A Song on the Radio Elliot parked close to the beach and grabbed a brown-bagged bottle of tequila. Tie a Yellow Ribbon was on the radio, and he turned it up loud.

This weekend is the April 2026 #FuriousFiction writing challenge run by the #AustralianWritersCentre. It will be my sixth April challenge since my first in 2020, when I wrote A Song on the Radio. 📻 #writers #writing #writingcommunity #writesky #shortstory www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...

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I've all but written the first draft of my #shortstory for January 2026's #FuriousFiction. I love the opportunity offered by the #AustralianWritersCentre and the creative #writing process. Hope you're having similar joy and success! ✍️ #writers #writesky www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fict...

Woo hoo! I made the AWC Furious Fiction November long list, after a longish drought. Thank you! #Furiousfiction #AustralianWritersCentre 🎉

Story submitted! This one was lots of fun! #furiousfiction #Australianwriterscentre

Pretty stoked about being longlisted. #furiousfiction #australianwriterscentre

Acceptance from Furious Fiction Competition admin, reads: THANK YOU. YOUR STORY HAS BEEN RECEIVED For the first time in Furious Fiction history, we're pulling back the curtain to let you know how we vote for our favourite stories each month. First, all stories are printed onto individual silk scarves and then fed through a pasta maker and an old-timey washing machine to test for freshness and taste. After this, the scarves that remain are given to seven angry monkeys, who strike them repeatedly with a gold sledgehammer. The scarves that survive form our long list, and then we throw them off an 11-storey building, and the ones that land in a painted circle on the ground are showcased. Finally, one is voted top pick by a focus group of 12 preschool children and one goat. Simple!

May’s #FuriousFiction is done!! 🎉

And miraculously stretched my story to 500 words(ish)

Or repeated the same few dozen words several times - time will tell 🤣

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Having voted early and escaped north for a few days, I'm using my break to circle the #awc prompts (and without getting angry) strike silky words into smooth yet furious fiction--I hope!🥴 Good luck, everyone!

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A picture of 7 sharp red pencils tied together with curly wires and a timer, like a bomb Text reads: Your 55 HOURS starts now... Furious Fiction The ultimate flash fiction challenge

Furious Fiction begins! ✏️

Time to furiously assemble a VERY long story of 500 words
(for writers used to the perfect 30 word stories of #30words30days anyway! 🤣)

Time starts now… 🕰️

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The Performance Three minutes into the performance, I stifled a yawn. The acclaimed actor and playwright Barry Lazarus fixed a beady eye on me from centre stage.

Looking forward to the brief arriving from the #AustralianWritersCentre later today for this weekend's #FuriousFiction. I wrote my first February story for the #flashfiction challenge in 2021, fittingly titled The Performance! 🎭 www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor... #tallandtrue #shortstories

Just completed the travel writers course with the Australian Writers Centre and I've been very impressed by the course content and value. I'm hoping to now put all this new learning into practice and get some travel features published!

#freelancewriting #travelwriting #australianwriterscentre

The People Were Happy A long time ago, poverty, floods, droughts, famines and war blighted a pale-blue planet. But the people endured the hardships and were happy.

#FuriousFiction switched from monthly to quarterly in 2022. I wrote The People Were Happy in January 2022 to get my monthly #shortstory "fix", using a brief from the #AustralianWritersCentre archive. ✍️ #writers #writing

Screenshot of the Furious Fiction submission screen: "Thank You. Your story has been received... Group hug!"

Woohoo, I've submitted my fifth December #FuriousFiction entry since 2020. And it's my first attempt at writing a story with a Xmas theme. Thanks for the opportunity and group hug, #AustralianWritersCentre! 🤗🎄 #writers #writing #flashfiction #shortstories

Furious Fiction | Australian Writers' Centre A new FURIOUS FICTION challenge goes live on the first Friday of each month. Sign up to the Fan Club to be notified!

Woohoo! I've written my first draft for November's #FuriousFiction run by the #AustralianWritersCentre! It's spot on 500 words, with the story brief ticked and double-checked. Now for the editing! Fingers crossed for your stories, too. 🤞

#writers #writing

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Five April Stories Blog posts shared on Tall And True.

To celebrate my fifth April #FuriousFiction, I've shared insights into the Five April Stories (no spoilers!), including the briefs and website links to the #shortstories and #podcast episodes. Big THANKS #AustralianWritersCentre! 🙏

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Screenshot of the "Thank You - Your story has been accepted" screen from my first Furious Fiction.

This post popped up in my timeline memories on FB this morning from my first #FuriousFiction in April 2020. Thanks, #AustralianWritersCentre, for then and for this weekend's challenge! 🙏

#writers #writing #flashfiction #shortstories

Screenshot of my Furious Fiction submission received page.

Bing bong, I've submitted my #shortstory for December's #FuriousFiction. Big THANKS as always to the #AustralianWritersCentre! 🙏 #writers #writing

Screenshot of the "Your Story Has Been Received" acknowledgement page after submitting my short horror story to Furious Fiction on the Writers' Centre website.

Thanks, #AustralianWritersCentre, for the prompts to write and submit my first #FuriousFiction #horrorstory. And for the opportunity to finally use a word I learned 40 years ago reading The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson, "preternatural"! 🙏

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