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FLASH FICTION COMPS 2021

Every month we have a writing competition that generally alternates between Flash Fiction and Poetry; although some months we have had plays and duologues. 


Below is a selection of the Flash Fiction Comps held in 2021; plus links to other years.


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Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2025

Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2024

Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2023

Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2022

Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2020

OCTOBER 2021 - Theme: THE KEY / THE QUAY

 1st Place: Chris McDermott - The Darkness - a story about Afghanistan

Joint 2nd Place: Helen Gordon - A Reward

Joint 2nd Place: Andrea Neidle - Freedom

Joint 2nd Place: Sumi Watters - By the Dawn's early light

Joint 2nd Place: Louise Welland  -This is Me

Susan Bennett - Dear Watson (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - The Philosopher's Stone (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - Where on Earth am I (pdf)Download
Ann Crago - Stagefright (pdf)Download
David Elliott - Key West (pdf)Download
Helen Gordon - A Reward (pdf)Download
Lesley Kerr - Off Key (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - Mist (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - Prime Suspect (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - Fred's Adventure (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - The Darkness (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - Freedom (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - Pocket Money Purse (pdf)Download
Sumi Watters - By the Dawn's Early Light (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Blanket of Wisdom (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Finale (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - This is me (pdf)Download
Marion Witton - The Silver Key In The Blue Box (pdf)Download

SEPT 2021 - Theme: I WRITE THE SONGS

 1st Place: Louise Welland - Goodbye Child

Joint 2nd Place: Helen Nicell - Avenue Charisma

Marion Witton - The Nurse

4th Place: Helen Nicell - My Cake Has Risen

Susan Bennett - I am the very model (pdf)Download
Brian Bold - Sweet Sixty (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - The Boris Shuffle (pdf)Download
Ann Crago - Apologies to The Beatles (pdf)Download
David Elliott - Didn't start the fire (pdf)Download
Helen Gordon - I Might be British but I loathe queueing (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - Bored Old Man (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - Ricky Road (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - Covid, let's put on a show (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - Migrants Song (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - Avenue Charisma (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - My Cake Has Risen (pdf)Download
Jan Rees - Rational Anthem (pdf)Download
Liz Shaw - School dinners (pdf)Download
Sumi Watters - I've got them kids oh (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Heaven I Call (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - I Know This Will Last Forever (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - Goodbye Child (pdf)Download
Marion Witton - The Nurse (pdf)Download

AUGUST 2021 - Theme: THE MISTAKE

 1st Place: Geoff Brown - Quick Thinking

2nd Place: David Elliott - Like Clockwork

3rd Place: Helen Nicell - Final Destination

4th Place: Mike Lansdown - No Regrets and Ian Welland - Same Old Train

Brian Bold - Spilling Mistake (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - A Painful Lesson (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - Quick Thinking (pdf)Download
David Elliott - Cool Cat Club (pdf)Download
Kay Hall - An Evening Out (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - No Regrets (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - Teach your children well (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - One Way Ticket (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - The Homecoming (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - Wrong Number (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - Final Destination (pdf)Download
Jan Rees - Proof of the Pudding (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Same old train (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - This is Tomorrow (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - New Balls (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - Smokescreen (pdf)Download

JUNE 2021 - Theme: FIRST

 1st Place: Mike Lansdown - Reflection

2nd Place: Mike Lansdown - One Bright Summer's Day

3rd Place: Lesley Kerr - A Dreadful Truth
4th Place: Liz Shaw - It's Time

Brian Bold - Turning Tables (pdf)Download
Ailish Brennan - Finding Home (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - A Cracking Experience (pdf)Download
Ann Crago - Young Love (pdf)Download
Susan DeSilva - Never a dull moment (pdf)Download
David Elliott - TheThird Man (pdf)Download
Kay Hall - Storm (pdf)Download
Lesley Kerr - A dreadful truth (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - One Bright Summer's Day (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - Reflection (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - The Pizza Boy (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - Diplomat (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - The First Wives Club (pdf)Download
Jan Rees - Vivat Regina (pdf)Download
Liz Shaw - It's Time (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Landy of the Lighthouse (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Port Phillip Bay (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - Off The Hook (pdf)Download
Marion Witton - Brains (pdf)Download

MAY 2021 - Theme: DISAPPOINTMENT

 1st Place: Brian Bold - Separate Lives

2nd Place: Jan Rees - The Gipsy Fair

3rd Place: Ann Crago - Not Waving, But Drowning
4th Place: Susan DeSilva - The Wrong Side of 40

Ailish Brennan - The Release (pdf)Download
Ann Crago - Not waving but (pdf)Download
Brian Bold - Separate Lives (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - The End of Torment (pdf)Download
Claire McGovern - I told you so (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - A Forlorn Hope (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - It's My Life (pdf)Download
Susan De Silva - The wrong side of 40 (pdf)Download
Jo Hopkinson - True Blood (pdf)Download
Lucy Houbart - The School Trip (pdf)Download
Kay Hall - No Hero Needed (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - Cuppa Tay and a Wee Chat (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - Flat Fringe (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - Nettle Soup (pdf)Download
Liz Shaw - Hope over experience (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Where have the years gone (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - Positive or Negative (pdf)Download

MARCH 2021 - Theme: BOOK TITLES

1st Place: Mike Lansdown - Symphonia

Joint 2nd Place: Liz Shaw - Scouting for Bots

Joint 2nd Place: Geoff Brown - Counting and Other Quirks
4th Place: Lesley Kerr - Survivor

Brian Bold - Born Lucky (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - A Functioning Relationship (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - Counting and Other Quirks (pdf)Download
David Elliott - No Man Is An Island (pdf)Download
Kay Hall - Nothing ventured, Nothing gained (pdf)Download
Kay Hall - Outside (pdf)Download
Lesley Kerr - Survivor (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - Symphonia Poem (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - Footprints (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - Straight Down The Middle (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - Ha Ha Hoo (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - Itch (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - The Boys Are Back In Town (pdf)Download
Jan Rees - The Long Wait (pdf)Download
Liz Shaw - Scouting for Bots (pdf)Download
Pat Simpson - The Interview (pdf)Download
John Ward - Cabaret (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Crystal Clear in my Eyes (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - The Legend that is PC Donald McBride (pdf)Download

JAN 2021 - Theme: ON THE BRINK

 1st Place: Mike Lansdown - The New World

2nd Place: Geoff Brown - The Wrong Word
Joint 3rd Place: Liz Shaw - Anticipation
and: Helen Nicell - Tinder Timeline 

Geoff Brown - The Wrong Word (pdf)Download
Ann Crago - Circle of life (pdf)Download
David Elliott - Hope (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - A New World (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - On The Drink (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - We Creatures Shall Rebel (pdf)Download
Jo Morgan - My Chest is Getting Tight (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - Nearly (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - Wild Child (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - Tinder Timeline (pdf)Download
Jan Rees - The Choice (pdf)Download
Liz Shaw - Anticipation (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Father For I Have Not Sinned (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Tear along dotted line (pdf)Download
Marion Witton - November 2000 (pdf)Download
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