short stories
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If you’d like to be included in this slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a short bio and photo, then great. All I ask is that there’s nothing offensive. Please welcome the very talented John W. Howell as my
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I’m delighted to be part of the wonderful Story Chat II blog tour. The fantastic Marsha Ingrao started Story Chat ‘as a unique online blogging program for authors and readers’. After the success of the first book, she began work on the second, inviting authors from all over the world to send in their writing. She
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Here is the story which was awarded third place in the flash fiction competition I held at Swanwick Writing Summer School. Entrants had to write a story up to 250 words. Catching Up By Allison Symes ‘Tremberina, how nice! Haven’t seen you since Fairy School.’ ‘Good to see you, Sherell, here in the university’s magical plants
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This weekend, it’s time for the story which was awarded third place in the themed competition I held at Swanwick Writing Summer School. Entrants had to write a story between 1000-3000 words on any of the following themes: LIBRARY, JOURNEY or LOVE. Still on the Shelf By Sharon Richards A frisson of excitement spread along the library shelves,
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Here is the story which was awarded second place in the flash fiction competition I held at Swanwick Writing Summer School. Entrants had to write a story up to 250 words. Dead Ahead By Terry Baldock What would you do if you came across a coffin in the middle of the road on a cold
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This weekend, it’s time for the story which was awarded second place in the themed competition I held at Swanwick Writing Summer School. Entrants had to write a story between 1000-3000 words on any of the following themes: LIBRARY, JOURNEY or LOVE. Travelling With Sarah By Sally McMahon ‘Look at that gorgeous shawl, Mum. It’s just perfect.’ I
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It’s with great pleasure that I welcome back a regular on here – Murray Clarke has written another entertaining story for us. If you’d like to be included in my guest writer slot, please get in touch: estherchilton@gmail.com. Poems can be up to 60 lines and prose 2000 words. If you’d like to add a
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Earlier this week, I announced the winners of the short story competitions I ran at Swanwick Writing Summer School. Here is the story which was awarded first place in the flash fiction competition for stories up to 250 words. A Father’s Son By Terry Lowell How do you tell your boy he’s not your son? Do
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On Tuesday, I announced the winners of the short story competitions I ran at Swanwick Writing Summer School. Here is the story which was awarded first place in the themed competition. Entrants had to write a story between 1000-3000 words on any of the following themes: LIBRARY, JOURNEY or LOVE. Stick or Twist? By David
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When I was teaching a course on writing competitions at Swanwick Writing Summer School back in August, I launched two competitions for those attending the school. I had some fantastic entries for both competitions which made my job of choosing winners very difficult. But I promised I would announce the winning stories today so I’ve
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