Weekly Writing Contest
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.
🏅#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”
The following stories were recommended.
#164 – “The Last Time I Was Beautiful”
#152 – “Ace of Pentacles”
#148 – “No Class Room”
#147 – “Fin”
#146 – “To One Not Sociable”
#143 – “Incapable of Her Own Distress”
#140 – “How to Slash a Tire”
#139 – “Growing Sideways”
#132 – “Down to One”
#125 – “Moved On”
#123 – “Florida Man”
#118 – “The More Things Change”
Currently, Deidra is the 2nd Place short story writer worldwide on the Reedsy Prompts’ Leaderboard.
NYC Midnight
This story earned a shortlist in the 1st Round of the 250-word Microfiction:
Women On Writing
This story earned a shortlist in the Fall 2022 Flash Fiction Contest Update.
GLOBE SOUP
The following story earned an honorable mention in the 2022 Historical Fiction Short Story challenge:
The following story earned an honorable mention in the 7 Day Story Writing Challenge # – “An Unlikely Friendship” – September 2022:
The following story was a finalist in the paranormal category for the 7 Day Story Writing Challenge #6 – “An Ethical Dilemma” – June 2022:
The following story 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 following story won:
A performance of this story can be watched HERE. (starting at 42:40)
The Writers Weekly Summer 2021 24-Hour Short Story Contest
The following story received an honorable mention:
🏅 – “Lawn Darts”