Themed Flash Competition: Reunion Winners I’ve been reading the shortlist over and over again on different days, at different times, when I’m in different moods, seeing so much in all of them that made me dither over the runners-up repeatedly. But my top spot was never in any doubt from [...]
Reunions themed flash comp longlist Many thanks to all the writers that submitted. We received 67 entries this time and there were some very interesting takes on the reunion theme! We’ve read them all now and we have decided on our longlist. Longlist (alphabetical order) A Brush With Danger [...]
Winners of the Fantastic Flashing comp Many thanks to everyone that entered the competition to win a free or discounted place on the Fantastic Flashing course that’s running in September. I really enjoyed reading all of the stories prompted by the F word. I look forward to working with the [...]
The Word For Freedom Anthology Contributors We have now made a decision on the stories that came through the open submissions process for The Word For Freedom charity anthology, which is raising funds for Hestia; and are also delighted to reveal the fantastic cover donated by Jennie Rawlings [...]
2018 First Chapter Competition Results Thanks to our judge, literary agent Diana Beaumont, for reading our ten shortlisted chapters and giving feedback on them all. We did promise the results would be announced in May but there has been a slight delay due to holidays and other competition [...]