Glasgow 2020 Stories

We're a patchwork of the people our lives have bought us into contact with and the stories they've told us. If we're going to see a different future then the obvious place to start is listening to and telling stories.

The Competition!

What will Glasgow be like in the year 2020? What will Glaswegians be like? How will people live, where will they make friends, how will they move around? Will life get worse? Will it improve?

The Glasgow 2020 Story Writing competition is a chance to write a fictional story about Glasgow in 2020. You could write about a day, an event, a place or a person in 2020. Christmas 2020? Hogmonay 2020? Haircuts in 2020? Pets in 2020? The choice is yours.

Click here for full details and instructions on how to enter

Read Submissions

"I was there as your dreams began to dance. You turned the dead shopping-malls into living, breathing spaces, you ploughed swords into the swelling concrete and drew them up as orchards, waterwheels and joyous maqamat. "
The Icarus Tree by Suhayl Saadi

Click Here to read the rest of the story above and other sample stories to get you started:

Send us YOUR Story...

Want to get involved? Send your stories to:

Freepost RLXT-KZSH-CUTR
Glasgow 2020,
100 Beith Street,
Glasgow G11 6DQ

or alternatively by email to gerry.hassan@glasgow2020.co.uk.