Middle Childhood
Apologies for another late shortlist announcement. I’m pretty sure I’ve crammed more into my life lately than I ever crammed into the nappy bag for my twins, but I eventually get all my ducks in a row and get to everything I need to, late or not. Hopefully you’ve all kept busy and haven’t been holding your breath too long for this short list, or we’ll have a lot less entrants in the next comp.
Dad jokes aside, the quality of entrants get’s better and better every round, so our job has been a lot harder. On the upside it means that we’re going to have an outstanding anthology to release at the end of it all. Just 2 more rounds after this one, with round 5 starting soon. So get those creative juices flowing and think about what mischievous tales you can tell about teens.
Now for the big news. The shortlist for round 4 of this series, of the Mum Life Stories Micro Fiction Writing Competition.
Writers were asked to write a story of 500 words or less around the theme ‘Middle Childhood’. They could interpret it any way they saw fit as long as it was in narrative form. I’m happy to say that 99% of submissions stuck to these guidelines and made reading for us judges, a pleasurable experience.
Round 4 Shortlist
Here are our 10 ‘Middle Childhood’ themed, shortlisted stories in alphabetical order (please note the order has no bearing on placement):
- After, LUCY HOOFT, Namibia
- Bear Hug, JO HOLMES, United Kingdom
- Building Castles, TRACY KREUZBURG, Canada
- Midge And The Pony, ROSEMARY GEMMELL, Great Britain
- One Small Snare And It Will Never Be Mine Again, LUCY HOOFT, Namibia
- Saint Joan, REDFERN BOYD, Germany
- Seeing Stars, REBECCA KINNARNEY, United Kingdom
- Sisterhood, LAURA TAPPER, United Kingdom
- Taking It On The Chin, ALICE HORIBE, United States
- The Jump, NICKY TORODE, United Kingdom
Congratulations to all our shortlisted stories, they will all appear in the anthology and all receive a free digital copy of the anthology when it is published. Winners will be contacted shortly so keep an eye on your inbox if your name appears on our shortlist, and these winners will be announced within the next few days so stay tuned.
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