The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – June 2025 short story competition was as follows: ALPHA, BRAVO, CHARLIE, DELTA, ECHO, FOXTROT, GOLF, HOTEL, INDIA, JULIET, KILO, LIMA, MIKE, NOVEMBER, OSCAR, PAPA, QUEBEC, ROMEO, SIERRA, TANGO, UNIFORM, VICTOR, WHISK(E)Y, X-RAY, YANKEE, ZULU. Each story had to choose ANY THREE of the above words from the NATO phonetic alphabet as its
Read moreWrite a letter to another member of the class** A Letter to my Former Uni Classmates To my creative and intellectual soulmates, It’s been over a decade since we all graduated. I miss you all and I hope you’re all doing well. Before I moved to Wollongong and started studying creative writing at UOW in 2010, I never knew or
Read moreThink of something you don’t want to write about, then start writing about it.** My car accident and new car I can’t talk about my nice “new to me” car without talking about why I had to get one. December 18, 2024, 7:35am. I was driving to work, worrying about another day of end-of-year stresses when I was approaching a
Read moreYou’ve got the right string baby, but the wrong yo-yo.** Caught on Camera It wasn’t the first time this had happened, but it was the first time that it went viral. Colleagues having affairs isn’t anything new. Think about it, if someone wants to have an affair, the office is the easiest place to start having one, as most people
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – December 2025 short story competition was as follows: Take a major news event from 2025 and write a fictional story that either takes place during it or features it heavily in the plot. While the story may feature real people, your story’s MAIN character should be fictional. The story must include the
Read more‘Freeze’ a dramatic scene and describe it in words. Don’t worry about the prelude and sequel: just describe the scene itself.** The Final Reveal Today was finally the day where everything was revealed. Molly spent weeks working her way through her grand plan and the contestants, there was only two other contestants left, Ian and Jan. The three of them
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – November 2025 short story competition was as follows: Your story had to take place on a GAME SHOW. Your story had to include a metaphor that describes the host. One contestant had to be eliminated in some way during the story. Your story had to include the words BUNDLE, NEVER, VIOLENT. ***
Read moreDescribe a scene in which there is balance – movement balancing something that is still, perhaps.** The Every Day Adventure They say you only live once. I’ve chosen to live my life as a bus driver. I’ve chosen to live my life as a bus driver as every day is an adventure…even though I drive the same route every day.
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – October 2025 short story competition was as follows: Your story had to take place on public transport. Your story had to include a character who cries. Your story had to include the exact phrases (in narrative or dialogue): YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE and NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. *** The
Read moreWrite a passage of dialogue in which it is obvious which speakers are male and which are female.** The Last Hurrah (Part II) It was the third mediation meeting in the office this week for another soon-to-be divorced couple. Today it was Mike and Tina, it would be their first time at the negotiation table. They only lasted six months,
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