writing competitions
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I’m pleased to announce the results of my mini writing competition on the theme of ‘The Discovery‘. The shortlist was announced last week and now it’s time to reveal the winner and two runners-up: 1st place: Lynne Love with Under the Skin Runners- up: Stephanie Buosi with Getting it Right Suzanne Forman with Space
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Well, I can’t do much about the election result, but I can spread a little cheer among a few of you. A few weeks ago, I set my first mini-competition (a flash fiction story on the theme of The Discovery). I was overwhelmed by the number of entries I had and the quality of the
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When I set my first mini-competition (a flash fiction story on the theme of The Discovery), a month ago, I thought I’d just have a few entries, but they didn’t stop coming in from the minute the competition was underway, until the very last moment on the closing date. I’m thrilled with the response and
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This is a final reminder for my flash fiction competition. You have until Monday to get your entries in so there’s still time to create a masterpiece over the weekend. Here are the details for you: Prizes: 1st: £20 plus a copy of my book of short stories, The Siege Two runners-up: A copy of
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An enormous thank you to everyone who’s already entered my flash fiction competition. I’ve received entries from all around the world, including India, Canada, the US and Europe. All of them offer very different takes on the writing prompt of ‘The Discovery’. You’ll find a reminder of the details of the competition below, as well
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This week’s market is for those of you who enjoy writing short stories in the speculative fiction genre, i.e. fantasy, science fiction, horror or anything in between. The Aeon Award short fiction contest has been running since 2004. And the prizes are certainly worth an entry. Here are the details for you: Prizes: 1st: €1000 2nd: €200 3rd: €100 All three
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For those of you who missed last week’s Friday blog, here’s news of the first in a series of mini competitions I’m holding: Prizes: 1st: £20 plus a copy of my book of short stories, The Siege Two runners-up: A copy of my book of short stories All three stories will be published on my
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As promised, here is the first in my new series of mini-writing competitions. Prizes: 1st: £20 plus a copy of my book of short stories, The Siege Two runners-up: A copy of my book of short stories All three stories will be published on my blog Entry fee: FREE Entries are accepted from all corners
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Last week, the focus was on flash fiction and the results of my 100-word story competition. This week, it’s over to the longer story. For the latter, you were given the theme of ‘treasure’ and you could interpret that in any way you wished, as long as it was within 1000 words. I love the
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As promised last week, I’m delighted to announce the results of my flash fiction competition. Please read the simply brilliant winning entries below and the judge’s comments following. An enormous thank you to all those who entered. You made it extremely difficult for me to choose. I read, re-read and read yet again, all the
Esther Chilton 