Earlier this year I entered the NYC Midnight 100-Word Microfiction Challenge for the fourth time. NYC Midnight’s 100-Word Microfiction Challenge is 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,
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – June 2024 short story competition was as follows: Your story must strongly feature a relationship between TWO characters. A dynamic duo. A couple. A rivalry. Siblings. Anything! Your story must include someone whispering. Your story must include the words JAR, UNIFORM, NEEDLE, and EDGE. *** Teacher’s Pet I’ve been Cindy’s teacher since
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – April 2024 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first sentence must be a question. Your story must include something being pulled. Your story must include the words POST, TEAR, and THUNDER. *** Centre of Attention “Why did you have to steal my thunder, Maggie?!” “I didn’t steal your thunder at
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – March 2024 short story competition was as follows: Your story must include a character who revisits something. Your story must include the same colour in your first and last sentence. Your story must include the words CAMP, FAST, and SPARK. *** Return Trip I love riding my white Harley through time. I
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – February 2024 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first sentence must include something being POPPED. Your story must include a character who references a FILM title. Your story must include the words LEAP, BOTTLE, and SHADOW. *** Date Night? It was always captivating to watch the machine popping the corn.
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – November 2023 short story competition was as follows: Your story must be set at a remote house or cabin. Your story must include three different three-word sentences in a row. Your story must include the words SPACE, KNOCK, WHISTLE, MYTH (longer words are okay if original spelling is retained). *** Pit Stop
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – January 2024 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place on a character’s first day of a new job. Your story must include something being stolen. Your story must include the words TRIP, TRIANGLE and TSUNAMI. *** Diary of a New Employee Time Entry 8:30 Arrived at the office
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – May 2023 short story competition was as follows: Your story must include a character who is BEING CHASED or doing the CHASING. Your story must include the words BOIL, FRINGE, and JUMP. (You can use longer words – e.g. BOILING or JUMPED – as long as they retain the original spelling within
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – December 2023 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place at either an AIRPORT or TRAIN STATION. Your story must feature an awkward hug. Your story must include the words EIGHTEEN, EGG, and ELEPHANT. *** Arrivals & Departures I’ve never liked airports. It’s mainly because I’m always saying goodbye
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – October 2023 short story competition was as follows: Your story must feature someone looking through either a TELESCOPE or BINOCULARS. Your story must include a five-digit number. Your story must include the words BLIND, WIND, FIND, and MIND. *** Neighbourhood Watch She moved into the street six weeks ago and ruined everything.
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