Our quarterly Short Story Competition is open all year round. Your story/stories can be any theme or genre, but must be a maximum of 1,500 words (not including the title). The deadline for each competition is midnight on the last day of the following months: January April July October You…Continue reading “Short Story Competition”
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PROMPT GRID: Snooker Loopy
Today sees the start of the 17-day World Snooker Championships in Sheffield, England, with Mark Selby – ‘The Jester From…
Our Flash Fiction competition prize money has INCREASED!
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The Cranked Anvil writing competitions just got better!
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Thank you for providing opportunities like this for writers from around the world
Scott Hallarn – competition entrant
Thank you for having such affordable entry fees – it’s especially appreciated at present!
Taria Karillion – competition entrant
Writing Flash Fiction? Discover brilliant places to submit including … Cranked Anvil
Rae Cowie – writer & blogger
I want to give a shout out to some people who have shown much kindness and generosity to me and my writing this year: … Paul Dunn at Cranked Anvil, for the competitions and the anthology. ~ From Cath’s website. Read her On The Shelf article.
Cath Barton – anthology contributor
A great place to submit your work… Thanks Cranked Anvil for this Ash Wednesday retweet for my 3rd place story Nothing But Ashes from their first competition two years ago.
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