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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Flash, flash, flash!


The big literary news this summer seems to be flash fiction. It's suddenly the thing to be writing, and - what's more - there are lots of competitions out there, inviting us to send in our short, short, short stories and win money!

Exeter-based writer and teacher of creative writing Cathie Hartigan is running a flash fiction competition with prizes. You can find details on her website at www.creativewritingmatters.co.uk, so do enter!

Francine Howarth adds:

At Romantic Friday Writers http://fridaynightwriters.blogspot.com we have themed weekly challenges for romance writers: max 400 word count. Published and unpublished authors participate. It really is a fun thing to do, and members post snippets from published novels or that of WIPs.

3 comments:

  1. Hi,

    FF is a great exercise in honing one's work: cutting to the bone in tight writing! :)

    At Romantic Friday Writers http://fridaynightwriters.blogspot.com we have themed weekly challenges for romance writers: max 400 word count. Published and unpublished authors participate. It really is a fun thing to do, and members post snippets from published novels or that of WIPs.

    best
    F

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  2. Thank you for commenting, Francine - I've added your comment to the post above.

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  3. Hi,

    Oooh, thanks for posting up RFW url.

    best
    F

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