Do You Have Murder Mystery Script in You? 

Wrexham’s local literary festival is calling on local murder mystery sleuths to enter their annual scriptwriting competition. The Wrexham Carnival of Words hosts an annual murder mystery evening during its annual festival of books, reading and
authors and is calling for scripts to be put forward for the 2026 event. The competition requires entrants to create a four-part character script plus a confession for two male characters and two female characters and there is ample scope to expand the scenario by setting the scene of the murder and investigation, and the location and the era in which it is set. The winning script will be delivered by four amateur actors who will read/act each character part at the Wrexham Carnival of Words Murder Mystery event on 29th April 2026. The ability to draw the audience into the murder mystery as they play detective is key. Curating the characters in the script is crucial to the success of the plot, with the narrative arc making it clear where the storyline is going. It will be up to the writer as to how subtle or obvious they want to be with the clues and there will need to be the odd red herring! The competition will run from 1st August 2026 until 31st October 2025 and will be
judged by a well-known and successful local crime writer. There is a prize of £100 in addition to the winning script being performed at the 2026 Wrexham Carnival of Words. The winner will be announced at the launch event in March 2026. Wrexham Carnival of Words promotes and encourages quality writing from local enthusiasts and the Murder Mystery evening will be one event in a week-long programme of interesting and varied book-related events. The Wrexham Carnival of Words is an annual literature festival and will take place during the week of 24th April 1st May 2026. The Murder Mystery Competition is open from 1st August and entry forms can be obtained from any local library or from the website: