Hi everyone It’s time to join me and some very special guests for the launch of this year’s Hysteria Writing Competition anthology, Hysteria 10. When: Monday 18th December 7pm GMT Where: Online I’ll reveal the overall winners for each of the three categories; Poetry, Flash Fiction and Short Story and each winning entries will be…
Hysteria 2023 closed at the end of August and it has taken some time, more than usual, to get to the point of announcing the shortlist. To everyone who entered, well done; the reading team were impressed by everything they read. But of course, there do have to be winners and this year I’m pleased…
What is the first thing that springs to mind when we hear the word? For me it is a conjuror – card tricks, disappearing members of the audience, assistants sawn in half. All rather banal because we know that these are tricks. They can all be demonstrated by anyone in the know. Magicians speak of…
Welcome to my first blog as writer-in-residence for the Hysteria 10 writing competition. This is the third year I’ve been involved; twice as a reader and once as a finalist in flash fiction. Meeting other readers in Zoomland during the process and taking note of feedback from entrants made me want to ask this question.
