Spectator Competition: Forget me not
Comp. 3417 invited you to write an elegy to a piece of obsolete technology. This prompted a deluge of very…
Spectator Competition: Throuple
Comp. 3416 invited you to marry romantasy (the romance-fantasy fusion now dominating fiction sales) with a third genre. Narnia, gritty…
Spectator Competition: Category error
Comp. 3413 was prompted by J.G. Ballard’s story ‘The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race’…
Spectator Competition: Popular demand
For Comp. 3411 you were invited to submit a passage or poem on the subject of dynamic pricing. Thanks to…
Spectator Competition: Some like it hot
For Competition 3408 you were invited to write poems about heatwaves. This comp was inspired by the weather! In the…
Spectator Competition: Between the lines
For Competition 3407 you were invited to write about a historical event euphemistic-ally. This challenge was a little vague; Private…
Spectator Competition: Who’s who?
For Competition 3405 you were invited to submit a scene in which Doctor Who has regenerated into someone very unexpected.…
Spectator Competition: Quirk related
In Comp. 3402 you were invited to submit a poem or passage about an unusual predilection. The quirks ranged from…
Spectator Competition: That’s your cue
Competition 3398 invited you to submit a poem about snooker as the world champion-ship was under way. The entries poured…






























