And the results are in - my story, The Garden Fork Murder, took out first prize in the Scarlet Stiletto Malice Domestic category. So...

On a recent Sunday, I was scrolling through emails (confession: I have a ridiculous number of email accounts) when that glorious word,...

I read widely: genre fiction, bookclubby lit fiction, YA and middle-grade fiction. But crime is one of my genre fiction faves. Not...

Exciting news this morning, my short story Dear Anna has made it onto the longlist for this year's HNSA short story competition. Dear...

I am beyond thrilled to have had my middle-grade manuscript chosen by Affirm Press as part of their 2019 Varuna Mentorship Award for...

Wonder no more ... read on, and I’ll tell you. I spent the weekend at the Relax and Write Retreat hosted by Edwina Shaw and Helena Pastor...

I love this competition. Each heat is over in a heartbeat (well, 48 hours). Feedback from judges. Feedback on the forum. And a few 1000...

The top 3 stories from each heat in Round 1 were each given a new prompt for Round 2. Over the Easter weekend, I was given 72 hours to...

Exciting news in the Nicola Wardley Reads & Writes journey this week. My story, Hell’s Gate, received an award in this annual...

The results are in: the winner of Heat 31 was my story, Lightning Ridge. Which means (... drum roll ...) in a day and a half I will be...

Book by Sally Andrew My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this story. It has a leisurely, character-rich style to it reminiscent of...

My story The Lesson in the Lens won a Highly Commended in the Stringybark Malicious Mysteries Award 2018. The book is available for...

The top 5 entrants from each group of 30 were invited to enter round 3. My prompts were action_adventure story / fish market / remote...

My prompts for this round were ghost story, holding cell, chopsticks. I have entered the story in a competition, so cannot post it here...

My prompts: genre - fairy tale / location - boxing ring / object - plunger The Favour by Nicola Wardley 1000 word flash fiction Result:...

2017 was the first year I have entered this competition. Entrants receive a prompt, a genre, and a location, and have 48 hours to submit...

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