Category Archives: Australian Writers’ Centre Prompts

Furious Fiction – September 2021

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—September 2021 short story competition was as follows: Your story must include EITHER an attic OR a basement. Your story must include some kind of insect. Your story must include the words EARTH, WIND, FIRE and WATER. *** Ally I have very few friends in the magical community, Zoey Martin is definitely one of

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Furious Fiction – October 2021

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—October 2021 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s setting: a COURT of some kind. Your story must include a character who measures something. Your story must include the words BALLOON, ROCK, UMBRELLA. *** Renovations: I’ve lived in this apartment complex for ten years. I moved here when I was 18, fresh out

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Furious Fiction and Me

In February, the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) celebrated the Furious Fiction competition’s third birthday by putting a call out to participants to share their own experiences, insights or perspectives on the competition. The AWC shared the responses they received here. My response wasn’t included, so I thought I’d publish it below. *** Furious Fiction and Me I fell in love

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Furious Fiction – July 2021

The 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

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Furious Fiction – June 2021

The 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

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Furious Fiction – April 2021

The 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

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19 Words on COVID-19

Around March-April 2020, when social distancing and border lockdowns were enforced for the first time in Australia, the Australian Writers’ Centre encouraged writers to share how they felt about COVID-19 in 19 words – no more, no less. More than a year later (due to falling behind with my writing projects), I’ve finally written my own 19-word micro story about

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Furious Fiction – March 2021

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—March 2021 short story competition was as follows: Each story had to include the pictured setting (above) at some point. Each story had to include the following “MAR-” words: MARKET, MARBLE, MARVELLOUS, MARSHMALLOW. Each story’s final sentence had to contain dialogue – i.e. someone speaking. *** Personal Call I managed to hobble my way into

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