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"Now, Mia and Tao are lying on the roof as the projector threads light into the sky—their memories, captured and set free, playing out into the black"
Four tiny moments beautifully captured and strung together in today's #WelkinMini micro from @thisisguan.bsky.social
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"But wetin carry rats enter my complain?" she snapped, and he explained, smugly, gold chain glinting, that rats chewing wires caused discharges"
I love the use of voice in this layered micro from @nmahassanm.bsky.social, the first of the HC pieces from the #WelkinMini
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It IS you!!!!!!! Thank you so much for trusting me with your wonderful micro. A real pleasure to publish it as part of the #WelkinMini ❤️
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"We are waiting –
for the rain to stop
for our favourite song to play on the radio
for the car to go round the bend"
Such a great micro from @susmitab.bsky.social on day 10 of the #WelkinMini with so much insistence to its repeating motif
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I agree! Thank you for your continuing support of all the #WelkinMini stories - your enthusiasm is so infectious 🤩
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Giddy with excitement to find my story on the #WelkinMini short list! Now we get to enjoy reading the stories for the rest of Jan: there are some seriously intriguing titles, can't to see where they go. Congrats to all the shortlisted writers and thanks again to @mattkendrick.bsky.social 💫
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Oh wow! Over-the-moon flabbergasted to have a story on the #WelkinMini shortlist 😮 Best of all, a new micro near enough every day from tomorrow till the end of January! I can’t wait to read these gems. Congratulations to all the other shortlisted writers 🌟 @welkinprize.bsky.social
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Good luck to all those going further! Didn’t make the shortlist but feel pretty good that I got this far :) Thanks #welkinmini ! looking forward to reading all the stories!
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Lights ⚡Camera 🎥 Action 🎉
After much agonisation, here is the shortlist for this year's #WelkinMini...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
The first non-winning piece will be published tomorrow! Then there will be one a day (ish) until the winners are announced towards the end of the month.
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Gobsmacked to find myself on the longlist for the #WelkinMini 2025! Massive thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for selecting my piece!
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Beyond thrilled to have made the #WelkinMini longlist! 🥳
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Such amazing news to open my eyes to this morning ~ I’ve been longlisted for the #WelkinMini !!
I just can’t wait to read all of these shorts!
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The longlist for this year's #WelkinMini. Congratulations everyone who made it and commiserations to anyone who missed out. Such a joy to organise this mini competition. Such a high standard this year. You're all superstars.
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Drum roll! 🥁🥁🥁
Announcing the longlist for the #WelkinMini 2025: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
If you're on the list, please celebrate wildly (but don't reveal the title of your piece).
If you didn't make it this year, commiserations. Many amazing pieces missed out.
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I've now read all 819 stories for the #WelkinMini at least twice and have pretty much whittled down to a longlist. What a joy! But also what a challenge!
Some thoughts I've had over the past month as I've organised, read, responded, BlueSky-ed etc. (1/16)
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Thank you so much for trusting the #WelkinMini with your words, Leigh. I look forward to reading your drabble-rousing story!
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Today feels like a good day to write a 100-word story.
There are now only 6 daisies, 3 petunias & 35 bluebells until the deadline for the #WelkinMini (or 6 days, 3 hours & 35 minutes if you like a more conventional approach to timekeeping):
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
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Yellow badge that reads 'Drabble Rouser'
A tiny boost to sub a little something to the #WelkinMini ! (wee badge a bonus) 😁
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I'm all caught up with reading for the #WelkinMini. You've got just two and a half weeks to enter if you're still scribbling a story, so now is the time to upgrade from flip-flops to trainers, but we're probably not in ice-skates territory just yet:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
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Thanks so much for trusting the #WelkinMini with your words!
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Thank you so much for trusting the #WelkinMini with your words, Myna. Good luck!
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All caught up with reading for the #WelkinMini. So much brilliant writing. Every entry has had so much to commend it. However, there are only 50 places on the longlist and still 4 more weeks until entries close, so I've had to start the horrible job of sending out a few not-quite-acceptances (NQAs)
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If you're honing your entries for the #WelkinMini and want a bit of inspiration, or help with a specific element (titles, endings, tension, humour etc.), check out my new index of craft articles and writing resources at the link below 👇
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Just one week to go until submissions open for the #WelkinMini
100 words
Free to enter
Deadline = 2nd January
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
If you're pondering an entry, these are some of the things I'd love to see in the inbox when submissions open up...
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Two weeks until submissions open for the #WelkinMini
100 words
Free to enter
Deadline = 2nd January
Will you be a "micro wizard" or a "disco comet" or "tiny romancer"?
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
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An inclusive competition for all the #microfiction #drinble #drabble writers out there - the #WelkinMini
Free to enter, run by the amazing & generous @mattkendrick.bsky.social
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Three weeks until submissions open for the #WelkinMini.
100 words
Free to enter
Deadline = 2nd January
A whole lot of fun + prizes to be won...
Get scribbling!
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If you're polishing up a micro for the #WelkinMini, you might find it useful to think about focus. You've only got 100 words. What is that one idea, that one theme, that single narrative arc?
#FlashFiction #WritingCompetition #WritingCraft
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