Share your story - £300 Prize Money!

Walk with Words is an interactive walking route connecting Colchester City Centre, the University of Essex, and Greenstead. Arranged on 16 posts, a QR code geo-locates content, offering walkers a diverse mix of materials inspired by the journey.

We’re inviting you to take inspiration from any moment on walk or the surrounding area to create content under the 2025 theme of ‘Communities within Communities’. Submissions could be in the form of, but are not limited to, poems, riddles, local advice, anecdotes, short stories, photography, short films or spoken word.

This competition is open to all ages and abilities, we encourage you to share your interpretations in your own way. This could be clips from home videos along the route, a spoken account of your first memory of the area or a haiku written about a moment on your journey.

Participating not only offers you the opportunity to be featured on our digital platform but also a shot at the grand prize of £150! There are three runner up prizes of £50. Learn more and submit your work by 6th June 2025 by visiting www.walkwithwords.co.uk. 

For exciting updates, excerpts and inspiration be sure to follow us on Instagram @walkwithwordscolchester

Themes, present and past:
2024 – Memories / 2025 – Communities within Communities /