Reedsy Prompts Weekly Writing Contest
Currently, Deidra is the 2nd Place short story writer worldwide on the Reedsy Prompts’ Leaderboard.
The following stories won:
🏆 #142 – “What You Can Do With Your Book”
🏆 #67 – “Your Poor Rick”
🏆 #53 – “The Play’s the Thing”
The following stories were shortlisted:
🏅#189 – “The Smoke of Her Burning”
🏅#172 – “Honestly”
🏅#171 – “Kaleidoscope”
🏅#168 – “Far Away and Fast”
🏅#158 – “Like a Baseball Bat to the Face”
🏅#144 – “Shuttered Hearts”
🏅#138 – “Homewrecker”
🏅#135 – “Hack”
🏅#124 – “The 10th Circle of Hell”
🏅#121 – “No Thank Hugh”
🏅#77 – “As Ice Glazes Rocks”
🏅#65 – “Marshmallow Wrapped In Barbed Wire”
🏅#52 – “Irrumator Praetor Matrem Suam”
🏅#47 – “A Breakup in Five Acts”
NYC Midnight
This story, “The Golden Fate Bridge,” was awarded 1st place in the 2nd Round of the 250-word 2022 Microfiction Contest.
This story, “Other Ways,” was awarded 2nd place in the 1st Round of the 250-word 2022 Microfiction Contest.
Women On Writing
This story, “Marshmallow Wrapped in Barbed Wire,” was a finalist in the 2023 Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest
This story, “What You Can Do With Your Book,” earned an honorable mention in the Fall 2022 Flash Fiction Contest Update.
GLOBE SOUP
“The Berserker” earned an honorable mention in the 2022 Historical Fiction Short Story challenge:
The Berserker
“Angels Among Grief” earned an honorable mention in the 7 Day Story Writing Challenge # – “An Unlikely Friendship” – September 2022:
Angels Among Grief
“Shuttered Hearts” was a finalist in the paranormal category for the 7 Day Story Writing Challenge #6 – “An Ethical Dilemma” – June 2022:
“No Thank Hugh” was a finalist in the humor category for the 7 Day Story Writing Challenge #5 – “A Twist of Fate” – April 2022:
🏅 – “No Thank Hugh”
The Rotary Club of Stratford’s 5th Annual Short Story Contest.
“The Play’s the Thing” won:
A performance of this story can be watched HERE. (starting at 42:40)
The Writers Weekly Winter 2023 24-Hour Short Story Contest
“How to Kill and Butcher a Deer” received an honorable mention.
🏅 – “How to Kill and Butcher a Deer”
The Writers Weekly Summer 2021 24-Hour Short Story Contest
“Lawn Darts” received an honorable mention.
🏅 – “Lawn Darts”