That way madness lies
In Competition No. 3094 you were invited to submit a ‘Sonnet Found in a Deserted Mad House’. G.K. Chesterton once…
Write of passage
In Competition No. 3093 you were invited to submit an extract from a novel that chronicles the adult life of…
Spring villanelle
In Competition No. 3092 you were invited to submit a spring villanelle. The villanelle lends itself to themes of loss…
Cringe benefits
In Competition No. 3091 you were invited to submit toe-curlingly bad analogies. This is an idea shamelessly pinched from the…
The big reveal
In Competition No. 3090 you were invited to submit a recently discovered lost poem by a well-known poet that makes…
Climate change
In Competition No. 3089 you were invited to put your own spin on a weather forecast. The seed for…
Political noir
In Competition No. 3088 you were invited to submit a short story in the style of hard-boiled crime fiction set…
Haikick
In Competition No. 3087 you were invited to submit haikicks. We already have short-form hybrids such as the clerihaiku (here’s…
Writer’s block
In Competition No. 3086 you were invited to submit a poem about the difficulty of writing a poem. In…
What’s not to love
In Competition No. 3085 you were invited to submit a poem in dispraise of Valentine’s Day. The day is said…
Breaking up is hard to do
In Competition No. 3084 you were invited to submit a poem entitled ‘Breaking up is hard to do’. From…
Tweet beginnings
In Competition No. 3083 you were invited to submit a poem or a short story that begins ‘It started with…
Happy talk
In Competition No. 3082 you were invited to write a poem taking as your first line ‘Happy the man, and…
Unauthorised version
In Competition No. 3081 you were invited to supply a parable rewritten in the style of a well-known author. Like…
The ex factor
In Competition No. 3080 you were invited to supply an elegy on a piece of obsolete technology. Thanks to Paul…
Out with the auld
In Competition No. 3079 you were invited to supply a new anthem to welcome 2019, starting with the first line…
O come let us adore zhim
In Competition No. 3078 you were invited to submit a politically correct Christmas carol. One of Donald Trump’s election…
Shakespearean sonnet
In Competition No. 3077 you were invited to submit a sonnet with the name of a Shakespearean character hidden in…
Bad romance
In Competition No. 3076 you were invited to submit seriously misguided love poems. You seemed to embrace this task especially…
Trumpian verse
In Competition No. 3075 you were invited to submit poems by Donald Trump. The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump, which…
We’re scamming
In Competition No. 3074 you were invited to submit a scam letter ghostwritten by a well-known author, living or dead.…
Neo-gothic
In Competition No. 3073 you were invited to submit a short story in the Gothic style with a topical twist.…
Brief lives
In Competition No. 3072 you were invited to supply a short verse biography of a well-known figure from history. …
Accentuate the negative
In Competition No. 3071 you were invited to supply a demotivational poem. This was your opportunity to come up…
Mary, Mary…
In Competition No. 3070 you were invited to provide a poem with the title ‘When I Grow Up I Want…
