WestWord Mini Memoir

We're looking for creative non-fiction pieces up to 1,500 words — true stories told with the precision, resonance, and craft of the best short fiction. Mini memoir sits in that particular sweet spot where a single moment, relationship, or fragment of lived experience is held up to the light to reveal universal truths about being human.

Submission are open on a rolling basis.

• Max word count: 1500
• Author payment: £35 
• Submission fee: £8 or £33 with feedback on submission (if your piece is accepted you can send a different story up to 1500 words for the feedback)

SUBMISSION T&Cs

• Submit stories written in English through Submittable. Please use a clear font of at least size 12 so that we can read it easily!
• Please use the name of your story as your Submission title and the document you upload.
• Please include the word count at the start or end of the story document.
• Stories must be your own original work and not have been published online or in print, or have won any other competitions (longlisted and shortlisted in other competitions is fine if the story remains unpublished).
• Simultaneous submissions are allowed but if your story wins a prize or is published prior your submission must be withdrawn through Submittable. No refunds of submission fees will be paid.
• Cash payments will be made through PayPal or via BACS (UK or Ireland only for BACS).

Please do not send us graphic stories of rape, incest, child abuse, bestiality, or gratuitous violence. We won’t publish it and we do not want to read it.

Authors will retain all rights and copyright to their works. WestWord requests one-time, non-exclusive rights to publish your work.