all Tcs & Cs visit our website :- wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk/competitions/ Good Luck!

We are thrilled to have Camille Ralphs as our OPEN POETRY Judge this year.
Camille has just had her first full collection of poems published by Faber & Faber, titled After You Were, Here I Am.

We are delighted to have Judith Heneghan as our SHORT STORY judge 2025. Judith is a writer and lecturer. In her early twenties she lived and worked in a community alongside people with learning disabilities near Dover. Later she worked as a commissioning editor.
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We are thrilled to have Fleur Hitchcock as our BOOK FOR CHILDREN judge 2025. Successful children’s author Fleur Hitchcock has written numerous award-winning thrillers that have gripped both critics and young readers. Her latest is Murder at Wintertide, published by Noisy Crow.