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FLASH FICTION COMPS 2023

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 2023; 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 2022

Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2021

Please click here for FLASH FICTION COMPS 2020

DEC 2023 - Theme: THE GIFT

 1st Place: Sumi Watters - Grate Expectations

2nd Place: Ann Crago - Love

3rd Place: Louise Welland - Love at First Sight

4th Place: Meville Lovatt - First Love (a monologue)

Geoff Brown - Curse or Blessing (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - A Debt Repaid (pdf)Download
Ann Crago - Love (pdf)Download
David Elliott - The curse that kept giving (pdf)Download
Lesley Kerr - Speak our minds (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - Martha and Jonno (pdf)Download
Melville Lovatt - First Love - A Monologue (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - A Brighter Future Lies Ahead (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - The Meaning of Christmas (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - From Your Head to Mine (pdf)Download
Helen Spisak - A Model Marriage (pdf)Download
Sumi Watters - Grate Expectations (pdf)Download
Sumi Watters - Perfect Match (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Vic Alan Thoms (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - Love at first sight (pdf)Download

NOV 2023 - Theme: THE ART OF WRITING

 1st Place: Liz Shaw - Angel of the North

Joint 2nd Place: Sumi Watters - It's You

Louise Welland - Three

4th Place: Andrea Neidle - Overheard in the Bar

Susan Bennett - Married life (pdf)Download
Brian Bold - Girl by the Window (pdf)Download
David Elliott - Medusa (pdf)Download
Kay Hall - Waiting (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - The Milkman (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - The Sun King (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - Overheard in the Bar (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - La Robe Verte (pdf)Download
Liz Shaw - Angel of the North (pdf)Download
Sumi Watters - It's You (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Island (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - Three (pdf)Download

JUNE 2023 - Theme: DISCOVERY / DISCOVERIES

 1st Place: Sumi Watters - A Kind Society

2nd Place: Sumi Watters - Third From The Left

Joint 3rd Place: Geoff Brown - Hiding in Plain Sight

Helen Nicell - I'm Dreaming of Pin Christmas

4th Place: Mike Lansdown - The Big Brother

Brian Bold - Who do we think we are (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - Hiding in Plain Sight (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - Why Didn't You Tell Me (pdf)Download
David Elliott - Sea to summit (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - The Big Brother (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - Breaking The Silence (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - Life in the 22nd Century (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - I'm Dreaming of a Pink Christmas (pdf)Download
Liz Shaw - Fishy Business (pdf)Download
Sumi Watters - A Kind Society (pdf)Download
Sumi Watters - Third From the Left (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - X marks the spot (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - Down The Sync (pdf)Download

MARCH 2023 - Theme: TIGHT SITUATION

 1st Place: Ann Crago - Fitting In

2nd Place: Brian Bold - Trading Places

3rd Place: Andrea Neidle - Coronation

4th Place: Geoff Brown - A Misunderstanding

Brian Bold - Trading Places (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - A Mixed Blessing (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - A Misunderstanding (pdf)Download
Ann Crago - Fitting in (pdf)Download
Ilmas Isard - Mayday Mayday Mayday (pdf)Download
Ilmas Isard - KINDNESS OF STRANGERS (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - A Load of old (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - Doctor, heal thyself (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - Orange Saves the Day (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - Time to Decide (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - Coronation (pdf)Download
Andrea Neidle - The Great Escape (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - The Will Young Years (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - Keeping up with the Joneses (pdf)Download
Elizabeth Shaw - Sardines (pdf)Download
Pat Simpson - Why Didn't I Listen (pdf)Download
Sumi Watters - An Epiphany at Wembley Park (pdf)Download
Sumi Watters - The Big Day (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - Calling Occupants (pdf)Download

JAN 2023 - Theme: FAIRY TALES / FAIRY STORY

 1st Place: Mike Lansdown - The Magpie and the King

2nd Place: Geoff Brown - A Modern Pied Piper

Joint 3rd Place: David Elliott -A Slow News Day; 

Helen Nicell - The Burn; 

Liz Shaw - Magical Mystery Tor.

Susan Bennett - The tooth, the whole tooth (pdf)Download
Brian Bold - While I Am Away (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - A Crutch in Time (pdf)Download
Geoff Brown - A Modern Pied Piper (pdf)Download
Stephen Clifford - Grimm fairytale (pdf)Download
Cherry Cooke - Never Too Late (pdf)Download
Ann Crago - A Grim Tale (pdf)Download
Ann Crago - H&M (pdf)Download
David Elliott - A slow news day (pdf)Download
Kay Hall - Briana and the King (pdf)Download
Ilmas Isard - The Princess and Puppino (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - Felicity (pdf)Download
Mike Lansdown - The Magpie and The King (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - A Kingdom is Reborn (pdf)Download
Chris McDermott - Times Are Changing (pdf)Download
Jo Morgan - Muddlenna (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - Fairy, Fat and Forty (pdf)Download
Helen Nicell - The Burn (pdf)Download
Liz Shaw - Magical Mystery Tor (pdf)Download
Pat Simpson - Dragonlore (pdf)Download
John Ward - Return of the Tooth Fairies (pdf)Download
Sumi Watters - Prince Alarming (pdf)Download
Sumi Watters - Toilet Rolls and Himalayan Rock Salt (pdf)Download
Ian Welland - Being for the Benefit of the Mrs and Kids (pdf)Download
Louise Welland - Sunshine and Shadow (pdf)Download
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