Welcome to Writers' Hour Magazine & The Weekly Writers’ Hour Contest
Welcome to Writers' Hour Magazine, a publication brought to you by the team at the London Writers' Salon, a global community dedicated to nurturing writers and fostering creativity.
Through daily writing sprints, workshops, and events, we create spaces where writers can connect, grow, and thrive. No matter your experience level or what you write, we’re so happy to have you with us.
Here, you’ll find our Weekly Writers' Hour Contest.
Each Sunday, we release a fresh prompt and invite writers around the world to respond with up to 500 words. It’s free to enter, open to all genres and experience levels, and judged by a rotating cast of guest judges and literary friends.
And every Saturday, we publish the winning pieces.
This space is just one part of a much wider creative ecosystem. If you love what we’re doing here, you might consider joining us as a Silver or Gold member of the London Writers' Salon. Our members get access to all of our live author events, writing workshops, a private community, replays, and more, all designed to support your writing life.
We’re cooking up new ways to support your most joyful creative impulses. We can’t wait to share what’s next.
Thanks for being here.
Let’s write together.
– Matt Trinetti & Lindsey Trout Hughes, Founding Editors of Writers’ Hour Magazine
Meet the Team
Matt Trinetti, Co-Founding Editor
Matt Trinetti is a writer, publisher, TEDx speaker, and cofounder of London Writers’ Salon. Prior to LWS, Matt spent a decade helping thousands of individuals around the world navigate career changes, start businesses, and build purposeful careers a places like Google, Red Bull, Airbus, Unilever, Escape The City, London Business School, General Assembly, Education First, and Creative Mornings.
Lindsey Trout Hughes, Co-Founding Editor
Lindsey Trout Hughes is a writer and editor of creative nonfiction. A former columnist at Catapult, her writing has appeared in Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Audacity, The Rumpus, River Teeth’s Beautiful Things, and elsewhere. She serves as Head of Membership and Member Experience at the London Writers’ Salon and is founding co-editor of Writers’ Hour Magazine. Previously, she was Assistant Books Editor at Barrelhouse. Lindsey writes essays and craft letters on Substack at Fox in the Dark. She is at work on her first book—part memoir, part cultural portrait of Hamlet’s Ophelia.
Emma Winterschladen, Illustrator
Emma Jane Winterschladen is an artist, illustrator, writer and editor living in the windy wilds of Northumberland, UK, with her husband and two young daughters. After years as a food & travel editor, then a freelance journalist, her work life now sits at the intersection of creativity and community – from her weekly illustration for Writers’ Hour Magazine, to hosting local art sessions for children and grown-ups alike. She is currently working on what she hopes will be her first published children’s book as an author-illustrator, as well writing a memoir about motherhood and art-making. She is represented by Emma Finn at C&W, and can be found on Instagram @hungryromantic.
Kira Salter-Gurau, Editorial Assistant
Kira Salter-Gurau is a U.S. based nonfiction writer from the state of Maine. She joined the lovely LWS team back in the fall as a reader and put her undergraduate experience from Emerson College to good use. Her essays have been published in the Quinobequin Review, Yourmag and Does It Have Pockets among others if you want to take a look. She’s grateful to read your submissions each week!
First Readers
Susannah Rigg
Caraline Shaheen
Domanie Spencer
Madla Walsh
PS: Watch our latest Substack Live👇 to learn more about how our weekly contests work, the origin story of the magazine, tips for submitting, and what we're building.
Meet the Team + Q&A w/ Matt & Lindsey of Writers’ Hour Magazine
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first-ever live chat—including Hal Walker, Harriet Mason, Andrew Thomas, Mair Alight, Katia Escalante, Kathleen Fullerton, Eleanor Anstruther, Khristee Rich, Karen Euler and 190 others. We loved getting to connect with you in real time.
