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I've all but written the first draft of my #shortstory for January 2026's #FuriousFiction. I love the opportunity offered by the #AustralianWritersCentre and the creative #writing process. Hope you're having similar joy and success! ✍️ #writers #writesky www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fict...
Furious Fiction | Australian Writers' Centre
A new FURIOUS FICTION challenge goes live on the first Friday of each month. Sign up to the Fan Club to be notified!
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January 2, 2026 at 10:33 AM
sljoneswriter.bsky.social
Woo hoo! I made the AWC Furious Fiction November long list, after a longish drought. Thank you! #Furiousfiction #AustralianWritersCentre 🎉
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
sljoneswriter.bsky.social
Story submitted! This one was lots of fun! #furiousfiction #Australianwriterscentre
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
marcgijsemans.bsky.social
Pretty stoked about being longlisted. #furiousfiction #australianwriterscentre
July 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
danielle-baldock.bsky.social
May’s #FuriousFiction is done!! 🎉

And miraculously stretched my story to 500 words(ish)

Or repeated the same few dozen words several times - time will tell 🤣

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #FlashFiction
#AustralianWritersCentre
Acceptance from Furious Fiction Competition admin, reads: THANK YOU. YOUR STORY HAS BEEN RECEIVED For the first time in Furious Fiction history, we're pulling back the curtain to let you know how we vote for our favourite stories each month. First, all stories are printed onto individual silk scarves and then fed through a pasta maker and an old-timey washing machine to test for freshness and taste. After this, the scarves that remain are given to seven angry monkeys, who strike them repeatedly with a gold sledgehammer. The scarves that survive form our long list, and then we throw them off an 11-storey building, and the ones that land in a painted circle on the ground are showcased. Finally, one is voted top pick by a focus group of 12 preschool children and one goat. Simple!
May 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
ranandatheinkrat.bsky.social
Having voted early and escaped north for a few days, I'm using my break to circle the #awc prompts (and without getting angry) strike silky words into smooth yet furious fiction--I hope!🥴 Good luck, everyone!

#furiousfiction #awc #australianwriterscentre
May 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
danielle-baldock.bsky.social
Furious Fiction begins! ✏️

Time to furiously assemble a VERY long story of 500 words
(for writers used to the perfect 30 word stories of #30words30days anyway! 🤣)

Time starts now… 🕰️

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#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #FlashFiction
#AustralianWritersCentre
A picture of 7 sharp red pencils tied together with curly wires and a timer, like a bomb Text reads: Your 55 HOURS starts now... Furious Fiction The ultimate flash fiction challenge
May 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
tallandtrue.bsky.social
Looking forward to the brief arriving from the #AustralianWritersCentre later today for this weekend's #FuriousFiction. I wrote my first February story for the #flashfiction challenge in 2021, fittingly titled The Performance! 🎭 www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor... #tallandtrue #shortstories
The Performance
Three minutes into the performance, I stifled a yawn. The acclaimed actor and playwright Barry Lazarus fixed a beady eye on me from centre stage.
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February 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
helly-mary.bsky.social
Just completed the travel writers course with the Australian Writers Centre and I've been very impressed by the course content and value. I'm hoping to now put all this new learning into practice and get some travel features published!

#freelancewriting #travelwriting #australianwriterscentre
January 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
tallandtrue.bsky.social
#FuriousFiction switched from monthly to quarterly in 2022. I wrote The People Were Happy in January 2022 to get my monthly #shortstory "fix", using a brief from the #AustralianWritersCentre archive. ✍️ #writers #writing
The People Were Happy
A long time ago, poverty, floods, droughts, famines and war blighted a pale-blue planet. But the people endured the hardships and were happy.
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January 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
tallandtrue.bsky.social
Woohoo, I've submitted my fifth December #FuriousFiction entry since 2020. And it's my first attempt at writing a story with a Xmas theme. Thanks for the opportunity and group hug, #AustralianWritersCentre! 🤗🎄 #writers #writing #flashfiction #shortstories
Screenshot of the Furious Fiction submission screen: "Thank You. Your story has been received... Group hug!"
December 8, 2024 at 11:32 AM
tallandtrue.bsky.social
Woohoo! I've written my first draft for November's #FuriousFiction run by the #AustralianWritersCentre! It's spot on 500 words, with the story brief ticked and double-checked. Now for the editing! Fingers crossed for your stories, too. 🤞

#writers #writing

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Furious Fiction | Australian Writers' Centre
A new FURIOUS FICTION challenge goes live on the first Friday of each month. Sign up to the Fan Club to be notified!
www.writerscentre.com.au
November 2, 2024 at 4:25 AM
tallandtrue.bsky.social
To celebrate my fifth April #FuriousFiction, I've shared insights into the Five April Stories (no spoilers!), including the briefs and website links to the #shortstories and #podcast episodes. Big THANKS #AustralianWritersCentre! 🙏

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Five April Stories
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April 9, 2024 at 6:58 AM
tallandtrue.bsky.social
This post popped up in my timeline memories on FB this morning from my first #FuriousFiction in April 2020. Thanks, #AustralianWritersCentre, for then and for this weekend's challenge! 🙏

#writers #writing #flashfiction #shortstories
Screenshot of the "Thank You - Your story has been accepted" screen from my first Furious Fiction.
April 5, 2024 at 12:24 AM
tallandtrue.bsky.social
Bing bong, I've submitted my #shortstory for December's #FuriousFiction. Big THANKS as always to the #AustralianWritersCentre! 🙏 #writers #writing
Screenshot of my Furious Fiction submission received page.
December 3, 2023 at 11:24 AM
tallandtrue.bsky.social
Thanks, #AustralianWritersCentre, for the prompts to write and submit my first #FuriousFiction #horrorstory. And for the opportunity to finally use a word I learned 40 years ago reading The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson, "preternatural"! 🙏

#writing #shortstories
Screenshot of the "Your Story Has Been Received" acknowledgement page after submitting my short horror story to Furious Fiction on the Writers' Centre website.
November 5, 2023 at 2:39 AM