thepropellingpencil (Competiton CLOSED)

Our Spring Charity Flash Fiction Competition is now OPEN! We have @judehwriter as our Guest Judge (swoon!) and our charity this time is @cftrust £5 to enter, free for disadvantaged writers, £170 in prizes & reader feedback for an extra £5! Details below

@laurabesley Thank you so much Laura!

@Prop_Pencil Audrey! The Propelling Pencil will be missed! You've done amazing work and I'm so grateful for that. You're superstars, all of you 💖💖💖

News from the Propelling Pencil case. It's au revoir for now (well it will be in March). Thanks for all the stories and good company since we began way back in the Autumn of 2021. Time for me to focus on new things - but please keep writing! thepropellingpencil.com/propelling-pen…

@kathyhoyle1 Thanks Kathy! We have a lot to be proud of

@Prop_Pencil You have been amazing , Audrey as both an EIC and champion organiser. It was a great pleasure to be involved xxx 🩷🩷🩷

Thanks to our amazing reading team @poor_and_clean @fionaemckayryan @MarkStocker72 and Mark Thomson, all our entrants and feedback requesters. You helped us raise over £350 for an excellent cause.

Congratulations to the winners of our Spring 2025 Charity Flash Competition in aid of @cftrust We gave @judehwriter a tough job. You can read the winning stories here. Bad luck to the other shortlisted stories - they were all fab thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-co…

@nationalflashfd We are here and also there but not much of either due to other busyness lately!

Are there any writers on here that have not gone over to the other place?

Our SHORTLIST is here! Congrats to all who feature - please celebrate without giving away your title while @judehwriter judges. Commiserations to those that aren't included but keep going! Good luck all 🍀 thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-co…

LONGLIST published! Congratulations to all whose stories feature, please celebrate without giving away which is yours. Commiserations to those unlucky this time but thanks for all your support in aid of @cftrust. You can see the longlist here. thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-co…

@kathyhoyle1 So exciting!

Received lots of wonderfully encouraging feedback from my supervisor- time to dig in and start the next round of edits! Eeeeep - it’s beginning to look like a real manuscript! 😱 #PhDstudy

Our EIC (me) is running TWO workshops/panels at this year's Flash Fiction Festival in July. Only a few spaces remaining so get ourself booked before it's too late! Some free places (excl accommodation) for disadvantaged writers flashfictionfestival.com

And that's it for this round, folks. Our Charity Flash Competition closed at midnight and the readers have all your wonderful stories in hand. Lonlisting will be towards the end of the week of 12 May so keep your eyes peeled 👀 Thanks to everyone who entered!

Time's running out! 6 hours until our Spring Charity Flash Fiction competition closes. <500 words, £5 or free to enter, £5 for reader feedback, £170 in prizes. @judehwriter guest judging. All the info you need is below. Get your skates on, writers! Details ⬇️

Good luck if you're running #londonmarathon or #manchestermarathon today. Everyone else - you have until midnight tonight to enter our charity flash fiction competition and raise money for @cftrust £5 or free to enter. £5 for Reader feedback, £170 in prizes. Don't dawdle!

Hustle up writer pals - you have just under 36 hours left to enter our Charity Flash Fiction competition in aid of @cftrust . <500words, £170 in prizes, £5 or free to enter. @judehwriter is our guest judge. £5 for reader feedback. Details below

@BarbaraByar Don’t get me started on Hogmanay and Ne’erday! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I'm Irish enough to remember when EVERYTHING was closed on Easter Sunday

All the info you need is here thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-co…

Writer pals! You have ONE WEEK to craft polish & send a 500 word story to our charity flash competition in aid of @cftrust £170 in prizes, @judehwriter guest judge. £5 or free to enter £5 for reader feedback. Hustle up! Details ⬇️⬇️