Big Ben Over the past few months I've been entering the weekly Spectator magazine competition which alternates between poetry and prose.
Since April my work has warranted a special mention on four occasions, and twice I've been a runner-up (that's two 25-quid paydays).
The lady who runs the competition, Lucy Vickery, seems to be more a fan of my poetry than my prose - all my special mentions and runners-up were poems. The runner-up poems are linked below.
Over the past few months I've been entering the weekly Spectator magazine competition which alternates between poetry and prose.
Since April my work has warranted a special mention on four occasions, and twice I've been a runner-up (that's two 25-quid paydays).
The lady who runs the competition, Lucy Vickery, seems to be more a fan of my poetry than my prose - all my special mentions and runners-up were poems. The runner-up poems are linked below.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/bowing-and-scraping/
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/09/watching-the-clock/
The subjects of the competitions tend to be based on topical political issues or typically British issues that are in the news. My runner-up poems were a 'bowing and scraping' poem about Donald Trump, and a sonnet about Big Ben going on sabbatical.
My sonnet writing has improved immeasurable since I started entering this competition - long may the improvement continue!
Below are links to my Global Short Story Competition winning story, my short-listed story for the National newspaper (Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition) and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:
http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness
http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments
Happy Writing!
Since April my work has warranted a special mention on four occasions, and twice I've been a runner-up (that's two 25-quid paydays).
The lady who runs the competition, Lucy Vickery, seems to be more a fan of my poetry than my prose - all my special mentions and runners-up were poems. The runner-up poems are linked below.
Over the past few months I've been entering the weekly Spectator magazine competition which alternates between poetry and prose.
Since April my work has warranted a special mention on four occasions, and twice I've been a runner-up (that's two 25-quid paydays).
The lady who runs the competition, Lucy Vickery, seems to be more a fan of my poetry than my prose - all my special mentions and runners-up were poems. The runner-up poems are linked below.
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/bowing-and-scraping/
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/09/watching-the-clock/
The subjects of the competitions tend to be based on topical political issues or typically British issues that are in the news. My runner-up poems were a 'bowing and scraping' poem about Donald Trump, and a sonnet about Big Ben going on sabbatical.
My sonnet writing has improved immeasurable since I started entering this competition - long may the improvement continue!
Below are links to my Global Short Story Competition winning story, my short-listed story for the National newspaper (Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition) and a story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:
http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness
http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments
Happy Writing!
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