Competition entries
Bird maker
Two Lit Chicks podcast
Season 1, 2022
The challenge: a 300-word story on courage
Carpet catharsis
NYC Midnight 100-word microfiction
Round 1, 2023
Story submitted: April 2023
Genre: Romance
Action: walking on a red carpet
Word: faith
Human error
NYC Midnight 100-word microfiction
Round 2, 2023
Story submitted: June 2023
Genre: Fantasy / fairy tale
Action: polishing silver
Word: possible
Paradise lost
Not Quite Write Prize
Results: August 2023
The challenge: a 600-word story
Action: Crossing a line
Word: Rite (or word including ‘rite’)
Writing rule to break: Avoid all adverbs
James Evan Mackenzie knows too many words for snow
NYC Midnight 250-word microfiction
Round 1, 2023-2024
Story submitted: December 2023
Genre: Romantic comedy
Action: Shovelling snow
Word: Measure
Every cloud has a silver lining
Not Quite Write Prize
Results: February-March 2024
The challenge: 500 words
Action: Spilling something
Word: Punch
Writing rule to break: Avoid all cliches
The Novice Adept
NYC Midnight short story
Round 1, January 2024
Genre: Fairy tale
Subject: Ineptitude
Character to include: A curator
Her Petrified Heart
NYC Midnight short story
Round 2: April 2024
Genre: Suspense
Subject: Petrified
Character to include: A milkman
Olympians Five
NYC Midnight short story
Round 3, June 2024
Genre: Crime caper
Subject: Gaming
Character to include: An Olympic athlete
