‘The Examiner’ 2015 Literature Awards are now open. Judges are calling for short stories of up to 2,000 words. To encourage and improve writing skills, there will be workshops and writing related events run in tandem with the awards.

There is a small entry fee, and the prize money will be shared between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, 4x highly commended prizes, and a ’tilligerry.com’ award – see details on the website. Entries close on September 30.