100 x 100 Competition Winner
Jo Sadler • 14 June 2020
Winning Entry in our first 100 x 100 Flash Fiction Competition !
I'd like to thank all the entrants in our 100 x 100 competition (and Simon Whaley too for doing the judging!)
Congratulations and the prize of £100 goes to Natasha Derczynski.
Keep a look out for the new 100 x 100 competition starting in July. Here is the winning entry:
Our Cycle
First pee of the day, a hot ten second stream. Dizzying fear then a five-minute countdown.
Minute one. Three years before. The diagnosis. Burying myself in him, grieving for hope, then reviving.
Minute two. Swollen with eggs. A needle. My wall, pierced. Pieces of us incubate together.
Three. It hasn’t worked. Loss, all over again. Another cycle, another failure. Grief onto grief. We are young but dark circles form.
Four. One year to recover, return to one another. Then return to the waiting room, resigned, determined, tired but ready.
Five. Hold up the stick. It’s positive.
Oh God.
How sublime.
Can you write a spooky ghost or horror story in just 250 words? Then why not enter our NAWG 2025 Autumn 250-word Flash Fiction competition . It will run from Friday 3rd to Friday 31st October, so you have plenty of time to start thinking about it now. Prize of £25 for the winning entry , and we'll publish it on the website. Entries cost £2.50 and you'll find all the entry details on the website HERE - entry will be open to all from the 3rd of October.
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