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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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