Stuff I wrote.
Hurrah! My poem Plaints of the Old Git has won first place in the ‘rhyming poetry’ category of the annual Writers’ Digest competition! The prize is $1,000 plus various other goodies.
I’m not quite sure whether I’m allowed to share the poem here, but if so I will. It consists of three sonnets, with two lines filleted out of the second so as to come within the 40 line limit.
I have again reached the shortlist of the estimable Parracombe competition, which means my story They All Left the Room will be in this year’s anthology even if it doesn’t progress further.
I’ve been shortlisted in the Ink of Ages Fiction Prize! Final results expected 24th February.
One of my efforts is on the Oxford flash fiction longlist! I don’t do a lot of flash, so this is particularly pleasing. Next week I’ll l know whether it has got any further.
Update – I’m on the shortlist.
My story ‘Posterity of the Mad Duke‘ has won the Lynn Fraser Memorial prize! https://freefallmagazine.ca/past-winners/
One of my stories has been shortlisted in FreeFall magazine’s annual contest! I’m not allowed to say which one until the judging is complete.
The Page Turner Awards are unusual in allowing other people (if you so choose) to read your entry and comment before the judging starts. So here’s mine, Scrooge and Marley, a prequel to A Christmas Carol. This is just the first ten pages. I don’t know whether it helps, but comments are very welcome!
My story ‘The Salamander of London’ came third in this year’s Ann Pattinson memorial prize, a contest run by the good people at Sutton Writers.
I’ve been longlisted in the Parracombe competition! The announcement is a bit late, and I had put them down in my spreadsheet (oh yes, I have a spreadsheet) as a ‘no’, but there we are. The shortlist and winners should be announced in about a week.
Update: I’m on the shortlist! This means my story will be in the anthology.
I was shortlisted in the Letter Review competition! In this case it’s a definitive list, so no chance of winning, but still nice.
