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RESULT for 'START' Flash Fiction Competition  2013

Our thanks to Dan Purdue  http://lies-ink.blogspot.co.uk/  for judging the competition entries and providing his book as part of the first prize Somewhere To Start From and you can find this on Amazon http://tinyurl.com/SoToStFr

You can read Dan's report for the three final entries on 'Winners' page (click on 'Home')


Winning entry -  The Castle by Tony Oswick
Second Place   - The  Weight of Stones by Jenny Long

The competition was to have provided first and second places only, but I'm pleased to say an
Honourable Mention has been awarded to You Start by Fiona Faith Ross.

SHORTLIST         
                                                              

Bonds ............................................ Jane Connop
Bubby ............................................ Gail Aldwin
Caught Unawares  ........................ Jan McGeachie
Descending and Ascending .........  Tim Craig
Don’t Start ...................................... Brian Webster
Fresh Start ..................................... Barbara Hill
It  Started with a Kiss ..................... Keith Havers
Judgement Day  ............................ Jilly Gardiner
Room Nineteen  ............................ Jim Hamilton
Start  .............................................. Steve Clough
Start  .............................................. Esther Doel
Start  .............................................. Joan Phillipps
Starting Over  ................................ Ros Collins
The Castle  .....................................Tony Oswick
The Darkness,  Waiting.................. Sinead O'Hart
The Fright of their Lives  ............... Rob Tye
The Leather-Clad Phoenix ............ Heather Price
The Portrait ................................... Cathy Lennon
The Weight of Stones ................... Jenny Long
You Start  ...................................... Fiona Faith Ross

LONGLIST

Don’t you Start by Lyndsay Fisher
Follow Me by Sadie Wikiel
Fresh Start by Linda Hardy
Incendiary by Renay Allen
Over the Brink by Devika Rajeev
Riot by Lyndsay Warner
Start from Scratch by Julie Kilpatrick


Remember, you may not have won this competition but by entering it you have gained a complete story. I suggest you read Dan's report, read the winning entries and read your entry with a critical eye.  Ask yourself if your entry could be improved then either send it somewhere else, or expand on the idea to make a longer piece of work. 

We are currently inviting entries to the following competitions and would be pleased to receive your work.  Please see the links for full details, rules of entry and entry form:

http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2013-burst-flash-fiction-competition.html

http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2013-open-short-story-competition---maria-smith.html

http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2013-full-stop-short-story-competition---helen-baggott.html

Entry form  http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/entry-form1.html

Thanks to all who entered this competition.

Kind regards,
Debbie

(see also http://writingworkshopsandcompetitions.blogspot.co.uk/)

Shortlist and longlist is below. 

Names have not been included in order to keep the final
part of the judging process anonymous.

Names will be added to these titles when the results are known.

I am in the process of emailing you all to confirm if your story is shortlisted, longlisted or not on either list. 

As per my email, you are all eligible to be in a December draw.   I've organised a draw which is a free-entry, no writing necessary, name-picked-out-of-a-hat draw.  Prize will either be a book about writing or one free entry to one of our competitions in 2014 (not decided yet).  Two names will be picked out and each will receive a prize.  I can only enter you for this if you reply to my email.  Don't panic if you've not had an email to reply to yet, I am still working through the list.  I'll let you know at a later date on this blog when I've finished working through the list and if you've not been contacted by that time, then is the time to contact me about it.

Thanks to all for sending your entries and do keep writing.  Remember, you now have a complete story of approx 500 words.  Don't waste the idea you have there, see if you can still use it, perhaps tweak it, improve it or expand it into a longer piece of work.  Once you've re-worked the idea, you may find you could submit it again to another of our competitions, or to another market.

We have three further competitions for 2013:
http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2013-burst-flash-fiction-competition.html

http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2013-open-short-story-competition---maria-smith.html

http://erewashwriterscompetition.weebly.com/2013-full-stop-short-story-competition---helen-baggott.html



 SHORTLIST                                                                         LONG LIST

                                                                                              Don’t you Start 
Bonds                                                                                    Follow Me  
Bubby                                                                                    Incendiary 
Caught Unawares                                                                  Riot 
Descending and Ascending                                                   Over the Brink  
Don’t Start                                                                              Start from Scratch
Fresh Start                                                                             Fresh Start
It Started with a Kiss   
Judgement Day  
Room Nineteen
Start 
Start
Start 
Starting Over 
The Castle 
The Darkness, Waiting 
The Fright of their Lives 
The Leather-Clad Phoenix 
The Portrait 
The Weight of Stones 
You Start 

The judging process for the 'START' competition is underway and a short list will be announced soon.

Debbie has started a blog entitled 'Writing Workshops and Competitions' as it's not possible to have followers on this blog.

http://www.writingworkshopsandcompetitions.blogspot.co.uk/