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So the 2011 52 Shorts
Challenge Has Come To An End!
Well done to all that took part through the year! 'Twas no
mean feat to keep up with so many prompts. We will keep
them up on the site for now, for you to dip into if you wish,
but for now we will be taking a break from weekly
prompts to focus on the upcoming competition deadline...
Check out the writing competition HERE... We are giving
away signed books and a gift certificate... It couldn't be
easier!
Take your pick from previous writing prompts...Click here to see
the 27 writing prompts from January to June 2011...Check out
what an animated Simon Million has to say about the 52 Shorts
Challenge...
Challenge Has Come To An End!
Well done to all that took part through the year! 'Twas no
mean feat to keep up with so many prompts. We will keep
them up on the site for now, for you to dip into if you wish,
but for now we will be taking a break from weekly
prompts to focus on the upcoming competition deadline...
Check out the writing competition HERE... We are giving
away signed books and a gift certificate... It couldn't be
easier!
Take your pick from previous writing prompts...Click here to see
the 27 writing prompts from January to June 2011...Check out
what an animated Simon Million has to say about the 52 Shorts
Challenge...
Writing Prompt #52
December 26th 2011:
So 2011, what a year that was! A great
year for new writing, and a great year
for promoting the short story form. We
hope that it was a good year for you
too...
This week's writing prompt:
'As I Was Saying...'
The rest is up to you! Get writing!
Write it, date it and send it to us here when you're
done...
Your next prompt will be here on December 19th...
Our writing competition continues and is £3.00GBP
to enter, with a £75GBP Amazon voucher up for
grabs...
Click here to see the 27 writing prompts from
January to June 2011...
Or simply send us something to read here!
December 26th 2011:
So 2011, what a year that was! A great
year for new writing, and a great year
for promoting the short story form. We
hope that it was a good year for you
too...
This week's writing prompt:
'As I Was Saying...'
The rest is up to you! Get writing!
Write it, date it and send it to us here when you're
done...
Your next prompt will be here on December 19th...
Our writing competition continues and is £3.00GBP
to enter, with a £75GBP Amazon voucher up for
grabs...
Click here to see the 27 writing prompts from
January to June 2011...
Or simply send us something to read here!
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July 4th is a special day for our USA readership, the concept of self determination, the right to choose your own destiny, can resonate right around the world. Sometimes there are fireworks... This week's writing prompt: 'Independence Day'. |
Writing Prompt #28 for July 11th 2011:
After more than 160 years the notorious UK Sunday
newspaper "News of the World" has closed, a victim of its
own stock in trade, scandal...
This week's writing prompt:
'The Poisoner's Cup'.
After more than 160 years the notorious UK Sunday
newspaper "News of the World" has closed, a victim of its
own stock in trade, scandal...
This week's writing prompt:
'The Poisoner's Cup'.
| Writing Prompt #29 for July 18th 2011: This week a UK couple won a record breaking £161M ($259M) on the European Lottery and have since gone into hiding... This week's writing prompt: 'An Accidental Millionaire'. |
Writing Prompt #30 for July 25th 2011:
Following a massacre in Norway and the solitary death
of musician Amy Winehouse in a London flat we have
been thinking about what has been lost and what might
have been saved...
This week's writing prompt:
'Back To Black'.
Following a massacre in Norway and the solitary death
of musician Amy Winehouse in a London flat we have
been thinking about what has been lost and what might
have been saved...
This week's writing prompt:
'Back To Black'.
| Writing Prompt #31 for August 1st 2011: Brewster Kahle is busy setting up the world's biggest book depository in Richmond California with 500,000 volumes already registered and stored for all time. He hopes to have space for ten million titles... This week's writing prompt: 'Too Many Books'. |
Writing Prompt #32 for August 8th 2011:
We recently met a storyteller who works in schools
developing stories with teenagers. A compelling idea
we like tells the children to imagine themselves and the
world twenty years into the future...
This week's writing prompt:
'Future Perfect: Past Tense'.
We recently met a storyteller who works in schools
developing stories with teenagers. A compelling idea
we like tells the children to imagine themselves and the
world twenty years into the future...
This week's writing prompt:
'Future Perfect: Past Tense'.
| Writing Prompt #33 for August 15th 2011: The rioting across the UK has brought into focus the strong, cohesive force for good, while the politicians play the blame game... This week's writing prompt: 'All Together Now'. |
Writing Prompt #34 for August 22nd 2011:
So we hear that Shakespeare's final play 'The
Tempest' may have been written as a musical
entertainment! In homage we take the opening stage
direction...
This week's writing prompt:
'Enter Mariners Wet'.
So we hear that Shakespeare's final play 'The
Tempest' may have been written as a musical
entertainment! In homage we take the opening stage
direction...
This week's writing prompt:
'Enter Mariners Wet'.
| Writing Prompt #35 for August 29th 2011: As we enter the final week of our first competition we are pleased to share the 'first-line' prompt... This week's writing prompt: 'The Blood Drained From His Face As He Read The Message'. |
Writing Prompt #36 for September 5th 2011:
released a new album? It's a retrospective
collaboration with some big names from the music
world. So let's celebrate the big names in your world...
This week's writing prompt:
'See My Friends'.
released a new album? It's a retrospective
collaboration with some big names from the music
world. So let's celebrate the big names in your world...
This week's writing prompt:
'See My Friends'.
| Writing Prompt #37 for September 12th 2011: It has been a decade since the events of 9-11, a decade which was irrevocably shaped by the consequences... This week's writing prompt: 'Ten Years On'. |
Writing Prompt #38 September 19th 2011:
Comp 2 is on the planet! Win 3D books, signed, read
and touched by real people, using this opening line...
This week's writing prompt:
"This was going to be a day to remember..."
Comp 2 is on the planet! Win 3D books, signed, read
and touched by real people, using this opening line...
This week's writing prompt:
"This was going to be a day to remember..."
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| Writing Prompt #39 September 26th 2011: News from Switzerland this week would suggest that scientists have been able to measure a particle travelling at never-seen-before speeds... This week's writing prompt: 'Faster Than Light.' |
| Writing Prompt #40 October 3rd 2011: The UK has been experiencing record breaking temperatures for October with the mercury rising higher than it did for most of the English 'summer'... This week's writing prompt: 'Taking The Heat.' |
| Writing Prompt #41 October 10th 2011: So farewell then to computer pioneer Steve Jobs who died last week, our thoughts are with his family... This week's writing prompt: 'The Legacy.' |
| Writing Prompt #42 October 17th 2011: Evidence from a cave excavation in South Africa (here's the link)has revealed that Homo Sapiens was making complex paint mixes with ochre and other materials far earlier than previously known... This week's writing prompt: 'One Hundred Thousand Years.' |
Writing Prompt #43 October 24th 2011:
So Julian Barnes wins the Booker with his short novel
'A Sense Of An Ending' and a new prize for literature in
the English language is announced...
This week's writing prompt:
'Taking The Prize.'
So Julian Barnes wins the Booker with his short novel
'A Sense Of An Ending' and a new prize for literature in
the English language is announced...
This week's writing prompt:
'Taking The Prize.'
| Writing Prompt #44 October 31st 2011: The UK's favourite Motorway (Freeway) is 25 years old. The M25 has become a legend in it's time, referred to as the world's largest circular car-park... This week's writing prompt: 'Road To Nowhere.' |
Writing Prompt #45 November 7th 2011:
There are more leaves on the pavement than on the
trees. Autumn in the North will give way to Winter
before long...
This week's writing prompt:
'As The Nights Draw In.'
There are more leaves on the pavement than on the
trees. Autumn in the North will give way to Winter
before long...
This week's writing prompt:
'As The Nights Draw In.'
| Writing Prompt #46 November 14th 2011: It was Remembrance Sunday yesterday, which provoked strong feelings for many of us. Across the world there can be few families untouched by the tragedies of war... This week's writing prompt: 'Flag, Flute And Drum.' |
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Writing Prompt #47 November 21st 2011:
We see the Anti Wall Street movement setting up in
empty buildings in New York & London and watch the
City media's determination to undermine their
message that greed is not good...
This week's writing prompt:
'Give Me Shelter.'
We see the Anti Wall Street movement setting up in
empty buildings in New York & London and watch the
City media's determination to undermine their
message that greed is not good...
This week's writing prompt:
'Give Me Shelter.'
| Writing Prompt #48 November 28th 2011: The former Prime Minister of Italy, Silvio Burlosconi, has released an album of love songs in the same week that he stepped down and left office... This week's writing prompt: 'Politics Of Seduction.' |
Writing Prompt #49 December 5th 2011:
So it's that time of year again in our neck of the
woods, time to shake the dust out of the tinsel and
throw away the broken fairy lights...
This week's writing prompt:
'Oh Christmas Tree.'
So it's that time of year again in our neck of the
woods, time to shake the dust out of the tinsel and
throw away the broken fairy lights...
This week's writing prompt:
'Oh Christmas Tree.'
| Writing Prompt #50 December 12th 2011: This week Delhi is celebrating a Century as India's capital city... This week's writing prompt: 'One Hundred Years.' |
So Christmas is on it's way with a vengeance. The
office parties have been going with a bang, the shops
have been full of last minute shoppers and the TV
schedules are stacked with seasonal schlock...
This week's writing prompt:
'Jingle Bells.'