Last year's Reader's Digest 100-word story competition was such a big hit they are doing
it all over again. This is your chance to win £1000 and a chance to get publish in
Reader's Digest.
All you have to do is write a brilliant story in just a thousand words. Runner ups will
receive £100 in book tokens.
Once you have written your original, unpublished 100 word story to
theeditor@readersdigest.co.uk by the 31st of January of 2012. Mark your entry as "adult"
otherwise it will be entered into the wrong category.
To give you inspiration Reader's Digest have asked a number of published authors to write
a 100 word story. Below is Anthony Horowitz's story.
"Gary Blake had sold secondhand cars all his life, some of them nice little motors,
others…well, that was the game, wasn’t it? And here he was, on his back in the operating
theatre, in need of a heart transplant. Who’d have thought it? He would quit smoking. Drink
less. Lay off the white powder. He promised himself.
The surgeon leaned over him. “Nice to see you again, Mr Blake.” When had they met before? “I’ve got a perfect heart for you. Only one owner. Ticking over nicely. A real bargain…” Gary felt the touch of the scalpel and screamed."
As always we ask that you go the competition on Reader's Digest website to read over all the
rules before entering.
Of course West Lothian Writers is an excellent place to test out your story before entering!
Good luck
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