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Micro Fiction Writing Competition Round 4: Deadline extended!

Jo Caddy

*UPDATE: Round 5 has begun. Details HERE!*

Unfortunately, once again we have not received enough submissions to justify a fair competition. So ‘once again’ we are extending the submission deadline. The new deadline is Friday the 15th of May at Midnight AEST. If you can help spread the word, that would be amazing and would help to get this competition through to completion and offer the writers the healthy competition they deserve.

I understand that the $2 entry fee may put people off and whilst I’d love to keep the entry FREE, I’m not sure my bank account will thank me for it. The entry fee helps pay for the prize money, but what’s left has to come from my own pocket, which I’m more than willing to do as it’s a pleasure to hear such excitement from writers when their stories are chosen for a prize and publication. Your very helpful contribution, of a small entry fee, will help me to keep these competitions running and if we get enough from one competition, we can make the next one FREE.

See the original post for details on how to enter HERE

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Shortlist: Micro Fiction Writing Competition Round 3

Shortlist: Micro Fiction Writing Competition Round 3

Jo Caddy

*UPDATE: Round 5 has begun. Details HERE!*

 

Well, it’s that time again when all of our contributing writers sit on the edge of their seats waiting to see if they have been shortlisted in this round of the MLS Micro Fiction Writing Competition and I’ve kept some people waiting for an extra day, just for amusement.

Kidding! I apologize for the lateness of this announcement, I have 5 kids home all week right now (as many of you can relate), so weekends, when I’m down to just 3 teens, is about the only time I have available to post anything.

As usual, it was a tough decision but we have 10 awesome stories for our shortlist which I am about to announce. Winners will be announced once they are all contacted and we have received their bio’s and authors statements, so keep an eye on your inbox if your name is on the shortlist, because if your one of our top 3, we will be contacting you very shortly.

*EDIT: Click HERE to read the winning entries*

Once again it was a privilege to read all of the submissions but I won’t dribble on any longer because we all know why your reading this post and it isn’t to hear what I have to say, haha…and that is quite alright.

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SHORTLIST

Here is our 10 shortlisted stories in alphabetical order (please note the order has no bearing on placement):

  1. Beginnings – By Nancy Leinweber (AUS)
  2. Bye Bye, Big Boy – By Alina Kawker (POL)
  3. Double Mother – By Alyson Hilbourne (UK)
  4. For Auld Lang Syne – By Natalie Reilly-Johnson (UK)
  5. Open Door Policy – By Connie Boland (CAN)
  6. Second Guessing – By RS Nevil (USA)
  7. The One  – Connie Fogle (USA)
  8. There’s No Place Like Home – By Laura Besley (UK)
  9. Trilogy – By Michele Seagrove (UK)
  10. Why We Do It – By Michelle Christophorou (UK)

Congratulations to all our winners, all of our shortlisted stories will be published in our very first anthology sometime at the end of this year and all writers will receive a free digital copy.

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NEXT COMPETITION

Our next competition will be open for submissions on the 14th of April. Click HERE for details or sign up to our email list to receive a notification when this and future competitions begin. Sign up HERE, or fill in the form below. You will also receive all the latest news, stories and promos (including giveaways and competitions) as well as a FREE Ebook exclusive to our email subscribers.

 

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Micro Fiction Writing Competition Round 3: Deadline extended

Jo Caddy

*PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMPETITION HAS ENDED AND WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED. CLICK HERE FOR INFO ON THE NEXT ROUND STARTING SOON*

 

Once again we are extending the submission deadline for our micro-Fiction writing competition, due to insufficient submissions. The new deadline is the 23rd of March so you have a few more weeks to get your stories in.

I understand that the $2 entry fee may put people off and whilst I’d love to keep the entry free, I’m not sure my bank account will thank me for it. The entry fee will help pay for the prize money, but what’s left has to come from my own pocket, which I’m more than willing to do as it’s a pleasure to hear such excitement from writers when their stories are chosen for a prize and publication. Your very helpful contribution of a small entry fee will help me to keep these competitions running and if we get enough from one competition, we can make the next one free. See the original post for details on how to enter HERE

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Shortlist: Micro Fiction Writing Competition Round 2

Shortlist: Micro Fiction Writing Competition Round 2

Jo Caddy

*UPDATE: Round 5 has begun. Details HERE!*

 

Well it’s that time again when all of our contributing writers sit on the edge of their seats waiting to see if they have been shortlisted in this round of the MLS Micro Fiction Writing Competition. I’m so excited, I’m announcing a whole day early. Winners will be announced once they are all contacted and we have received their bio’s and authors statements, so keep an eye on your inbox if your name is on the shortlist, because if your one of our top 3, we will be contacting you very shortly.

Once again it was a privilege to read all of the submissions and a difficult task to come up with just 10 for the shortlist. I feel nasty, overlooking good stories that may have deserved to be there as much as the others, but 10 is what we are looking for so 10 we must choose.

I won’t beat around the proverbial bush or keep you hanging on the metaphorical fence any longer, I’ll just jump straight to it! Here is our 10 shortlisted stories in alphabetical order (please note the order has no bearing on placement):

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SHORTLIST

  1. Bachas Magic – Claire Gaudry (UK)
  2. Bucket Seat List – Elizabeth Willett (USA)
  3. Carpè Diem – Megan Euston-Brown (SA)
  4. Nana Mac – Kyle Walsh (USA)
  5. Reminders – Christina Held (USA)
  6. The Name That Fits – Laura Besley (UK)
  7. The Sweetest of Days – Julie Meier (CAN)
  8. Time For Goodbye – Laura Tapper (UK)
  9. Undercover Superpower – Completely Boofyblitzed (RUSS)
  10. Winding Back The Clock -Alyson Hilbourne (UK)

All of our shortlisted stories will be published in our very first anthology sometime at the end of this year and all writers will receive a free digital copy.

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NEXT COMPETITION

Our next competition will be open for submissions in a couple of days. Keep an eye on the blog for details or sign up to our email list to receive a notification when this and future competitions begin. Sign up Here, or fill in the form below. You will also receive all the latest news, stories and promos (including giveaways and competitions) as well as a FREE Ebook exclusive to our email subscribers.

 

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Micro Fiction Writing Competition Round 2: Deadline extended

Jo Caddy

*Please note: This competition has now ended. Please visit our competitions page for info on our current comp. Please sign up to our mailing list at the bottom of this page to keep informed of new competitions starting*

Once again we are extending the submission deadline for our micro fiction writing competition. The new deadline is the 10th of February so you have a couple more weeks to get your stories in.

Whilst the entries we have are of good quality, there just isn’t enough entries for ethical competition to take place. A lot of our stories are very similar also and centre around this idea of ‘ancient grandmothers’ either dead already or on their deathbeds. I expected this from the theme ‘Great grandmother’ but for this theme ‘Grandmother’ I’d really love to see some more stories about women in their prime, wise women, adventurous women, inspiring women.

Let’s see some stories about life lessons learned or taught, about overcoming obstacles, about chasing dreams, about mentors and matriarchs etc etc. Inspire us, motivate us, teach us!

I hope that was a good pep talk and didn’t put anyone off, haha. I’m loving all these stories but I want to see more. Get those stories in!

See the original post for details on how to enter HERE

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Shortlist: Micro Fiction Writing Competition Round 1

Shortlist: Micro Fiction Writing Competition Round 1

Jo Caddy

Micro Fiction writing competition

*UPDATE: This series has ended, another one begins soon*

Hello all.

Thank you so much to those who participated in our very first micro fiction writing competition. It was so exciting to read all the awesome stories that came in from so many talented writers. It was very hard to settle on just 10 stories for our shortlist but we did it and we are very happy to announce the list of 10 stories and their authors below.

I know I said that we would be announcing the shortlist and the winners at the same time, but due to life circumstances, we need a little more time to organise all the details that go with that, but do not worry, we will not keep you on the edge of your seats for too long and will have the winners announced within the next few days. If your story appears in the shortlist you will receive an email from us soon as well.

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‘Mother’ Micro Fiction Writing Competition Shortlist

So without further adieu, I am very pleased to announce our shortlist of micro fiction stories, in alphabetical order (please note the numbers do not indicate your rank in the competition). All those in our shortlist will have their stories published in an anthology at the end of the year and receive a digital copy of the anthology.

  1. ‘At Sears Department Store’ – By Sarah Russell of the USA
  2. ‘Blankets To Banners’ – By Aliyah Orr of the UK
  3. ‘Conversations With Mum’ – By Connie Boland of Canada
  4. ‘I Demand To See The Manager’ – By Bett Willett of the USA
  5. ‘Midnight Reverie’ – By Maureen McVeigh of the USA
  6. ‘Preparations’ – By Nancy Leinweber of Australia
  7. ‘She Carries On’ – By Samantha Adair of Australia
  8. ‘Talismans’ – By Catherine Gillespie of the USA
  9. ‘The Burning Library’ – By Sean Fallon of Australia
  10. ‘The Whole Mother’ – By Alexis Arrowsmith of Australia

Next Competition

The details of the next Micro Fiction Competition entitled ‘Grandmother’ will be released over the next few days also. If your not already on our mailing list, feel free to sign up HERE or in the form below to receive a notification about future competitions as well as all our latest stories, news and promos including giveaways and writing competitions, plus receive a FREE Ebook exclusive to our email subscribers.



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