Loveday Writing

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—April 2018 short story competition was as follows: The title of the story had to be THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. The story had to feature the words “busted”, “emerged” and “key”. The story had to end with “the clock struck four”.   *** The Elephant in the Room I thought I was being

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—March 2018 short story competition was as follows: The first word had to be MUSIC. The story had to feature singing at some point. The story had to include an invitation in some way. *** Stage Fright Music was, sorry is my life. My friend, Valerie, from college finally opened her cabaret bar and

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—February 2018 short story competition was as follows: Have an opening sentence of exactly THREE words. Include the words “forty”, “flamboyant”, “fortune”, “flavour” and “furious” at some point in the story (plural forms – if they existed – were allowed). Involve the prop of a “feather” in some way. *** Happy Birthday Today’s my

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—July 2019 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place on a TRAIN. Your story must include something FROZEN. Your story must include three 3-word sentences in a row. *** Journey Not the Destination to the Afterlife All aboard passengers! Please stand clear! This is it. Throughout my life, I had

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—June 2019 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place at a PARTY of some kind. Your story must include a BUTTON. Your story must include the following sentence (which you will complete with one or more words): THE AIR WAS THICK WITH…. *** One Person and a Crowd The air

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—May 2019 short story competition was as follows: “It’s May, so we had some fun with five words that contain M-A-Y. And then we threw in a few other things…” Your story must include the words MAYBE, MAYHEM, DISMAY, MAYOR and MAYONNAISE. Your story’s FIRST word must be an 11-letter word. Your story must,

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—April 2019 short story competition was as follows: To celebrate the launch of the new Fiction Essentials: Dialogue course, we (the AWC) thought this month we’d have fun with some. What we’ve done is pluck actual lines of dialogue from three famous books, and you need to use ALL OF THEM in YOUR story:

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—March 2019 short story competition was as follows: The PICTURE (shown below) should inspire your story’s setting. The THEME of your story is to be “CURIOSITY”.   *** Laundry Night I love going to the laundromat every Friday night because that’s where my best friend lives. I feel such joy when I walk in

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—February 2019 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first sentence must contain exactly THREE WORDS. Your story must include A FIRST of some king (open to interpretation). Your story must include A CANDLE. *** A Witch In Time Come on work! Sunday morning, 3am. I’ve been casting the same spell for hours,

The brief for the AWC Furious Fiction—January 2019 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first word must be NEW. Your story must include the words NINETEEN, DESERT, and PRESENT. Your story must include SOME KIND OF LIST (interpret how you like—could be just a mention or an actual list). **** New Witch on Campus New school, new life