So, being the creative soul I am (creative, not lazy, mind you) I thought I would throw the question out to you wonderful people in the hope of creating some friendly discussion, and hopefully that you may come up with better titles than I’m getting. AND, just so you know, there will be prizes.

Fancy a writing challenge?

If so, why not enter the Writing to Inspire Short SHORT story writing competition?

Well, the winning stories for Writing to Inspire’s recent ‘First Line’ Short Story Competition are now online. Click here to read them.

First off I wanted to thank everybody who entered our Inaugural ‘First Line’ Short Story Competition. I was suitably impressed with the response, enough so that I will hold another, but more of that later.

Well, our First Line short story competition is officially closed. I have to say that I’m suitably impressed with the amount of people who chose to enter – certainly more than I expected for our first competition. So thank you to everyone who sent in a story.

Well, with less that three weeks to the closing date of the Writing to Inspire ‘First Line’ Short Story competition, I delighted to say that the entries are rolling in at a steady and consistent pace.

Writing to a deadline is an important part of writing, especially if you are working towards publication, but if you’re interested in entering competitions it’s vital

Below, in a month of Writing to Inspire firsts, are the details of our ‘First Line’ Short Story competition, as officially launch yesterday.
When I was designing this competition, I didn’t want it to be the same as everybody else’s; I wanted it to

It’s an exciting week here in my office. In fact there are so many fun things falling into place that I almost don’t know what to tell you about first.

I called into my friends at Collins Books in Whitfords City yesterday (who now stock my ‘I Want to Write …’ book and Autobiography Trigger Questions, by the way) and found out about a great competition being run by Text Publishing.

Great, that is, if your children’s or young adult book is over 25,000 words – mine isn’t, DARN!