Loveday Writing

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – August 2026 short story competition was as follows: Your story had to take place during an EXTREME/UNUSUAL WEATHER EVENT. Your story had to include something being lifted. Your story had to include the words: ZERO, ZIGZAG, and ZOOM (longer variations accepted). *** Fleeing “The State Emergency Service (SES) has issued an immediate

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – July 2026 short story competition was as follows: Your story had to take place in a MUSEUM or ART GALLERY. Your story had to include something being spilled. Your story had to include the words: DREAM, PLANT, and REPEAT (longer variations accepted). *** Monsters on Display Hopefully this museum will be healing

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – June 2026 short story competition was as follows: Each story had to take place on a BRIDGE. A character in the story had to have too much/many of something. Each story had to include the words CATCH, MEASURE, WARM (longer variations were allowed) *** Let it Rain If I get rid of

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – March 2026 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place in a PETROL/GAS STATION. Your story must feature a camera. You must include the following adjectives: JAGGED, LOUD, MYSTERIOUS somewhere in your story. *** Additional Service I should have never set up my car mechanical business at the petrol

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – April 2026 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place UNDERGROUND. Your story’s first and last sentences had to be questions. Your story had to include the following words: FOUR, SHARP, TAIL, YAWN (longer variations were allowed) *** The Sandman’s Factory Tour Are you enjoying the tour of my

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – February 2026 short story competition was as follows: Each story’s theme had to be ‘EIGHT’ Each story had to include two characters meeting for the first time. Each story had to include the following words: DISCOVER, NOTICE, SHEET *** An Important Service Some people view my job as a medical examiner as

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – January 2026 short story competition was as follows: Each story had to take place at a LUXURY RESORT. Each story had to include a character overhearing something. Each story had to include the words BOOK, PINK, PUZZLE. *** The Front Desk I’m the gatekeeper of fun at the Sapphire Ocean Resort. I’m

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – September 2024 short story competition was as follows: Writers had to use the image above in ANY way as inspiration to tell their story. What writers wrote was up to them – but participants were told to imagine that if their story were ever to be printed somewhere, THIS image would make

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

The 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