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I hope you’ve settled down into 2017 well. If you’re looking for a fresh challenge, here’s one for you: Write a story or poem on any of the following themes: Disaster Love Silence Your themes from last week were: A fresh start The dark place Monsters Robert Griffiths has sent in a super true-life story…
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Happy Friday! I hope the first week of this new year has been a bright one. If not, don’t worry – it’s the weekend tomorrow! As it’s Friday, it’s time for my Guest Writer Spot. It’s a pleasure to welcome Sharon Boothroyd to this slot for the first time. Here’s a little bit about her,…
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This week’s market is an ongoing one. The 1000 Word Challenge sets a new competition every three months. There’s usually a theme. The current competition is as follows: Your story must start with the following direct speech: ‘Stop!’ – Entries up to 1000 words are accepted. The closing date is 28th February 2017. There’s an…
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I hope you’ve all recovered from your New Year celebrations. If you’re looking to get back into the writing groove, here are a few prompts for you: A fresh start The dark place Monsters I’d love to see your writing on any of these themes. Anything goes! Now, last week, your theme was New Year.…
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When I sent out an appeal for ideas for the theme of my next mini competition, little did I know that I’d have hundreds of responses. You certainly made my job of picking a winning theme difficult. So I then decided to choose three winning themes. Well, you came up with so many good themes…
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This week’s writing challenge is a day late thanks to entertaining and cooking for a houseful yesterday. It was a wonderful, noisy, fun day! I hope you all had a special Christmas with your loved ones. This week’s theme is, of course, New Year. You can write a story, poem, limerick…the choice is yours. Last…
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Competition Time! Three weeks ago, I set a mini-competition within a mini-competition! Lots of you took part in my latest flash fiction competition where I set the theme of ‘The Discovery’. The results can be read here, if you missed them. I’m now looking at running my next mini-competition, but I’m not quite sure of the theme to…
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If you’re looking for a writing competition which is FREE to enter and which has a great first prize, then the annual ‘Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook Short Story Competition’ is for you. This year, there’s no set theme so get those ideas coming. You have until Monday 13th February 2017 in which to enter. The…
Esther Chilton 