Green Cat Books - 'Summer Loving' Writing Competition

We've all seen the film, right? 
High school students, Pink Ladies, T Birds, new student...
True love, meant to be. Dance competitions...
A bit of shammalamadingdong...
and so on, and on...

Are you the one that we want?
With the theme of "Summer Loving" in mind, create a short story. No copying (obviously). 
And remember... what is the genre of Grease?
Musical!!!
Are you a poet (and you know it)? Make a rhyme every time?

Rules:
The stories must be no more than 5,000 words long.
Work must be typed into a MS Word doc, and must up to grammar, punctuation and spelling expectations.
No 'isms' - racism, sexism.. and all the rest.
No extremely foul language or explicit content.
Must be original to you, and not previously published elsewhere. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
The judges' decision is final.
The winning stories will be featured in a compilation book, and winners will be able to buy reduced-price copies to give to friends and relatives, or to sell. 
Competition is open to new and established authors - just check with your publisher if you have one, to make sure they don't mind!
We will be selling the book once published. The writers waive all rights to any profits for these. 10% of the profit from each book that we sell we be donated to charity. Charity nominations are welcomed.
Must be submitted by 30th April 2026. 

Illustrations
original illustrations are also welcomed, especially for the front cover, and will be credited accordingly.

Send submissions to: 
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Title the email 'Summer Loving' (you can use this email for any queries/regular submissions too)