TL/DR *Cue Happy Dance* I placed third in a writing competition! YAY! Last night was the annual Monash Wordfest Short Story awards ceremony. This year (like last) it was conducted via zoom and was invitation only. When I received an invite I thought it was simply because I was an entrant in the open category... Continue Reading →
Short Story Judging (What Makes A Good Story)
Recently, I had the honour of being asked to judge a writing competition. It was an interesting process. I was given the shortlisted ("highly commended") stories - ie. was not involved in selecting them from the hundred+ entries in each category (thank goodness, that would have been a monumental task). So, what I was... Continue Reading →