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2020-21 Scintillating Starts Contest Winners Are

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“I have judged many writing contests and I would say this by far was the hardest. The quality of writing was SO good.”   ~~Sue Ade The Winners Are Promising Openings from our Scintillating Starts Contest One of the judges sent the following encouraging comment which I am delighted to share: “I have judged many

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2020 Flash Prose Contest: The New Normal

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“The virus lurks, undetectable without a swab.”   ~~Jill Witty 2020 Flash Prose Contest: The New Normal Thanks to those of you who submitted to Writer Advice’s Flash Prose Contest. There are many e-zines seeking pieces about COVID-19, Black Lives Matter, John Lewis, RBG, Presidential Debates, and the other ongoing stories of 2020. If we’re

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2020 Summer Flash Fiction Contest

By B. Lynn Goodwin

First Place: The Dog Dies By Katie Broyhill   “Sit,” I said. No response — but he was deaf. “Buckley,” I said. “Sit.”  He sat, narrating his efforts with an accomplished huff. Stiff hips, you know, he seemed to say. I raised the gun, looking down at him through the sight. He blinked slowly back

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2020 Flash Memoir Winners

By B. Lynn Goodwin

    The Flash Memoir Contest Winners Are 👍✍️👏🎉👍✍️👏🎉👍✍️👏 A Win-Win:  In an effort to be fair to all of our four winners, I’ve made a change in prize designations. Here’s what happened: When I read Karen’s piece, I was concerned about whether she had gone through this or not, so I asked if it

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Winter 2020–The Winners of the Scintillating Starts Contest Are…

By B. Lynn Goodwin

Winter 2020–The Winners of the Scintillating Starts Contest Are… The Winners of Writer Advice’s 2019 Scintillating Starts Contest are Sue Stewart Ade, Sarah Russell, and Michael Jack Webb.  All are excellent writers and I love the voices represented here. The openings of their work are below. My compliments to everyone who entered. There are so many wonderful books

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Fall 2019 — Flash Prose Winners

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.”  –Joan Didion   Flash Prose Winners 2019   The Winners Are — Fall 2019   From the Editor: I continue to be impressed with all the creativity and effort on the part of participants. We

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Spring 2019 Flash Fiction/Prior Contest Winners –The Winners Are…

By B. Lynn Goodwin

“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.”    ✍️ –Richard Bach Flash Fiction Winners 2019   The Winners Are — Summer 2019   Editor’s Note: We had some wonderful submissions. Writers using complex characters that surprise me and increase my understanding of the world we live in—all in 750 words—are so impressive. Many

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Prior Winners –2019 Flash Memoir Contest

By B. Lynn Goodwin

‘It’s inspiring to read all the submissions and glance into the important moments of so many lives. You inspire me!   –B. Lynn Goodwin   Flash Memoir Winners 2019   Several submitters commented on the fact that you appreciated hearing comments from a human. From time to time, I submit too, and I agree that

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Scintillating Starts –January to March 2019

By B. Lynn Goodwin

This page used to be called Flash. It’s where we post the winners of each contest. The Scintillating Starts of Writer Advice’s 2018 contest are below. Editor’s Note: For the first time ever, we have a four-way tie. The judges score independently. They don’t talk to each other. Why does this matter? If one qualified

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Flash – Volume 19 Number 2

By B. Lynn Goodwin

EDITOR’S NOTE: Reading the Scintillating Starts you submitted was an eye-opening experience. I had trouble knowing whether many of them were memoir or fiction. That didn’t figure into my decision about the winners, but it made me realize that I could honor more people if we had separate contests for fiction and memoir. In 2016

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Flash – Volume 20 Number 2

By B. Lynn Goodwin

Congratulations to our fourScintillating Starts WinnersFrank Joseph, Susan Keller,Chris Muniz, and Deborah L. Stautonand Honorable Mention Winner, Julie K. Royce Suggestion: Enjoy these stories. Bookmark this page. You may want to come back and reread this collection.     TO DO JUSTICEBy Frank Joseph Image by © Underwood & Underwood/CORBIS      Ever since I’m little

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Flash – Volume 20 Number 4

By B. Lynn Goodwin

Congratulations to our three Flash Fiction Winners: First Place: Kathy Joyce Second Place: K. Alan Leitch Third Place: Laura Fischer Honorable Mentions: K. Eldr Rochelle Weidner Suggestion: Please enjoy these wonderful stories. If you have a message for an author, send it to me and I will forward it.   Note: The next contest, Scintillating

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