Esther Chilton

short story competitions

  • Monday Motivations

    I hope you’ve all had a restful Easter break and that the Easter bunny was good to you. Now, if you’re feeling a little sluggish after indulging in too much chocolate and/or hot cross buns, why not get your mind working and enter one of my two short story competitions (with prizes!) One of them…

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  • Markets For Writers

    This week’s market comes courtesy of the wonderful Sacha Black. She’s spotted an excellent competition that’s a must enter. It’s the ‘Stephen King – The Bazaar of Bad Dreams competition’. The competition is calling for entries for a fiction story of up to 4,000 words. The story must be on a subject inspired by the…

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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

    This week’s market is an update on ‘The Global Short Story Competition‘. On my ‘Markets For Writers’ page, I detailed it as a monthly competition inviting stories of up to 2000 words on any subject but on checking the website, I’ve noticed it has recently changed to a quarterly competition. It’s still worth entering; after…

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