Entrants in the 2023 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition were asked to pen up to 1,000 words inspired by the following quote, from Arthur O’Shaughnessy’s celebrated poem ‘Ode,’ which turns
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Press Release: Place for Singers, Writers, Artists & Volunteers at Prescot Festival
With the Prescot Festival less than a month away, organisers are eager to get even more local talent involved in the town’s annual celebration of arts and music. Sopranos, altos, tenors and
Read more2023 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition
Feeling imaginative and yearning to put pen to paper? Write a short story of up to 1,000 words for the 2023 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition, and a prize of
Read more2022 Short Story Winner: Every Latent Foe
At this year’s Festival Finale, we were pleased to announce that the winner of the 2022 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition was Dave Loftus, for the entertainingly eccentric, smartly crafted
Read morePress Release: Arts Festival Invites Local People to Play a Role
A Merseyside arts festival is eager to put local people centre-stage this year. The 10-day Prescot Festival, now in its 18th year, invites sopranos, altos, tenors and basses from across
Read more2022 Short Story Competition Now Open
ENTRIES ARE NOW CLOSED Feeling imaginative and yearning to put pen to paper? Write a short story of up to 1,000 words for the 2022 Prescot Festival Short Story Competition,
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