The FORTY Words Competition 2025 is NOW OPEN for submissions. The deadline has been extended to midnight 10th March 2025. The winners will be announced at the launch of issue 22 of The Bangor Literary Journal: Specific launch details will be announced as soon as available. 

A Micro-Fiction Category: Enter a piece of prose on any topic, in any style, as long as it is 40 words or less. (Title and white spaces not included in word count.)

A Micro-Poetry Category: Enter a poem on any topic, any style and any amount of lines or stanzas, as long as it is 40 words or less. (Title and white spaces not included in word count.)

All details available HERE.