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If you win the SmokeLong Quarterly’s flash fiction competition you’ll be $2000 better off! There’s also prize money for other finalists. Prizes: 1st: $2000 + automatic nomination for The Best Small Fictions, the Pushcart Prize, and Best of the Net, as well as publication in their 17th-anniversary contest issue in June 2nd: At least $200…
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It’s weekly challenge time. Last week I asked you for a DATE. This week, I’m looking for your FAVOURITE . So can you tell a story in five words, using the word FAVOURITE in it somewhere? Here are your creative thoughts on DATE from last week: WriteLindy: Her date is my husband. My first date…
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I don’t know about you, but I love penning a 100-word story. The National Association of Writers and Groups (NAWG) are holding a 100X100 flash fiction competition for stories of exactly 100-words. Here are some details for you: Prize: £100 Entry fee: £3 per entry, or 2 for £5 Closing date: 31st May 2020 If…
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The person who placed this ad has got the salesman’s patter down to a tee…
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I met the wonderful Shelley Wilson at The Bloggers Bash in London some years ago. She’s a writing mentor as well as the author of several self-help books and YA fiction. I recently read her YA novel, Hood Academy, described on the cover as ‘a gothic page turner’. And it certainly is! The blurb says:…
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Welcome to your weekly challenge. Last week I asked you for NAILS. This week, I’m looking for a DATE. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word DATE in it somewhere? Here are your creative thoughts on NAILS from last week: Mental Health From The Other Side: Last nails in his…
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It’s weekly challenge time. Last week I wanted CONTROL from you. This week, I’m looking for NAILS. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word NAILS in it somewhere? Here are your creative thoughts on CONTROL from last week: Ritu: You can’t control me now. Remote control car drivers suck. Ground…
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We all have them, don’t we? You know, that author who saves us, who always gives us what we want. So, when you’ve been wading your way through a book you’re really not enjoying and you think why am I doing this to myself? Reading should be a pleasure, that’s when you turn to your…
