Lucy Vickery

Spectator literary competition No. 2816: Let’s twist

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This week we are in Roald Dahl territory. You are invited to submit a short story of up to 150 words with an ingenious twist at the end.

Please email entries, marked Competition 2816, to lucy@spectator.co.uk by midday on 18 September.

Here are the results of the latest competition, in which competitors were invited to submit an application in verse, from the poet of their choice, for the position of poet laureate.

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