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- James Joyce famously once said, 'If I could have done Ulysses in 50 words I would have done. That is my biggest regret.'
Don’t regret like Joyce. Post your fifty words stories here; romance, thriller, crime, comedy, erotica, whatever.
This is the group where everything is 50 words.
Even this.
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- Ralph
- 1st member and 50 Word Recession winner
- Rebecca
- Winner 50 Word Pop Comp
- Jo
- Runner Up - 50 Word Pop Comp
- Nathan
- Winner 50 Christmas Words
- Sean
- Winner Love Love Love story
- Eric
- Winner - Animals Comp
- Jake
- Moon Man competition winner
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- Entertainment & Arts - Books & Literature
- Description:
- James Joyce famously once said, 'If I could have done Ulysses in 50 words I would have done. That is my biggest regret.'
Don’t regret like Joyce. Post your fifty words stories here; romance, thriller, crime, comedy, erotica, whatever.
This is the group where everything is 50 words.
Even this.
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- July 18th
Moon Man winners now up on my blog here - http://drewgum.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/man-on-the-moon
May 27th 09
-NEW COMPETITION-
The theme of this month's competition is 50 Word Moon Man.
On July 20th it will be 40 Years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. To celebrate this fact please post your 50 Word Moon Man stories on the wall.
They don't have to be about travel to the moon. They can be about anything you like as long as they are vaguely moon related. The world is your oyster, or at least, your moon.
Please post your stories by the 10th July and then the winners will appear on my blog on 18th July, just in time for the moonish celebrations.
This month's guest judge is the fabulously talented Aliya Whiteley, author, mother, RAF wife. Her latest book is 'Light Reading' currently available in paperback. But don't take my word for it, check her out on her website here - http://www.aliyawhiteley.com
May 24th 09
Short-listed stories to be broadcast on BBC Radio Leicester Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th May - listen here - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/drew.gummerson2/Drew%20Gummerson/Podcast/4C05C64E-4AD8-4E89-91E0-62475157888B.html
May 19th 09
The 10 short listed animal stories and winners are now on my blog here - http://drewgum.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/50-word-animals
The short stories are also going to be read out at Leicester's Short Fuse - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56858456800&ref=ts where the winner and 2 runners up will also be announced. Thanks greatly to Polly Tuckett, director of the event for choosing them. 'Seriously good' is what she said.
The stories are also likely to be read out on BBC Radio Leicester. Details to follow when time etc is confirmed.
Please continue to invite your friends and come along to the event in Leicester if you are local and say hi.
April 10th 09
The theme of this month's 50 word short story competition is 'Animals'. Interpret it as you will but for those of you struggling for inspiration here is a link to Twycross, my local zoo - http://www.twycrosszoo.com
As promised this month there will be a special guest judge and I am pleased to announce this is Polly Tuckett, writer, all round good egg and director of Short Fuse -http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56858456800&ref=ts
As well as appearing appearing on my blog, this month's winners will also be read out at Short Fuse. I know! It's better than a Blankety Blank cheque book and pen, isn't it?
Post your entries on the wall by 11th May.
April 4th 09
The winners for the latest competition 50 Word Recession are now up on my blog here - http://drewgum.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/50-word-recession
March 2nd 09 - New Comp Announced
The theme of this month's competition is 'Recession'.
The rules are simple. Simply post your 50 Word Recession stories on the wall of the site. Anything on the theme is fine; bums, down and outs, businesses going bust, shares crumbling, houses being repossessed. The more miserable the better. Or make yourself laugh. In fact, funny recession stories would be good, faint glimmers of hope and all that.
Winners will be announced on my blog Saturday 4th April.
Feb 14th 09 - Results for the Love Love Love story announced. You can listen to them here - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/drew.gummerson2/Drew%20Gummerson/Podcast/4A431704-7047-4EBF-86E1-BB8BCEBD36E2.html or read them here - http://drewgum.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/love-love-love
Jan 17th 09 - I'm happy to announce another competition. The theme is 'Love Love Love'. Please post you 50 Word Love stories on the site. They can be about anything around the theme - lost love, new love, dying love and so on. You get the picture.
Results will be posted on my blog on Valentines Day (14th Feb).
December 20th - Results of the 50 Christmas Word Short Story Competition announced and posted on my blog - http://drewgum.wordpress.com/2008/12/20/the-twelve-fifty-words-of-christmas
Nov 16th - 50 Christmas Word short story competition announced. Post your 50 word Christmas stories on the site. Any theme as long as it's got Christmas in it - snow, dead Santas, presents, festive relatives. Anything goes. Winner announced on 20th December and winner and runners up to be posted on my blog - http://drewgum.wordpress.com
June 6th - new competition announced. Post your 50 word stories, theme of 'pop' on the site. Winner announced end of June.
May 2nd - Congratulations to Ivory Fishbone who is the winner of the 50 word crime comp with this story.
There was no blood, no corpse. No investigation turned up a weapon. There was no motive and no means and only I could see the chalk outline on the carpet.
Arms, legs, a head - and in the centre of the chest a heart shaped hole.
Not murder exactly, but close.
April 14th - so the first competition is up and running. Post your 50 word crime stories on the wall. Winner announced at the end of the month.
April 7th - thanks to everyone who has joined and to those who have posted. Brilliant! Later in the month or next month I shall think of a theme and a competition.
April 6th 2008 - Group Created.
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