flash fiction

  •   …going to be announced a week today on 30th November 2015!  

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  • Markets For Writers

    Apologies for highlighting my own competition – yet again. I have a couple of reasons: 1) The closing date is coming round quickly and 2) I haven’t had a chance to research a market this week (Miss Clumsy has struck again and injured herself. Very swollen ankle – spent two hours at the hospital this…

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  • Markets For Writers

    Flash Fiction Competition My market for you this week is actually a reminder for my flash fiction competition. The closing date is a month tomorrow so you still have plenty of time to enter. Here are the details: Prizes: 1st £50, 2nd £25, 3rd £10 Entry fee: £2 per story Word Limit: Stories of up…

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  • Markets For Writers

    Flash Fiction Market My market for your this week is a reminder that I’ve started another flash fiction competition, with cash prizes. So don’t miss it! It’s another open themed competition, with a maximum word count of 250 words. You have until 15th November to send me your entry: E-mail entries to: esthernewton@virginmedia.com Postal entries…

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  • Markets For Writers

    Flash Fiction Competition By popular demand, I’m bringing back my Flash Fiction Competition – with prizes. Thank you to everyone who entered last time and I’d love you to have a go again. And if you didn’t, give it a go this time. See the previous winning entries. Here are the all important details: Prizes:…

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  • My Weekly Writing Challenge

    This is the last opportunity for you to take up the challenge in my latest series. This week, we reach the magical 100-word mark, so please send me your 100-word stories. You’ll have a little longer than usual as my Thursday challenge day falls on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, so the next challenge…

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  • I’ve written about flash fiction a few times but some of you are still a little confused as to what it is. Here’s some further detail and an example. Perhaps it’ll inspire you to enter a competition or to send me some for ‘My Weekly Writing Challenge’. There’s still time to send a diary entry…

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  • As I promised last week, if you felt inspired to send me a limerick, you’ll find it here, as well as my new challenge for you at the end. Remember, I’ll publish each one on my blog this time next week.   This great limerick from Keith Channing gets the ball rolling: A trendy young…

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  • My Writing Week

    It doesn’t seem five minutes ago that it was half-term but next week signals the end of another term and a trip overseas. I’m looking forward to a break but with lots of marking still to do and deadlines to meet before then it still seems a long way off. Though, as always, it’ll all…

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