HISSAC is a loose network of writers who keep contact with each other for the purpose of critiquing and encouraging each other’s work. Feedback is imperative for all writers who want to grow and improve, and sometimes family and friends cannot provide the objectivity we need.

There is no membership fee. Instead we hold an Annual Open Short Story Competition which is open to everyone, members or not, the entry fees of which are used to fund the organisation, maintain the website and of course, provide the winner with a nice cheque!

All stories on any theme are welcome, the more interesting and unusual the better, but no stories for children please.
No connection to Scotland is required, either by theme or entrant.

First prize : £400
Second & Third prizes of : £50 each
Closing date : July 31st 2009
Max. word count : 2,500
Chairman of judges : novelist Clio Gray

Competition Home Page  HERE