A FREE ENTRY WRITING COMPETITION OPEN TO ALL!
Details of the August 2016 Creative Writing Competition.
The topic for AUGUST has been set by the winner of the May/June 2016 competition Seadams who chosen “ISLANDS” and has commented as follows …
ISLANDS.
“I’ve been thinking about islands and their connotations recently. I am quite fascinated by islands, and the idea of living on one permanently (but then, I suppose I already do.)
Island – isola – isolate…insula – insular…
I propose for August we write a story with an island setting – be it desert, tropical, luxurious; real or imaginary; legendary or metaphorical; Channel, Canary, Balearic, Pacific, Hebridean, Caribbean…stacks, reefs, atolls, archipelagos…but no cheating, please: no peninsulas.”
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The length of the story in August will be the regular “between 500 and 3000 words”, and competitors are reminded that multiple entries can be accepted, particularly of the shorter variety.
Closing date for entries will be Midnight on Wednesday the 31st. of August 2016.
The period for receiving votes will be announced when the competition closes, and votes will not be accepted until after the competition closes.
The “prize” for winning this July competition will be to set the topic for October 2016 when I am proposing that we will have a lower limit of 250 to 750 words, giving an opportunity for some writers to make multiple entries.
Voting.
After the competition closes there will be a vote to decide the first three places.
Just after the closing date, details of how to vote, and a vote collection point will be set up here in this competition section.
How to enter.
Post your story on your personal WordPress blogs and post a link to your story in the form of a comment below (“Leave a reply” panel.)
For those unfamiliar with the workings of the monthly competition a list of detailed rules for the competition can be found here …
https://tcwgshortstories.wordpress.com/competition-rules/
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Pleasant writing and good luck. There are still a few teething problems (some more aggravating than others), but please persevere, and with Autumn approaching let’s try to get back into double figure entries once again.
Remember … help with your problems is available so please ask.
TCWG Short Stories 
Hi all,
here is the link to my August story:
Looking forward to reading your stories,
Angie x
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Having trouble posting my links
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Thought I had this site sussed.
OK now, my posts have appeared and are awaiting moderation
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Sorry, Lost. I’ve just released all your comments. I don’t know why they were held in moderation but they should appear now.
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Here are a couple of shortish (c1500 words) stories.
The first, “Island” was written this month.
The second, “The Lost Key” dates from early 2014
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Well, unless a miracle happens, my islands story has sunk without trace. A seemingly easy subject until one puts pen to paper!
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My entry for this month can be found here:
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Expecting a veritable archipelago of stories today.
It’s rather like transfer deadline day!
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One hopes so lost. No miracles so far for me.
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The Homecoming. A story for August 2016.
My entry for the August CW competition can be found on this link …
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Hi all, I hope you’ve all had good summers. My entry is called Columba’s Mist:
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Why couldn’t I find this other than going to FB?
The Siege
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Hi Peter,
I know – the Home Page link to the August Competition needs updating.
I think Giselle does it usually. I have tried, but I don’t really understand how to do it. I’ll contact Giselle, I really don’t want to completely destroy the site with my tinkering.
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Here’s another: Visitors / 1000 words
http://tparchie.deviantart.com/art/Visitors-631689863
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Colmore’s entry for this month:
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Here is my entry, https://furryfeatures.wordpress.com/2016/08/31/this-island-universe/
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Seadams entry for this month can be found here:
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