April 2021: Competition Monthly

When it comes to writing competitions, the saying ‘rules are meant to be broken’ isn’t at all helpful One of the most basic elements of competition participation is following the...

Competition Monthly: September 2020

...contests. Good luck to you all in your competition endeavours. Click August 2020 for posts detailing further competitions closing in October.     * Rolling Competitions Writers’ Forum Short Story...

September 2019: Competition Monthly

...October 2019 Entry: Free Details November Competitions Odyssey House Victoria Short Story Competition Theme: Family, plus a reference to alcohol or drugs, 1,500 words max Prize: Aus$1,000 / $100 /...

Marketing & Me By Suzanne Snow

...members and I joined a couple local to my setting, asking questions related to research or liking and commenting on things of interest. I approached a holiday company who have...

A. L. Lester – The Fog Of War

...would never get anywhere. She never did stop daydreaming, and after years of happily living in the clouds, decided to write the stories down.   http://www.rubymoone.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RubyMoone/ https://twitter.com/RubyMooneWriter https://www.instagram.com/rubymoone  ...

September 2018: Competition Monthly

Be careful of trying to wedge a theme into, or a word count onto, an already completed story… and some good news! Many of the short story competitions I come...

October 2020: Competition Monthly

Competition Deadlines This month I’ve been thinking about the importance of competition deadlines. If you don’t enter a competition by the date stated, you’ll almost certainly be disqualified. But is...

Juliet Greenwood – The Ferryman’s Daughter

...would never get anywhere. She never did stop daydreaming, and after years of happily living in the clouds, decided to write the stories down.   http://www.rubymoone.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RubyMoone/ https://twitter.com/RubyMooneWriter https://www.instagram.com/rubymoon  ...

September 2018: New Releases

...to maintain a long-distance relationship with her gorgeous boyfriend, Liam. She’s returned home to compete in a local craft competition. The prize is the chance to design beautiful new gates...

Jenny Kane – Spring Blossoms At Mill Grange

...she would never get anywhere. She never did stop daydreaming, and after years of happily living in the clouds, decided to write the stories down.   http://www.rubymoone.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RubyMoone/ https://twitter.com/RubyMooneWriter https://www.instagram.com/rubymoone...

Rhoda Baxter

...story by signing up to her newsletter) on her website, www.rhodabaxter.com. You can find out more about Rhoda/Jeevani here: Website: Jeevanicharika.com Bookbub profile link: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/rhoda-baxter Facebook page: https://en-gb.facebook.com/RhodaBaxterAuthor/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RhodaBaxter...

January 2019: Competition Monthly

Keeping Tabs on Competitions and Entries How do you keep tabs on both the writing competitions coming up, and those you’ve already entered? I have my own methods of dealing...