“Right,” declared Fred... Doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, does it? Perhaps it needs to be a verb with just one syllable? “Right,” barked Fred… Nope – still not right. Looks like we’re best off sticking to the simple original. “Right,” said Fred… Yep, that’s the one. So maybe Elmore Leonard’s statement about … Continue reading What Elmore Leonard said
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Author Profile – HANNAH SUTHERLAND
Hannah won Cranked Anvil's first Flash Fiction prize with her story Warm Milk. You can read it on our website here. She has also been placed 2nd in the Writing East Midland’s 2020 Aurora Prize. She’s been listed in a few competitions including Strands International, Retreat West, Flash 500 and The Phare Magazine. Her Novella-in-Flash Small … Continue reading Author Profile – HANNAH SUTHERLAND
And Now For Something Completely Different
Today is Sir Michael Palin's birthday. A perfect excuse for us (if we needed one) to give you another of our themed Prompt Grids. This one is, of course, a Monty Python themed grid. Roll the die seven times to gather the elements to your story. Have plenty of fun with it... And give yourself … Continue reading And Now For Something Completely Different
Shakespeare’s Birthday
Yesterday was Shakespeare's birthday, and just for a bit of fun we tweeted a writing prompt that was themed around the Bard. It seemed to generate a lot of interest on twitter - and, we hope, inspired plenty of writing! So we thought we'd use it to start our series of writing prompts here on … Continue reading Shakespeare’s Birthday
On The Shelf – ROSE WALKER-TAYLOR
Rose's story Soup Kitchen was placed second in our inaugural Flash Fiction competition in November 2020. You can read it on our website here. Rose is by no means a writer by trade, she tells us, but she is hoping that one day this will be true. In the meantime, she writes in the free … Continue reading On The Shelf – ROSE WALKER-TAYLOR
Copyright and Non-Exclusive Rights
One of the most important things a writer - and publisher - needs to consider is copyright. It can be quite a contentious issue. The most obvious recent example being the decision of Woman's Weekly magazine (and others, I believe) to demand ALL rights from submitting short story writers. It was an issue which writer … Continue reading Copyright and Non-Exclusive Rights
February 2021 – Flash shortlist and winners
Our flash fiction competition is proving increasingly popular, with a huge number of entries for the February quarter. It has been an incredibly difficult task for our judges to pick just two winners. (So much so that you may see a slight change to the structure of our Flash competition soon.) But the decisions have … Continue reading February 2021 – Flash shortlist and winners
THE MOST FASCINATING WOMAN IN THE WORLD by Andrew Boulton (1st Place, Flash Feb21)
When it became clear she truly was the most fascinating woman in the world, everybody wanted to be near her. And, because she genuinely was a fascinating woman, and hadn’t simply been mistaken for one, she could think of nothing worse to be than fascinating. At first, it was intrusive but never especially dangerous. People … Continue reading THE MOST FASCINATING WOMAN IN THE WORLD by Andrew Boulton (1st Place, Flash Feb21)
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