Tag: Short Stories
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NEW BOOK: “Gobstoppers, Shrimps and Sour Monkeys”
We’re delighted to announce the launch of our new anthology of short stories and poems. The Title “Gobstoppers, Shrimps and Sour Monkeys” plays on the fact that these are small and tasty treats: some will leave you unable to speak, some are tiny and some may not be what you expect. Much like someone else’s…
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Competition Deadline Day! (More or less…)
You’ve still got a few hours to get your stories about Newark winging their way into our inbox. The official deadline is midnight tonight, Friday 18th May. However… …we won’t actually have time to access the inbox until the afternoon of Sunday 20th. This is nothing to do with any weddings or football matches, honest!…
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Two Days Left! Get Your Entries In!!
Yes, just two days left to send us your short stories for our open writing competition especially for those lovely people living in and around Newark-on-Trent. All you have to do is pick a moment (or several, if you can squeeze them in) from Newark’s past and write a short story (1500 words for adults,…
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Newark Writing Competition: 1 Week to go!
One week left to get your Newark stories in! Remember, the deadline is 18 May!
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Meeting: Mirth & Misogyny
We had a great informal meeting on the 19th April but before you get the wrong idea about what we found funny let me fill you in on the details. Anne had written a sharp piece on the prompt of “Impeccable Timing” which revolved around a rather unpleasant chap and his love of beautiful things…
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Short Story Exercises: 1) Journey or Destination? 2) Weird Prompts!
Is your favourite short story a Journey or a Destination? Or a delicious mix of the two? And how about making use of some very weird word combinations for your next prompt…
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Next Meeting: Short Story Workshop with Giselle Leeb
Our next meeting, 7-9 pm on Thursday 1 March, is a workshop on short story writing with Giselle Leeb. If you want to hear more about Giselle’s short stories, her creative methods and her tips on submissions come along to Knights Court, Balderton Gate.
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The Winning Entries
The three winning entries: Finishing Fishing by Fay Dickinson; Clawback by David Duncombe; Finale by Yasmin Chopin
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Next Meeting, 2nd Nov: Alex Davis & His Unsettling Plans
Our meeting on 2nd Nov features the results of our Fiction Competition, judged by Alex Davis who will also talk about building chilling tension in stories.
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Fiction Competition!
Get writing! 1000 words on “Giving Up”, closing date 14 September. Go! 🙂