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FLASH FICTION COMPS 2022
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 2022; plus links to other years.
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DEC 2022 - Theme: DEADLINE
December 2022's competition was a double-header - Poetry and Flash Fiction. Below is the Flash Fiction:
1st Place - Liz Shaw The Last Train
Jint 2nd Place: Geoff Brown The Longest Wait; and
Sumi Watters New Year's Resolutions
Joint 4th Place: Lesley Kerr Just in Time; and
Louise Welland Busking For Change
NOV 2022 - Theme: LOST
1st place: Sumi Watters - Where You Need To Be
2nd Place: Kay Hall - See Me Feel Me
3rd Place: Geoff Brown - Lost in Translation
Joint 4th Place: Melville Lovatt - The Deserter and
Pat Simpson - A Sudden Storm
SEPT 2022 - Theme: THE STORM
1st place: Helen Nicell - The Calm Before The Storm
2nd Place: Brian Bold - When You Drive Through a Storm
Joint 3rd Place: Sumi Watters - A Preposterous Proposal and
Louise Welland - The Cost of Fish
AUGUST 2022 - Theme: SUPER POWER
1st Place - Mike Lansdown - For I Have Sinned
2nd Place - Sumi Watters - The Invisible People
3rd Place - Helen Nicell - Bottling The Sunshine
4th Place - Ian Welland - All Shapes and Guises
JULY 2022 - Theme: NEXT DOOR
1st Place: Sumi Watters - The Gifts He Brings
2nd Place: Helen Nicell - Happy New Home
3rd Place: Louise Welland - Love Thy Neighbour
Joint 4th Place: Mike Lansdown - The Joneses; and
Liz Shaw - Moon Watch
MAY 2022 - Theme: THE CLASSIC
1st Place: Sumi Watters - Broken Promises
2nd Place: David Elliott - Daddioes
3rd Place: Brian Bold - Brothers
4th Place: Jo Morgan - Pressure To Perform
MARCH 2022 - Theme: THE DISAPPEARANCE
1st Place: Helen Nicell - Runner Beans
2nd Place: David Elliott - Port Out - Starboard Home
3rd Place: Sumi Watters - Airbrushed
4th Place: Sumi Watters - A Good Life
JAN 2022 - Theme: THE OVERHEARD CONVERSATION
1st Place: Geoff Brown - A Surreal Soundscape
2nd Place: Brian Bold - Silence Is Golden
3rd Place: Helen Nicell - Dear John
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