Thank goodness Friday comes round only once a week! How to come up with another contest for Microcosms… I’m so glad that I managed to brow-beat this week’s judge, A J Walker, into being guest host as well. Take it away, AJ: Normally at this time of year I’m off […]
Category: Weekly Flash Fiction Contest
RESULTS – Microcosms 34
Thank you to all who waited patiently in line to post their entry in Microcosms 34. Another increase in the number of submissions this week:. (Stuck in traffic? Fill the time writing a flash fiction and send it to Microcosms!) Please keep returning to Microcosms, and […]
Microcosms 34
It’s Friday, so it must be time for another round of Microcosms. This week’s guest host is Stephen Shirres. Over to you, Stephen: Inspired by the holiday theme in Microcosms 33, I thought we should look at the other side of what holidays mean to many of […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 33
Thank you to all who showed us their holiday snapshots in Microcosms 33. An increased number of submissions this week: a PB for quarter 3 of Microcosms – must be the Rio Effect! Please keep returning to Microcosms, and retweet / spread the word about this […]
Microcosms 33
It’s August! OK, I admit it has been for some time now; but your host doesn’t even get out in daylight these days, with – cue the violins! – all the burdens of Microcosms administration, let alone get to go away on holiday… August – certainly in […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 32
Thank you to all who made 12th August even more glorious in Microcosms 32. A smaller number of submissions this week; maybe the Olympics are a distraction, but submitting an entry late or even submitting an entry to the wrong contest certainly didn’t help. Please keep returning to […]
Microcosms 32
Today – 12th August – is a popular day to croak, kick the bucket, cash in one’s chips, pop one’s clogs, assume room temperature, cease to be… It’s the D.O.D. for: Last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, Cleopatra – 30 BC Steam locomotive pioneer, George Stephenson […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 31
Thank you to all who braved the elements (see what I did there?) in Microcosms 31. We had a reasonable number of submissions once again this week, but we always welcome more. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and spread the word about this contest among your […]
Microcosms 31
This week’s guest host is the award-winning, multi-talented Sal Page! Over to you, Sal. Weather: they say we Brits talk about it all the time. Of course we don’t, but whenever the subject of talking about the weather comes up, I get to do my ‘never […]
RESULTS – Microcosms 30
Thank you to all who spied the hidden secrets of the story elements in Microcosms 30. We had a reasonable number of submissions again this week, but we always welcome more. Please keep returning to Microcosms, and spread the word about this contest among your […]
