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Archive for September, 2010
Frantic Fiction 27th September 2010
The prompt is released here, on the What’s New blogroll at 12pm Monday. Members then have until 23.59pm (Times are UK Times)Wednesday to post their completed story to the relevant thread in the forum [please add one if there isn't one already](60 hours to write and submit your story).
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, on the forums, to kirstyes.
The winning entry will be eligible for publication in the Slingink magazine and the winner will be announced here.
The prompt this week is: Write a story inspired by the picture below:
Frantic Fiction 20th September 2010
The prompt is released here, on the What’s New blogroll at 12pm Monday. Members then have until 23.59pm Wednesday to post their completed story to the relevant thread in the forum [please add one if there isn't one already](60 hours to write and submit your story).
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, on the forums, to kirstyes.
The winning entry will be eligible for publication in the Slingink magazine and the winner will be announced here.
The prompt this week is: Write a story inspired by the picture below:
The final results for the competition can be found below and the winning three entries in each category can be read in our Winners’ Library.
Please note that due to an admin error when processing dates of birth there are now 5 runners up in the 12-15 fiction category and 3 in the 8-11.
I would like to congratulate all of our shortlisted authors and I will inform you all when the anthology has been published (by the end of October).
Results – Fiction 8-11
1st Place
Bluey’s Secret Sam Daddo
2nd Place
My Monster and Me Lydia Bodell
3rd Place
All Hallow’s Eve Jack Carle Carnegie
Shortlisted (in alphabetical order of story title)
A Dragon’s Tail Emily Brown
The Dark Girl Ellie Czyzowska
Pirates and Seals Imogen Childs
Results – Fiction 12 – 15
1st Place
This is my story Kieran Phillips
2nd Place
My Story Elisabeth Wilson
3rd Place
The Scream Holly Miyuki Gibbs-Leake
Shortlisted (in alphabetical order of story title)
Aftershock Elizabeth Birch
Angry, Alone and Hearing Ghosts Courtney Brotherson
Forget Me Not Katie Tate
Into the Belly of the Whale India Bohanna
The Stalker Joschka Nakata
Results – Fiction 16+
1st Place
A trick of light Sarah Evans
2nd Place
Por La Gracia De Dios Robin Ganderton
3rd Place
Interference Faye Robertson
Shortlisted (in alphabetical order of story title)
Eleven Juliet Boyd
Fell-walking for Girls Clair Humphries
Tides of Longing Andrew Clusker
Vote Ebay Russel Herneman
Results – Poetry 8-11
1st Place
When You Wake Up Early Jack Carle Carnegie
2nd Place
A Fox’s Fears Mollie Russell
3rd Place
Jubilee Green Luke Kelly
Shortlisted (in alphabetical order of poem title)
Animals Samantha-Jo Hollings
Country Barn Angel Emma Kirby
Push Imogen Childs
Spooky Lights Rachel Plant
Results – Poetry 12 – 15
1st Place
I remember Georgia Euden
2nd Place
Childhood Rachael King
3rd Place
Passage Brianna Jones
Shortlisted (in alphabetical order of poem title)
A Breath of Fresh Air Jasmine Zara Belfield
Home or Roam Tomás Clarke
Individual, Unique Lucy Ann Smith
Sister Ankita Saxena
Results – Poetry 16+
1st Place
For Perdida Paola Fornari
2nd Place
Jessie Ann Foxglove
3rd Place
Chemistry Lesson Helen Kay
Shortlisted (in alphabetical order of poem title)
Dancers Francis Hayes
Empty Cradle Anni Domingo
I am the Walrus Faye Robertson
Imitation of a Suicide Jonathan Pinnock
Slingink Scribbling Slam Now Open for Scribbling
The first prompts have now been released. See the forums for details.
There is still time to register – you can register up until the end of the first round at 00.00 Friday 24th September 2010.
Frantic Fiction 6th September 2010
The prompt is released here, on the What’s New blogroll at 12pm Monday. Members then have until 23.59pm Wednesday to post their completed story to the relevant thread in the forum [please add one if there isn't one already](60 hours to write and submit your story).
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, on the forums, to kirstyes.
The winning entry will be eligible for publication in the Slingink magazine and the winner will be announced here.
The prompt this week is: Write a story about what happens when somebody sleepwalks.