Apr 30
There is still plenty of time to enter our current competitions.
Slingink Shorts closes 31st May.
The Slingink Prize closes 31st July (Free entry to under 16s).
These are both open competitions – no need to be a member – let all of your writerly friends know.
Apr 26
The prompt is released here, on the What’s New blogroll at 4pm Monday. Members then have until 11.59pm Wednesday to post their completed story to the relevant thread in the forum (releasing prompt a little late today – sorry forgot).
From midnight Thursday all board members can then comment on the entries – if 2 or more entries are added a poll will be created for voting.
If members want to remain anonymous please PM your entry to kirstyes.
The prompt this week is: write a story with the theme: Forgotten Memories.
The prompt is released here, on the What’s New blogroll at 4pm Monday. Members then have until 11.59pm Wednesday to post their completed story to the relevant thread in the forum (releasing prompt a little early today – consider it my Easter present to you).
From midnight Thursday all board members can then comment on the entries – if 2 or more entries are added a poll will be created for voting.
If members want to remain anonymous please PM your entry to kirstyes.
The prompt this week is: write a story with the theme: The Good Samaritan
Apr 14
There is still time to submit your short fiction entries for this year’s Slingink Shorts competition. See the competitions page for details. We are after stories no longer than 140 words with a one word title. Competition this year judged by Hywela Lyn ( you can find her biography and link to her website on the Slingink Shorts page).
Competition closes 31st May. Looking forward to receiving your entries.
The prompt is released here, on the What’s New blogroll at 4pm Monday. Members then have until 11.59pm Wednesday to post their completed story to the relevant thread in the forum (releasing prompt a little early today – consider it my Easter present to you).
From midnight Thursday all board members can then comment on the entries – if 2 or more entries are added a poll will be created for voting.
If members want to remain anonymous please PM your entry to kirstyes.
The prompt this week is: write a story with the title: The Nowhere Boy
Calling all Slingink Poets. To tie in with an online magazine requesting submissions, April’s Dorrie’s Poetry Challenge is on the theme of New Fairytales. Closes tomorrow, Sunday 11th April. Check out the member challenge thread in the Forums for more details.
Apr 7
Testing twitter and facebooks links.
The prompt is released here, on the What’s New blogroll at 4pm Monday. Members then have until 11.59pm Wednesday to post their completed story to the relevant thread in the forum (releasing prompt a little early today – consider it my Easter present to you).
From midnight Thursday all board members can then comment on the entries – if 2 or more entries are added a poll will be created for voting.
If members want to remain anonymous please PM your entry to kirstyes.
The prompt this week is: write a story inspired by the phrase: At it like Easter Rabbits
http://slingink.com/slingink-all-shorts-e-zine/
Submission closes 16th July 2010 – inaugural edition released 16th August 2010.
See link above for more details.
To provide more of you with an opportunity to be included in the competition anthology we have made the decision to extend the deadline for 2 months until 31st May 2010.
Just a reminder that as well as monetary rewards the winner gets the anthology named after their winning story.
Our judge for the competition is Hywela Lyn – please see the competition page for her bio.