Adolescence
It’s finally here, the shortlist for our second last round of this series of micro fiction writing competitions. After opening this round for submissions twice, there was eventually a decent amount of entries for some healthy competition. I’m hoping that our next and final round will attract a bit more attention though so we can finish off the anthology with a bang!
Due to the amount of times I’ve had to extend submission dates and re-open rounds etc, I am unfortunately going to have to push back the release date of the anthology. I was hoping to have it out by the end of this year but it is looking more likely that February 2023 will be the soonest I can get it compiled and published. There is due to be some big changes for me and my family at the end of this year, so time for Mum Life Stories is going to be limited. Rest assured it ‘will’ happen though! It won’t be out in time for Christmas but it will be right on time for Mother’s Day!
After this, there is just one more round to go. So get those creative juices flowing and think about what mischievous tales you can tell about young adults or the return to freedom for empty nesters. Okay, you can talk about the down side too, but not too much, we want some uplifting tales too. Let’s end the anthology in a positive light.
Now for the big news. The shortlist for round 5 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 ‘Adolescence’. 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 ‘Adolescence’ themed, shortlisted stories in alphabetical order (please note the order has no bearing on placement):
- Adolescence: A Mother’s Perspective, MARY WRIGHT, United Kingdom
- Always Remembered, SAM SZANTO, United Kingdom
- Baby Blues, ROSEMARY GEMMELL, Great Britain
- Connor of the Crows, Rebekah Caldwell, United States
- Locked Out, GEJA HADDERINGH, Netherlands
- Not enough fingers, JAN ERSKINE-POWER, United Kingdom
- One Word At A Time, JO HOLMES, United Kingdom
- The Talk, LAURA TAPPER, United Kingdom
- Undercover Trolls, DEBORAH HENLEY, Australia
- Broken Identity, BRADLEY SMITH, Australia
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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