Loveday Writing

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—October 2019 short story competition was as follows: Each story had to take place in a LIBRARY or BOOKSTORE Each story had to include AT LEAST SIX of the following 20 words– each taken from the openings of the previous 20 Furious Fiction winning stories: BROKEN; MUSIC; AROUND; MECHANICAL; SMELT; GRUBBY; GAME; COFFEE; BEIGE;

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—September 2019 short story competition was as follows: Each story had to include the name of at least ONE element from the periodic table. Each story’s first and last words had to begin with S. Each story had to contain the words TRAFFIC, JOWLS and HIDDEN. And finally, each story had to include something that BUZZES. *** Shaker

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—August 2018 short story competition was as follows: Each story simply had to include the following three sentences: The door was locked. She laughed. It felt familiar. *** Before the Storm The door was locked. Jesinta’s grand plan was just about complete with only one step left—freeing him so he could go straight into

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—July 2018 short story competition was as follows: The first sentence had to contain a question. Each story had to contain the words JAM, JACKPOT and JUNGLE (or an applicable “s”, “ing” or “ed” version). The story had to end with BANG. Literally. The final word had to be the single word sentence BANG.

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—August 2019 short story competition was as follows: Each story had to include, word for word, ALL of the following SIX descriptions: SHINY, SILVER COLD AND GREASY SCRATCHED AND WEATHER-WORN SWEET AND PUNGENT INK-STAINED SHRILL, PIERCING One of these six descriptions had to appear in the first sentence of each story. *** Fine Line

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—June 2018 short story competition was as follows: Your story had to begin with the scene that you see in the picture. We suggested thinking about your story like a short film and that image being the “opening frame” that the viewer sees. And of course, as usual, the maximum word limit was 500

The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—May 2018 short story competition was as follows: The story had to begin with the words “A long time ago” The story had to include the words “star”, “war” and “force” (or a plural of those words). The story had to feature something that flies. *** One day in an Alternate Universe A long

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