short stories
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Enjoy writing romance? Then this week’s market may be just what you’re looking for. Writing Magazine are holding their annual Love Story Competition. Here are the details: Word count: Between 1500-1700 words Prizes: 1st: £200 plus publication in the magazine 2nd: £50 plus publication on the website Entry Fee: £5 or £3 for subscribers Closing…
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I’m pleased to welcome back Nest Madden to my Guest Writer Spot. Nest was one of my talented Writers Bureau students. He completed the course a while ago (well done!) and it’s good to read his writing again. The Suprise By Nest Madden George, hated night duty. It was a boring twelve hours, stuck in…
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Normal business on my blog will be resumed shortly but, in the meantime, I thought I’d take the opportunity to start a new series. Here’s the first in a series of writing workshops: Top Tips… For Creating A Cracking Short Story Opening Hours can be spent tapping away at the computer keys, trying to come…
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Enjoy writing a story with chills and thrills? Then this week’s market is for you. ‘Writing Magazine‘ are running a ‘Paranormal Short Story Competition‘. All you need to do is give the judge a little scare in 1500-1700 words. The closing date is 15th May 2017. Here are a few more details: Prizes: 1st: £200 plus…
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This week’s market is the wonderful Writers Bureau Annual Short Story Competition. You have until 31st March 2017 to get your story in. Here are the all important details for you: Prizes: 1st: £300 2nd: £200 3rd: £100 4th: £50 All the prize winners will also win a Writers Bureau course of their choice (worth…
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Doesn’t Monday come round quickly?! Here’s a new writing challenge for you: Write a story or poem on any of the following themes: Misery Sleep Gold Last week’s themes were as follows: Disaster Love Silence Here are your stories and poems: Robert Griffiths has a great tale to tell: Silence 1973 “Are you…
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It’s Friday and time for 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…
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This week’s it’s my pleasure to welcome a very talented writer to my guest spot. Alyson Faye has written a beautifully atmospheric story. First, she shares a bit about herself: Originally I trained as a teacher/tutor who wrote children’s books/poetry as a hobby. A novel for children, ‘Soldiers in the Mist’ was published by CollinsEducational…
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It’s Friday and I’m pleased to say my Guest Writer Spot is back. If you’d like to see your work here, 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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Need some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing? Then why not give my latest writing challenge a go? Option one: Write a limerick with the word BERK in it somewhere Option two: Write a poem on the theme of SECRETS Option three: Write a twenty-word story using all of the following words: DESTROYED, ALIBI,…
Esther Chilton 