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Micro Fiction Writing Competition S2 Round 5: Cash Prizes

Micro Fiction Writing Competition S2 Round 5: Cash Prizes

Jo Caddy

Well, we’re almost there. I can see the second ‘Mum Life Stories’ anthology on the horizon and it’s setting up to be as good, if not better than the first. Only 2 rounds of competitions to go and then production begins. Only 2 rounds to go for your chance to be a part of this beautiful book and have your story immortalised in its pages for ever and ever.

Okay so they may run out of copies eventually and they may all disintegrate and decompose back into the earth just like us, but I’m sure their words will resonate in the hearts of our children and our children’s children, etc, for ever and ever. Not only that but you’ll have bragging rights at every high school/college reunion and family gathering for the rest of your life. Nothing sounds quite as impressing as “my story was published in a book” (insert cocky smile and a dozen ‘oooh’s and ‘ahhhh’s).

If that’s not enough motivation to whip up a 500 word masterpiece then think of the cash! It’s not enough to buy your own island and retire to write 100 trashy novels, but you could get a decent celebratory dinner or luxury pedicure, depending on your exchange rate of course.

Round 5 is themed ‘Adolescence’, probably the most exciting of all 6 rounds I think, as there’s bound to be a hundred and one stories from each writers on teenage journey, that they can draw inspiration from. They are the most termultuous years of our lives after all. I’m really looking forward to reading all the submissions in a months time.

Submission opens at 12AM this Sunday morning AEST, the 26th of June and closes 4 weeks later on Sunday the 24th of July at midnight AEST.

Check out the competition information below!

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Micro Fiction Writing Competition Winners: S2 Round 4

Jo Caddy

The results are finally in! After some deliberation and some technical difficulties getting onto one of our winners, we now have all the bio’s and author’s statements from our 3 wonderfully talented writers. Read their brilliant stories below and don’t forget to sign up to the email list so you can be notified when round 5 begins.

There’s only 2 more rounds before production begins on the second Mum Life Stories Anthology, so that means you have two more chances to get your story included in the book. So start brainstorming idea’s for the round 5 (Teenage Years) now so you don’t miss the deadline. Round 5 will begin sometime within the next 2 weeks, so stay tuned.

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Shortlist Mum Life Stories Micro Fiction Writing Competition

Shortlist: Micro Fiction Writing Competition S2, Round 4

Jo Caddy

Middle Childhood

Apologies for another late shortlist announcement. I’m pretty sure I’ve crammed more into my life lately than I ever crammed into the nappy bag for my twins, but I eventually get all my ducks in a row and get to everything I need to, late or not. Hopefully you’ve all kept busy and haven’t been holding your breath too long for this short list, or we’ll have a lot less entrants in the next comp.

Dad jokes aside, the quality of entrants get’s better and better every round, so our job has been a lot harder. On the upside it means that we’re going to have an outstanding anthology to release at the end of it all. Just 2 more rounds after this one, with round 5 starting soon. So get those creative juices flowing and think about what mischievous tales you can tell about teens.

Now for the big news. The shortlist for round 4 of this series, of the Mum Life Stories Micro Fiction Writing Competition.

Writers were asked to write a story of 500 words or less around the theme ‘Middle Childhood’. They could interpret it any way they saw fit as long as it was in narrative form. I’m happy to say that 99% of submissions stuck to these guidelines and made reading for us judges, a pleasurable experience.

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Micro Fiction Writing Competition S2 Round 4: Deadline extended!

Micro Fiction Writing Competition S2 Round 4: Deadline extended!

Jo Caddy

Hey awesome peeps. So um obviously I did not adequately promote this round of the competition. So far we have received a grand total of 6 entries, not even enough to fill a shortlist let alone provide fair competition. So once again I am extending the submission deadline for another 14 days, and promoting like mad, please help by reposting on social media and telling all your writer friends. The new deadline will be May 8th (Mothers’s day for some of us) at Midnight AEST. It would be amazing if you could please, please, please spread the word and get more writers involved. It would really help to get this competition through to completion and offer the writers the healthy competition they deserve.

I understand that the $2 entry fee may put people off and whilst I’d love to keep the entry FREE, I’m not sure my bank account will thank me for it. The entry fee helps pay for the prize money, but what’s left has to come from my own pocket, which I’m more than willing to do as it’s a pleasure to hear such excitement from writers when their stories are chosen for a prize and publication. Your very helpful contribution, of a small entry fee, will help me to keep these competitions running and if we get enough from these ongoing competitions, we can eventually make them FREE.

See the original post for details on how to enter HERE

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Micro Fiction Writing Competition S2 Round 4: Cash Prizes

Micro Fiction Writing Competition S2 Round 4: Cash Prizes

Jo Caddy

Well, we’ve reached the half-way mark for this season of Micro Fiction Writing Competition’s. Things are ramping up toward the second anthology. Who’s excited? I know I am. We’ve got 30 awesome micro fiction stories ready to be published, we’ll have 10 more by the end of this round and then there is only 20 more to go. Could your story be one of them?

The new round opens for submission Sunday the 27th of March 2022 and the submission time period is once again 4 weeks, so there is plenty of time to get your submissions in.

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Micro Fiction Writing Competition Winners: S2 Round 3

Jo Caddy

My apologies for the delay in getting these results out. I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew this year. Besides having the kids full time now, I’ve got work, study and the blog, plus I’ve started a new business…Again! It’s taken me a while to find my groove with something that I can make myself that doesn’t require copious hours of physically demanding activity and that fits with all the things I love to create, but I think I’m finally in my element. I’ve combined my love of boho & rustic decor into a business, making and selling just that. I’ll do a special feature article on it soon, but for now, you can check out my Etsy store (BohoJo’s Decor) if you like at https://www.etsy.com/shop/BohoJosDecor or follow the store on Facebook or Instagram!

Now onto the important stuff.

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