writing competitions
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Last week it was the turn of the 70-word story so now I’m looking for your 80-word stories. Here are last week’s stunning 70-word entries. Hopefully they’ll inspire you to write that 80-worder: Keith Channing sent in this entry, which also served as another challenge entry on another website at Keith Creates: “Please, mister, can…
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I’ve previously brought you details about the Flash 500 on-going flash fiction competition (see ‘Markets For Writers’). They also hold an annual Humour Verse Competition. The details are as follows: Closing date: 31st December 2014 Entry fee: £3 for the first poem, then £2.50 per poem thereafter Length: Up to 32 lines Prizes: First: £150…
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We’re creeping higher – this week I’m looking for 70-word stories. Last week, I asked you to top the brilliance of the 50-word stories from the week before. You all certainly did your utmost to. Here are the the 60-word stories you’ve been sending in over the past week: Andrew was inspired to write in…
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Thank you to everyone who showed me their limericks from yesterday’s ‘market of the week’. I really enjoyed them and wish you all good luck in the contest. If you’re not amongst the winners, try another one for them. After all, it’s free to enter so you have nothing to lose. Anyway, onto this week’s…
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The numbers are going up. Last week it was 40-word stories I was looking for, this week, we hit the 50-word mark. So, for next week, I’d like to see anything from the humorous, to the sizzling, to the exciting, to the chilling, to the anything-else-you-can-think-of, all in 50-words. Here are last week’s stories for…
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Last week in my weekly challenge series, we moved on to 30-word stories. This certainly gave some of you scope for more of a story. So next week, we naturally push forward to 40-word stories. Here is one of mine. Hope it makes you smile: He couldn’t believe she had done it again. If he had…
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You seem to be enjoying my new weekly challenge series. There were some hilarious 20-word stories, as well as some very gripping ones. Read and enjoy below. The first week of the series saw ten-word stories, the second week 20-word stories and so now we move to 30-word stories as your challenge for next week.…
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My new challenge series on flash fiction, which kicked off last week with stories in ten words, produced some amazing stories in so few words. Take a look at the fantastic results below news of this week’s challenge. So, from ten, we now go to twenty-word stories. If last week’s entries are anything to go…
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Last week saw the last in my current series of writing challenges. The results were brilliant. Please read them below. This week, I’m starting a new series of writing challenges – flash fiction. I’m going to start off small. This week, I’d like to see your tales in ten words. Here is an example: Fear…
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Well, here it is – the last in the ABC of My Weekly Writing Challenges and yes, it’s Y and Z‘s turn. My themes for those are Yearn and Zombie. I can almost hear you shouting, “Eeek!”, so for some prompts and ideas click on the following link: https://esthernewtonblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/25/monday-motivationsthe-abc-of-short-story-ideas-part-nine/ Last week, the challenge was to…
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