One of my stories was shortlisted in the Writing Magazine Timely Topic: Throne competition, mentioned in this month’s competition supplement!

Back in September, I entered the Fall 2019 Three Cheers And A Tiger contest from Toasted Cheese. Entrants were given 48 hours to write a story based on the prompt: “Write a fantasy or science fiction story under 5000 words that opens with something needlessly dramatic, which becomes actual drama when…” Comedy science-fiction isn’t really in […]

This month’s Writing Magazine had me shortlisted in the Mid-Sentence Competition, which was a lovely surprise. I had hoped my story might do well, since I was very pleased with it, but it was quite bizarre and Writing Magazine are usually fairly mainstream in their choices for competition winners. So shortlisted is very satisfying and […]

My poem The Atheist’s Prayer was Highly Commended in this year’s Winchester Festival Poetry Competition, which was a nice surprise!

I came back from holiday on Monday to find this month’s issue of Writing Magazine in our post box. On flicking through, I discovered I had been shortlisted in their Real Time Short Story Competition, which was a nice surprise. I’m particularly pleased because the story I submitted was science-fiction, which they don’t often reward, […]

The Photo Republic of London have launched a new project, called Urban Flash, which is taking place over the next year.  It involves text and photographic prompts, which members can respond to either by submitting a photograph or a piece of flash fiction. I entered the Warm-Up Prompt Competition, submitting a short piece based on […]

Back in November, I entered a competition to have one of my stories recorded by a company called Soundwork.  I forgort all about it until this week, when I was tracking my outstanding submissions.  I spotted a note I’d left for myself, saying I would need to check their website for the results – and, […]