{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66202cf262f822001203895b/6aa42a7cff74edfd007bac88?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"s6 Ep15 - WIN £500 FOR YOUR FLASH STORY!","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66202cf262f822001203895b/1789300011563-cd13663e-1848-405b-8be0-33dc2969405d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Ya know what they say. When one door closes another door opens.</p><p>And following the joyful culmination of our poetry competition</p><p>comes....</p><p><strong>OUR MASSIVE ANNUAL £500 FLASH FICTION COMPETITION</strong> - Sponsored by</p><p><strong>Scrivener</strong>!</p><p>Scrivener?</p><p>Yes, of course. The wonderful writing software Scrivener.&nbsp;</p><p>Which you should quickly go and buy a copy of, before you do anything else, in order to make the writing of things easier, more intuitive and less brain-hurty.</p><p>It's an invaluable writing tool trusted by top writers for 20 odd years! (And also us two… but, you know… don't let that put you off - it's not Scrivener's fault, is it?!)</p><p>Well OK then.</p><p>Sure, why not? We'll let you use our special secret code and get <strong>20% off...</strong></p><p>Just go to: <a href=\"https://www.literatureandlatte.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.literatureandlatte.com/</a></p><p>and use the code: <strong>failing</strong></p><p>No problem.</p><p>Now, where were we? Ah yes! Our big, annual, £500 flash fiction competition…</p><p>Which we're renaming The AMAZING writers flash fiction competition, in honour of our frankly magnificent listeners.</p><p>YOU.  Yes! I'm talking about YOU!</p><p>If you're up for getting involved, which of course you are, just</p><p>go to <a href=\"https://www.failingwriterspodcast.com/flashentry\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.failingwriterspodcast.com/flashentry</a></p><p>And don't forget to listen to <em>this</em> episode for all the</p><p>details including the special phrase you <strong>must</strong> include in your story!</p><p><br></p><p>Right about now, I'd like to give a big shout out to our star judge… <strong>David Gaffney!</strong></p><p>Thank you David, for some great advice and a couple of beautiful little bits of short prose…</p><p>For all things Gaffney click <a href=\"https://www.davidgaffney.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></p><p><br></p><p>And to buy David’s excellent short story collection, <strong>Concrete Fields</strong>, you’ll want to click <a href=\"https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/concrete-fields-9781784633035?srsltid=AfmBOophjZCTFH-s24FI-kqqs4QSsULshWOfTuDb5lkwBDjBWxUCeFcy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Finally... check out Tommy on the excellent Hellish podcast …<a href=\"https://hellishpod.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> here</a>.</p>","author_name":"The Failing Writers Podcast"}