The Battle begins TONIGHT! Click the link to join the Battle: writingbattle.com/join-battle We know waiting is hard. So excited for prompt drop you could spontaneously combust... Our 4 brand new genres are very exciting indeed and will be served up tonight at 10PM ET. #fiction

There's still time to join! You can join the Battle as a late entrant until Saturday, August 3rd at 10pm EST. Your story will still be due the same time as everyone else: Sunday, August 4th at 10pm EST. Join as a late entrant: writingbattle.com/join-battle The four genres are:

The prompts are now locked and can no longer be redrawn. The deadline to submit your story is Sunday, Aug 4th, at 10pm ET. Look out for an email in your inbox with further instructions. Submission is done on the Battle page of the site: writingbattle.com/battle -- in fact, that

Our next episode of Not Quite Write podcast is all about this genre so I look forward to putting my recent “research” to work! Only 250 words to go!

As much as I want to win Writing Battle, what I want even more is to read a bunch of“Inanimate Romance” stories that tickle me even more than mine does 😂 ❤️

…and that’s time! This week you swap out your writing quill (keyboard) for a judge’s gavel. We will be emailing you before every Duel, but please go to the Rules page to see the dates. Starting Tuesday, you have some undoubtedly tough decisions to make! #writer

Your first Duel is available to judge! It's time to read two stories, give a bit of feedback to each, then choose a winner. writingbattle.com/battle Please email [email protected] with any questions. Are you enjoying Writing Battle so far? It's 12% off to sign up for the

The Battle Stats for the Summer 2024 Nanofiction Battle! 1930 Writers 1463 Stories entered Sci-Fi Western Initially received this Genre but then nope'd out: 165 Stayed with Genre and submitted a story: 255 Landed on this after a redraw and submitted a story: 146 Did not submit

It's a Sitting on Top of the World (Cheryl King, M.Ed., LDT, CALT ) kinda day here at the Bjork household... or according to Orson a sitting up on the counter kinda day. When your Monday starts with the kiddos making your coffee followed swiftly by a picnic breakfast, writing practice (for

When your favorite writing contest supports its author contestants…

The incredible and seasoned Battle Raven Melissa Jornd wrote What Really Matters for the Medical Drama genre in our Spring Battle and from there her story went on to win Second Prize in Flash Fiction Magazine's most recent contest! Read the story here: flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2024/08/1…

A new Raid called "Lemon Legion" just dropped in the Tavern! "In 500 words or less, write the most insane and punny story about Lemon Legionnaires." Get started: writingbattle.com/tavern?battleI… Yes, yes this new Raid is as weird as it looks. #writingcommunity #lemonlegion

Listening to the music below as I read and provide feedback on the 4th duel in the Writing Battle competition I entered. I can't believe how much I'm learning about my writing just by providing feedback to others.💃😊 youtu.be/BMuknRb7woc?fe…

This is tomorrow!

If you enter flash or micro comps, you’re not gonna wanna miss Friday’s #NotQuiteWritePrize longlist announcement! We’ve consulted with 3 other #flashfiction comps to list the story ideas that have been done to death ☠️ Chances are you’ve written a few! Stay tuned…

Woo Hoo!🙌The final battle duel has arrived from the Writing Battle! I'm super stoked to read the two stories, but I have no idea which to open first, the titles are intriguing. 😱The genre is, "Inanimate Romance". ❤️💃❤️

📝Debrief is live! You can now choose to share your story and return reads with your fellow participants while you all wait for the results. writingbattle.com/debrief Congrats everyone on completing your Duels! This means that the peer-judging is finished and you can now reveal

While in Porto we couldn't resist lining up to see the stunning Livraria Lello! #WritingCommmunity #porto #livrarialello