S4 Ep 20: The Failing Writers Festive Flash Fiction Competition
NOV 4, 202436 MIN
S4 Ep 20: The Failing Writers Festive Flash Fiction Competition
NOV 4, 202436 MIN
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<p>Sorry? Did you just say you'd love to enter an almost free* festive flash fiction competition to win £500?</p><p>I thought you did!</p><p>Well as coincidence would have it, that is exactly what we've got going on in this very episode.</p><p>So step this way, my cheeky little word-purveyor, and cast your well oiled ears at our glorious 350 word Flash Fiction Competition.</p><p>That's it.... yep... cast them freely.... mmmm.... that's the ticket.</p><br><p>*I say 'almost free', cos it's only a pound to enter. And we only did that to keep the pesky AI enterers from entering.</p><p>So, well... that pretty much qualifies as free doesn't it?</p><br><p>Here are some links to stuff mentioned in the podcast:</p><p>Buy the <strong>Fuel Anthology</strong> Emily mentions, here: <a href="https://www.fuelflash.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fuelflash.net</a></p><p>Find Smokelong Quarterly here: <a href="https://www.smokelong.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.smokelong.com</a></p><br><p>And here is your failsafe</p><p><strong>STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO ENTERING</strong></p><p><strong>THE</strong> <strong>FAILING WRITERS PODCAST</strong></p><p><strong>£500 FESTIVE FLASH FICTION COMPETITION:</strong></p><br><p>1. Listen to Series 4, Episode 20 of The Failing Writers Podcast.</p><p>2. Jot down the special phrase you <em>must</em> include in your story.</p><p>3. Write your 350 word, festive flash, (including that phrase!) Ideally well before the deadline - midday, Friday 13th December!</p><p>4. When you’re super-happy with it and ready to go… log into your Paypal account <a href="https://www.paypal.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com</a></p><p>5. Click on 'send and request'.</p><p>6. Under the send menu, type <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> into the box. It will suggest Tom Turner – click on that!</p><p>7. If ‘you send’ is set to USD, change to GBP, and send £1.00 (don’t forget that decimal point or you’ll send us £100!!! whoopieee)</p><p>8. ‘What’s this for?’ put something like “Comp entry”</p><p>9. Hit send.</p><p>10. Now go to your email and find the receipt you should’ve just been sent.</p><p>11. Click Forward, and attach your flash fiction entry to this new email.</p><p>12. Send that email (with Paypal receipt & flash piece) to <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><br><p>You’re all done!</p><p>Can’t wait to see what you come up with!</p><br><p>For all of the details and terms and conditions and all that jazz - go here:</p><p><a href="https://www.failingwriterspodcast.com/post/win-500-in-our-festive-flash-fiction-competition" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.failingwriterspodcast.com/post/win-500-in-our-festive-flash-fiction-competition</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
