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🎙️ Not Quite Write Podcast | notquitewrite.com 🏆 Home of the #NotQuiteWritePrize for Flash Fiction | International 500-word writing comp. AU$4k in prizes + publication.

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Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · Sep 3

Ding dong the Anti-Prompt is (nearly) dead!

Join us in making NQW history as we farewell our favourite troublemaker 😪

AU$4,000 prizes on offer plus this year's last chance at a place in our 2025 anthology.

Sign-up now and tag your writing crew.

This is gonna be a flash fiction comp to remember!

A funeral program cover featuring a skull in a beanie holding a coffee and throwing the ‘rock & roll’ sign.Text reads: Not Quite Write. In loving memory of The Anti-Prompt 2023-2025. Join us for one last brain-bending round of the Not Quite Write Prize as we farewell our darling…

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 17h

Who knows, it could be an invitation to a back-to-back win! 👀

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 1d

👁️🫦👁️

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 1d

Confirming that we did, indeed, sing it. Thanks for that earworm! 🪱

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 1d

HINT TIME!

The LAST Not Quite Write Prize anti-prompt will be hitting inboxes around the world on 24 October. Will YOU be there to bid it a fond farewell and secure your chance at the top prize?

Whether you've entered before or are discovering the comp for the first time, we want you to join us!

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 1d

Another batch of Not Quite Write Prize Daredevils lives to tell the tale 😈

We can't wait to see if any goblins crack the October shortlist!

Natalie Writes On @nataliewriteson.bsky.social · 1d

Big thanks to @akscotland.bsky.social and @quitewriteed.bsky.social of @notquitewrite.com for showing so much love to the goblins in our daredevils! We laughed, we cried, we begrudgingly agreed, we learned.

Can't wait to apply all the insights from all 5 episodes to the anti-prompt farewell comp!

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 1d

Verbal typo noted. Your reputation is restored! 😄

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 2d

Nice save! 😮‍💨

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 3d

You've already met your quota.

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 3d

Great advice from THREE-TIME shortlister, @gregrschmidt.bsky.social!

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 3d

We've uploaded a new Level Up article for our Not Quite Write Prize participants!

Log in to access hot tips on avoiding disembodied body parts, in time for the October round.

Like and share to help this message reach all contestants.

Or not... after all, it IS a competition😏

Level Up! Disembodied body parts - Not Quite Write

Ed and Amanda share their top tips for taking your flash fiction game to the next level.

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Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 3d

Kids, don't try this at home.

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 3d

We've recently had an influx of BRAND NEW sign-ups to the October Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction, which is very encouraging to see!

Asking on behalf of those newbies, do our veterans have any tips on how to handle that dastardly anti-prompt?

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 4d

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Conversations about media, culture and the art of writing

Hosted by Ed and Amanda, the Not Quite Write podcast explores the intricacies of fiction writing, media and current events from a writer’s perspective.

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 4d

Our fifth and final Daredevil episode for the July round is up - just in time to snag all that feedback for yourself before the next round!

Huge thanks to Marina R. M. Lane for taking this critique for the team!

Tune into the Not Quite Write Podcast to listen now 😈

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 4d

October hints incoming just as soon as we've got our prompt artwork 👀

In the meantime, we have our fifth and final Daredevil episode for the July round coming atcha in just a few hours!

Jennifer Lyons-Bell @kiraph.bsky.social · 5d

Wondering when we will get some hints for October’s NQW? @notquitewrite.com @akscotland.bsky.social @quitewriteed.bsky.social

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 7d

Oooh.. a gorgeous new photo to add to our 'Meet our Past Winners' gallery!

Curious? Stop by notquitewriteprize.com and check out the happy snap of Elda with her pointy trophy!

(Who knows? It could be YOU up there after the October round!)

Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction

Participants have 60 hours to submit a 500-word story for a chance to win a share of AU$4,000 in cash prizes. A flash fiction competition with a twist.

notquitewriteprize.com

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 7d

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Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 8d

We love deep-diving into your stories, and we’re always so thrilled when our feedback resonates!

Looking forward to meeting our coaching clients after the October round of the Not Quite Write Prize!

Sarah K @svkenn.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you @akscotland.bsky.social and @quitewriteed.bsky.social for such a detailed, supportive, honest, and super helpful critique.

I've learned so much from you guys since I started entering the @notquitewrite.com prize. Love being part of the NQW community 🥰

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 10d

If you've been hanging out for your July critique, those will be coming out over the next few days.

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 10d

You'll keep... 😈

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 11d

Annnnndddd… you’re up!

Eilish Forwells @eyelash93.bsky.social · 11d

NQW making me wait again! #goblinuprising

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 11d

Repeat Daredevil, eyelash93.bsky.social, is our next all-too-willing victim as we deep dive into ‘The Teapot is Haunted’!

Search Not Quite Write wherever you get your podcasts to hear our full critique of this 500-word story.

Warning: we had a LOT to say 😈

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 11d

Love lulling our victims into a false sense of security....

New Daredevil ep incoming TODAY! But which Goblin will it be? 🤔

Marina R. M. Lane @monicalane.bsky.social · 13d

I am enjoying listening to the @notquitewrite.com Daredevils episodes—Goblin takeover edition. 💚 All really great feedback thus far. I'm slightly less scared of my turn at a public critique. 😈🔥😱😂
notquitewritepodcast.com

Conversations about media, culture and the art of writing

Hosted by Ed and Amanda, the Not Quite Write podcast explores the intricacies of fiction writing, media and current events from a writer’s perspective.

notquitewritepodcast.com

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 14d

So glad to hear you’ve found it helpful for your writing! As for the maths, we might need to get Mathemachicken on the case!

Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 17d

As always, we can only offer our own interpretation, and you get to cherry-pick (ha) what’s helpful and what’s not!
Good luck at mini golf! (We hear you’re kinda competitive…)