The Third Word Press @ThirdWordPress
A fortnightly short story/drabble/flash fiction competition with cash prizes and publication in miniature hardback books, distributed to the homeless third-word.com Joined January 2017-
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Adding to the textures of the wonderful works that are going in to Edition II, we're using more of Kristina's beautiful illustrations...watch this space! To enter your work into our competition, visit third-word.com
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A House of Music & Other Stories is available until 21 Aug 2017! £4 each, printed to support the homeless: go to third-word.com :)
3 more fabulous winners of fantastic flash fiction, which you can read at third-word.com, next deadline 8th May!
Vibrant winning entry from Ellen Smyth this week, to read her 80-word flash fiction 'Lunch Break' visit third-word.com
Congratulations to Hannah Froggatt for her entry 'A House of Music' which left us feeling tingly. To read, visit third-word.com
25 entries into our competition so far and we love them! Looking forward to receiving more from you budding authors!
No less, no more, but exactly 80 words. Biweekly #competition, for those who like flash fiction! Free entry, £20 cash prize
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get your #shortstory published and raise money for rough sleepers in the UK, not just for published #authors this is open for anyone to join
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