Earlier this year I entered the NYC Midnight 100-word Microfiction Challenge, an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to write original 100-word stories by giving them a specific genre, action and word assignment, in 24 hours. Every writer is placed in a specific group based on the genre, action and word assignment they are given. The competition judges pick
Read moreDescribe a scene in which there is close scrutiny of every detail.** Poison I’m at the home stretch and my plan so far is working. If I poison too many dishes it would be too obvious that someone is cheating, so I’ve had to be creative in this year’s Country Cooking Contest. Some dishes I spiked with MSG (which is
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—July 2021 short story competition was as follows: *** Poison I’m at the home stretch and my plan so far is working. If I poison too many dishes it would be too obvious that someone is cheating, so I’ve had to be creative in this year’s Country Cooking Contest. Some dishes I spiked with
Read moreDescribe a scene which is dominated by rich, intense colour.** Waiting Room I’ve been in my fair share of waiting rooms before, but this one by far is the ugliest. While it’s silent and still with a few people, like other typical waiting rooms, it’s still as ugly as sin. I would like to know whether this clinic was actually
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—June 2021 short story competition was as follows: Each story had to include (word for word) the following SEVEN descriptions at any point in the story body: THICK AS HONEY SILENT AND STILL GOLDEN GLOW HEART-SHAPED DELICATE PERFUME SOFT AND DOUGHY RAZOR-SHARP *** Waiting Room I’ve been in my fair share of waiting rooms
Read moreYou come home and find the house is empty; your parents appear to have moved away, and taken everything with them. You don’t trust your neighbours, so you don’t want to go to them…** Lost and Found The sound of the thunder above me only added to my bad day. The rain hadn’t started but I knew it would show
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—May 2021 short story competition was as follows: Your story had to be set during a storm. Your story had to include the words MOTHER, APPLE, YESTERDAY Your story had to include the phrase: SIT/SITTING ON THE FENCE *** Lost and Found The sound of the thunder above me only added to my bad
Read moreWrite about a scene that most people wouldn’t consider worthy of attention (and so it is virtually invisible to them).** The Next Clue I’m standing in a queue behind people I’ll never know in a beige office building, following the orders of The Madman. I’m sick of this psychopath screwing us around, but now the stakes are too high and
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—April 2021 short story competition was as follows: Your story must begin in some kind of queue. Your story must include the words CROSS, DROP and LUCKY. Your story must include a map. *** The Next Clue I’m standing in a queue behind people I’ll never know in a beige office building, following the orders
Read moreA wild animal from your dreams becomes ‘real’ – can you tame it?** In July 2020, the Australian Writers’ Centre encouraged writers to submit a 23-word story inspired by the image above. More than a year later (due to falling behind with my writing projects), I’ve finally written my 23-word story, which can be found below. *** Elephant in the
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Loveday Writing 