This month's #Mondettes@sharontelfer.bsky.social 10x brilliant pieces of flash fiction 10x wonderful analyses of what makes the stories tick 3x fantastic prompts

March 2024

Ten stories picked by Sharon Telfer

"beating, sheeting downpour // unexpected, inevitable // windows shake // babies wail // alarms shriek // gutters whirlpool // headlights glare // power cuts" I was completely drawn to the creativity of form and language in this wonderful micro by @sharontelfer.bsky.social

TWwelkinprize.bsky.socialJan 15, 2024 12:05pm

Today's shortlisted story is "How Far Away Is The Storm?" by @sharontelfer.bsky.social. Congratulations, Sharon! A beautifully atmospheric piece that does so much with language and form. #FlashFiction #WritingComp

The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 24

Shortlisted pieces for the 2024 Welkin Mini

"5 elephants Upstairs we pause, watch the distant spectacle spark and strike." Big love for this gem by @sharontelfer.bsky.social@welkinprize.bsky.social 💙💙💙

TWwelkinprize.bsky.socialJan 15, 2024 12:05pm

Today's shortlisted story is "How Far Away Is The Storm?" by @sharontelfer.bsky.social. Congratulations, Sharon! A beautifully atmospheric piece that does so much with language and form. #FlashFiction #WritingComp

The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 24

Shortlisted pieces for the 2024 Welkin Mini

Thanks again, Dan - this time more bluely :)

Happy New Year everyone. Wishing you all a happy & creative 2024. What better way to start your writing year than by reading my latest newsletter which is called "What I Wish I'd Known When I Started Writing" & is full of advice from writing superstars: #FlashFiction#WritingCraft#AmWriting

What I Wish I'd Known When I Started Writing

So. We’ve made it to the future. We’ve arrived in 2024. I’ve checked it and rechecked it and the calendar is defiant. This is definitely the year we’re now inhabiting. Big milestones like New ...

Torpedo Fire Control sounds 🚀 But you can also look a little bit closer to home...

🧵2/7 'Scuttled, skirting board life. Crumbs.' The Forms I Took to Escape from You by @sharontelfer.bsky.social#FlashFiction#micewww.janusliterary.com/2021/06/30/s...

The Forms I Took to Escape From You

Sharon Telfer Eel … you, all slippery sweetness baiting your trap, me, gliding sliding straight in, wriggling slithering bumping those curving lips […]

Thanks again in a parallel reality, TFC!🐁

Hoying my name into Matt's hat with one of my favourite words: heft. Heard nothing but brilliant things about Matt's courses, and am already signed up for the Colourful Characters one to kickstart a writing year.

MKmattkendrick.bsky.socialNov 1, 2023 9:52am

**WIN** a free spot on my #WBTL Glorious Words course in Feb 24. www.mattkendrick.co.uk/wbtl-gloriou... To get your name in the hat, quote post with your FAVOURITE WORD. I'll draw a name at midday GMT Wednesday 8th Nov. (You can enter 3 times to increase your chances - Bluesky, Facebook, X)

A week of deadlines for us! Our Crowdfunder closes tomorrow morning and our vol. 4 submissions call ends on Friday. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/lunate-vol-4lunate.co.uk/submissions