Loveday Writing

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—January 2021 short story competition was as follows: Your story has to begin at sunrise. Your story has to use the words SIGNATURE, PATIENT, BICYCLE. (Longer variations permitted.) Your story has to include a character who has to make a CHOICE. *** Resolutions The New Year started for me with the sun rising, the

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—December 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story has to include a GIFT of some kind. Your story’s first sentence has to contain only THREE WORDS. Your story has to include the following words: PALM, MATCH and ROSE. *** Gifts “It’s from me!” I forced a gracious smile on my face after

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—November 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story has to take place at a HOTEL. Your story has to include a PHOTOGRAPH. Your story has to include the following ‘blue’ inspired words: COLLAR, GLOOMY, POLICE, RHYTHM, SAPPHIRE. *** A Night Alone Ron showed up to the hotel with one suitcase in his

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—October 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story has to include someone/something being caught. Your story has to include the words: OBJECT, WOUND, BAND, ELABORATE (ed/s variations included). Your story’s final two words have to be THE MOON. *** Mission Briefing It was decided that I would be the human test subject

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—September 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story should be inspired by the picture above. Your story’s first word must begin with SHO. Your story must include the following words: SCORE, SLICE, SPRINKLE, STAMP and SWITCH (plural and past-tense variations allowed). *** Please note, this short story is not meant to trivialise

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—July 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place at either a WEDDING or a FUNERAL. Your story must include something being cut. Your story must include the words “UNDER”, “OVER” and “BETWEEN.” *** My Best Friends’ Wedding Day Today is the wedding day of Aaron and Erin – the

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—August 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story must contain HUMOUR/COMEDY (see below). Your story must include the following five words: DIZZY, EXOTIC, LUMPY, TINY, TWISTED. Your story must include a sandwich. Wait – what does “contain humour/comedy mean?” Your story must simply use humour as a main driving force (think amusing

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—June 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first and last words must begin with J. Your story must include a game being played. Your story must include the phrase MISS/MISSED THE BOAT. *** Mind Games Just as I started to feel better about myself and transformation, my anxiety came to the

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—May 2020 short story competition was as follows: Your story’s first word must be FIVE. Your story must include something being replaced. Your story must include the phrase A SILVER LINING. *** Renovation Five years. Five years was how long I was married to a man who was handsome, charming and nice to me

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—April 2020 short story competition was as follows: Each story had to begin on the side of a road. Each story must include the words APRON, PIGMENT, RIBBON, ICON, LEMON (notice A-P-R-I-L anyone?). Each story had to include a splash. *** Junk Drawer Mission My day started on the side of the road in