The Welkin Writing Prize
@welkinprize.bsky.social
Free-to-enter writing prize | micros up to 100 words | deadline 2nd January 2024 | run by @mattkendrick.bsky.social
Website: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize/welkin-mini
Website: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize/welkin-mini
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**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
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Two weeks on Tuesday or three weeks tomorrow - come be funny with me in December 😀😆🤣😜☺️ and learn about the universe of tone and the lyrical / humour overlap among other exciting and edible-sounding things. Also, I've written a story about the loch ness monster going to the pub...
My last workshop of the year is a silly safari through humorous techniques. Feels like we all need a bit of levity after the year we've had. We'll look at daffynitions, spoonerisms, comic triples and much more.
Tues 2nd Dec 7pm GMT
OR Sat 6th Dec 9am GMT
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
Tues 2nd Dec 7pm GMT
OR Sat 6th Dec 9am GMT
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
November 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Two weeks on Tuesday or three weeks tomorrow - come be funny with me in December 😀😆🤣😜☺️ and learn about the universe of tone and the lyrical / humour overlap among other exciting and edible-sounding things. Also, I've written a story about the loch ness monster going to the pub...
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "
We built a time machine in your ward " by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social :
We built a time machine in your ward " by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social :
The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 25
Shortlisted pieces for the 2025 Welkin Mini
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "
We built a time machine in your ward " by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social :
We built a time machine in your ward " by @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social :
Would love to see more humorous entries into the Welkin Prize this year. This might give a bit of inspiration 👇
My last workshop of the year is a silly safari through humorous techniques. Feels like we all need a bit of levity after the year we've had. We'll look at daffynitions, spoonerisms, comic triples and much more.
Tues 2nd Dec 7pm GMT
OR Sat 6th Dec 9am GMT
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
Tues 2nd Dec 7pm GMT
OR Sat 6th Dec 9am GMT
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
November 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Would love to see more humorous entries into the Welkin Prize this year. This might give a bit of inspiration 👇
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'for the rain to stop
for our favourite song to play on the radio'
Such power and tenderness in this list story by @susmitab.bsky.social @welkinprize.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity #WelkinWindbackWednesday
for our favourite song to play on the radio'
Such power and tenderness in this list story by @susmitab.bsky.social @welkinprize.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity #WelkinWindbackWednesday
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
'for the rain to stop
for our favourite song to play on the radio'
Such power and tenderness in this list story by @susmitab.bsky.social @welkinprize.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity #WelkinWindbackWednesday
for our favourite song to play on the radio'
Such power and tenderness in this list story by @susmitab.bsky.social @welkinprize.bsky.social
#fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity #WelkinWindbackWednesday
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "We are waiting – " by @susmitab.bsky.social :
The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 25
Shortlisted pieces for the 2025 Welkin Mini
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "We are waiting – " by @susmitab.bsky.social :
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One of my favorite (and FREE!) contests is opening soon…
Get those 100 words ready!!!
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Get those 100 words ready!!!
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**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
One of my favorite (and FREE!) contests is opening soon…
Get those 100 words ready!!!
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Get those 100 words ready!!!
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This IS the MOST IMPORTANT thing - everyone should be more JUNE! 🤩
I have MILLIONS of things to finish, so of course I‘m playing around with a new idea for this. ⬇️
**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This IS the MOST IMPORTANT thing - everyone should be more JUNE! 🤩
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Thirty days to write 100 words. Simple!!! Hope lots of you will consider sending in entries 👇
**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
November 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Thirty days to write 100 words. Simple!!! Hope lots of you will consider sending in entries 👇
**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
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Still a couple of spots available for this if you're keen. Should be a brilliant event. @claudiamonpere.bsky.social is amazing and has so much wisdom. And @dawnsteffler.bsky.social shows what she can do with emotions in her wonderful @bathflashaward.bsky.social winning story. Not to be missed!
Really looking forward to hosting this panel discussion on "Emotional Depths" with @claudiamonpere.bsky.social & @dawnsteffler.bsky.social. Should be such a great event. It's a week on Monday at 7pm GMT for anyone who'd like to sign up:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Still a couple of spots available for this if you're keen. Should be a brilliant event. @claudiamonpere.bsky.social is amazing and has so much wisdom. And @dawnsteffler.bsky.social shows what she can do with emotions in her wonderful @bathflashaward.bsky.social winning story. Not to be missed!
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This story by @shiramusicant.bsky.social has been nominated by @welkinprize.bsky.social for a Pushcart, and I am thrilled beyond words. This was my very favourite of all the shortlisted entries this year!!
#microfiction #flashfiction
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#microfiction #flashfiction
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Unreliable Narrators | MattKendrick.co.uk
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October 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This story by @shiramusicant.bsky.social has been nominated by @welkinprize.bsky.social for a Pushcart, and I am thrilled beyond words. This was my very favourite of all the shortlisted entries this year!!
#microfiction #flashfiction
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#microfiction #flashfiction
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Honoured to be a Pushcart nominee for "A Parable of Slow Songs"! Thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for all that he does. You can read the micro here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Honoured to be a Pushcart nominee for "A Parable of Slow Songs"! Thanks to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for all that he does. You can read the micro here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
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So honored and excited to receive my second #Pushcart nomination! And grateful to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for his support of my story.
The #WelkinWritingPrize is pleased to announce nominations for this year's Pushcart Prize:
@laurabesley.bsky.social
@cbigs.bsky.social
Clyde Liffey
NmaHassan Muhammad
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@thisisguan.bsky.social
Congratulations all!!!
@laurabesley.bsky.social
@cbigs.bsky.social
Clyde Liffey
NmaHassan Muhammad
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@thisisguan.bsky.social
Congratulations all!!!
October 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So honored and excited to receive my second #Pushcart nomination! And grateful to @mattkendrick.bsky.social for his support of my story.
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I'm beyond thrilled that my story, 'Like a memory, or maybe only a dream' has been nominated for this year's Pushcart Prize ✨ Huge thanks to Matt for this nomination & everything he does for the writing community.
#fiction #microcfiction #WelkinWritingPrize
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#fiction #microcfiction #WelkinWritingPrize
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October 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm beyond thrilled that my story, 'Like a memory, or maybe only a dream' has been nominated for this year's Pushcart Prize ✨ Huge thanks to Matt for this nomination & everything he does for the writing community.
#fiction #microcfiction #WelkinWritingPrize
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
#fiction #microcfiction #WelkinWritingPrize
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
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Long titles, I'd mention this slicce of comedy genius from the @welkinprize.bsky.social this year: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 25
Shortlisted pieces for the 2025 Welkin Mini
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Long titles, I'd mention this slicce of comedy genius from the @welkinprize.bsky.social this year: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "Unreliable Narrators" by @shiramusicant.bsky.social :
The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 25
Shortlisted pieces for the 2025 Welkin Mini
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "Unreliable Narrators" by @shiramusicant.bsky.social :
The #WelkinWritingPrize is pleased to announce nominations for this year's Pushcart Prize:
@laurabesley.bsky.social
@cbigs.bsky.social
Clyde Liffey
NmaHassan Muhammad
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@thisisguan.bsky.social
Congratulations all!!!
@laurabesley.bsky.social
@cbigs.bsky.social
Clyde Liffey
NmaHassan Muhammad
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@thisisguan.bsky.social
Congratulations all!!!
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The #WelkinWritingPrize is pleased to announce nominations for this year's Pushcart Prize:
@laurabesley.bsky.social
@cbigs.bsky.social
Clyde Liffey
NmaHassan Muhammad
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@thisisguan.bsky.social
Congratulations all!!!
@laurabesley.bsky.social
@cbigs.bsky.social
Clyde Liffey
NmaHassan Muhammad
@shiramusicant.bsky.social
@thisisguan.bsky.social
Congratulations all!!!
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Gorgeous, moving and visually stunning @jenwithwords.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Gorgeous, moving and visually stunning @jenwithwords.bsky.social
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "Things I imagined caused the tears of Bragolin’s "The Crying Boy" which hung on the wall in my childhood home " by @boogawriter.bsky.social :
The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 25
Shortlisted pieces for the 2025 Welkin Mini
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "Things I imagined caused the tears of Bragolin’s "The Crying Boy" which hung on the wall in my childhood home " by @boogawriter.bsky.social :
Wonderful creativity from @jenwithwords.bsky.social Brilliant to see this Welkin micro take flight like this!!!
✨ The first episode has arrived! ✨
Very excited to introduce the first episode in my new flash fiction film series ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’! 🕰️
If you have a minute and a half to spare, I’d love for you to check it out!
youtu.be/scAoxNryyVA
Very excited to introduce the first episode in my new flash fiction film series ‘The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore’! 🕰️
If you have a minute and a half to spare, I’d love for you to check it out!
youtu.be/scAoxNryyVA
The Time Pirate | Episode 1: The Time Pirate Who Waits Ashore
YouTube video by jenwithwords
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October 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Wonderful creativity from @jenwithwords.bsky.social Brilliant to see this Welkin micro take flight like this!!!
This is such a stunning piece from @sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social. If you've not read it before, take a couple of minutes to do so today in honour of White Cane Day.
Today is white cane day, and i love mine. Use it all the time to get out and about. And it always makes the world kinder. It sings into my stories, as a dear friend. Probably the most famous is this one, shortlisted in the @welkinprize.bsky.social in 24.
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The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 24
Shortlisted pieces for the 2024 Welkin Mini
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is such a stunning piece from @sarahoakeskraken32.bsky.social. If you've not read it before, take a couple of minutes to do so today in honour of White Cane Day.
Anyone have any suggestions? Polyphonic or head-hopping flash?
Does anyone have any good examples of polyphonic flash fiction / short stories (from several voices / perspectives) or flash that uses head-hopping / shifting perspective (like my piece in the link below)? Your own or others. Pieces that are freely available online. Thanks in advance!
October 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Anyone have any suggestions? Polyphonic or head-hopping flash?
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "Suki ought to exorcise the spaceship" by
@sharontelfer.bsky.social :
@sharontelfer.bsky.social :
The Welkin Writing Prize | Shortlist 25
Shortlisted pieces for the 2025 Welkin Mini
mattkendrick.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This week for #WelkinWindbackWednesday, "Suki ought to exorcise the spaceship" by
@sharontelfer.bsky.social :
@sharontelfer.bsky.social :
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel...
Never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel...
I keep seeing this meme (is that the right word?) everywhere, so I made one for my workshop on story shapes which is coming up tomorrow or Saturday - a couple of spots left in both sessions: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/live-worksho...
![If you can't see the number, you need to: [the number 7 in a blue circle] go for a swim, [the number 2 in a green circle], hug a tree, [the number 4 in a red circle], go to sleep, [the number 8 in an orange circle], drink tea, [a yellow circle with no apparent number] sign up to my Story Shapes workshop, [the number 9 in a purple circle], play Monopoly](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ivd5tz3mounggtubakowbx2t/bafkreigtkvciclrhntkvnq3m7abdb2q4wplitb4acwnnlcwr7hw7gnegla@jpeg)
October 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel...
Never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel...
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Continuing my theme of doing pseudo work rather than actual work 😬 I've updated my big list of "best of" lists - all the links for Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction and the Wigleaf Top 50 from 2020-2025:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/resources
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/resources
Resources | MattKendrick.co.uk
Free resources from Matt Kendrick.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Continuing my theme of doing pseudo work rather than actual work 😬 I've updated my big list of "best of" lists - all the links for Best Small Fictions, Best Microfiction and the Wigleaf Top 50 from 2020-2025:
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/resources
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/resources