Esther Chilton
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Yes, it’s that time of the week again – time to get your creative brain working for my weekly challenge. Enjoy! Option one: Choose as many words as you can from the following list and write a twenty-word story: Bibliopole Scarlet Breatharian Nancy Blimey Constellate Uncouth Moped Bauble Angel Degust Needy Tinsel Chocolate Elves Option…
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This week’s market is for a short story of no more than 1000 words. Entries are accepted for The Word Hut 19th Short Story Competition from all over the world. There’s no set theme. Your story must be sent by Sunday 31st January 2016 (midnight GMT). Prizes are as follows: First Place: £70 Second Place: £35 Third…
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As Christmas is almost upon us, I thought I’d get into the spirit and so my new weekly series takes a look at some festive signs to make you smile:
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If you find yourself stuck for a short story idea, why not rework a fairytale? Let’s take Cinderella, as an example. You could write your story after the supposed ‘happy ever after’. Your story could centre around the ugly sisters’ revenge. What they do and if they succeed is up to you. Or there’s no…
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Friday sees my Guest Writer Spot, which gives writers the opportunity for their work to be seen and read by others. I accept stories, poems, articles – in fact, anything and everything. All you have to do is make sure your prose is no longer than 2000 words and your poems no more than 40…
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Last week, I had some new challengers joining in which was great to see. Welcome! I hope you enjoy this week’s challenge: Option one: Choose as many words as you can from the following list and write a twenty-word story: Secret Vermillion Rambunctious Quixotic Vision Gordon Paradigm Karma Taxi Snowman Sunglasses Alliteration Nincompoop Pabouche Macaroni…
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If you’re looking for a short story and/or poetry competition, which offers decent prize money, you might like to take a look at the Magic Oxygen Literary Prize. Unpublished stories of up to 4000 words and unpublished poems of up to 40 lines are accepted. There is no set theme. Prizes awarded for each category…
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This lawyer clearly cares about his clients…
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Meet the Winners! It’s with great pleasure that I’m announcing the winners of my second flash fiction competition. Once again, I had a staggering amount of entries so thank you to everyone who entered. I’m only glad I wasn’t the judge – there were some stunning entries and I’d have picked far too many winners!…
Esther Chilton 