Writing Challenges:
Quick links on this page:
introduction - hall of fame - month of mondays manor - 1,000 word club castle - vip lounge
just for fun palace - judges - map, links and visitor guide
This section of the website is run by Lesley Truchet, Michael Rumsey and Gail Everett.
The Hall of Fame showcases writers who have excelled in the flash fiction writing challenges run on this website, and in the other mini-challenges and competitions run in the Authors of the Flash Fiction Writing Challenges (AOFFWC) Facebook group.
Want to join the group? Click on the link above.
Lesley Truchet, Michael Rumsey and Gail Everett
This section of the website started life as a single page. Over time, as the Facebook group became more popular, it grew too big for one page, so more pages have been created.
Below are links to the other pages held within the Hall of Fame and a map of the entire complex so you can navigate without a sat nav.
author profiles - competition winners - gail's gladiators - library
Authors of the Flash Fiction Writing Challenges Map
Prepared by Michael Rumsey
Visitors are asked to sign in. Application forms to join the group are available with a map to pave your way on the following route.
Free copies of Lesley’s Lessons can be found on the welcome desk.
From Reception take Writers Road north.
This offers a variety of items including A4 paper, computer ink and a pocket size Thesaurus.
Turn sharp right onto Truchet Boulevard and first right again down Link Lane.
Pets and laptops welcome.
Day visitors are encouraged to drop in for coffee. For bookings, please see below.
Exit the hotel and move along Admin Street.
Every evening offers a live performance. In the past six months, we have enjoyed shows from The Lovely Ladies of Leeds, a rather tense appearance by the PPF (Past, Present & Future) Band and, most recently, a mixed concert by the Point of Viewers.
One of our most popular venues is situated opposite the hotel.
The steaks in this joint are succulent, the waitresses even more so. Some say the Indent Fish is marginally better than meat, having more character. Catering for authors Alphabet Soup is a favourite and one really should sample the Fable Flan.
Back on the Boulevard and walking easterly, an attractive building sits on the left.
In the entrance hall, a metal plaque lists the names of all elected members in chronological order from Anita Bowden, July 2018, right up to date with now. The notice board displays a month by month account of the winning story titles, with brain storming and mind numbing titles such as Naughty Santa, Homonyms, Haiku & Clerihew, etc.
Stepping into our Status Room visitors are sometimes puzzled by the oak panelled placard which greets them: Avid Aces Thread.
Reading the stories printed below the sign, displayed in conjunction with prize recipient photographs, reveals this is in honour of our competition winners. It is, in fact, an anagram of the surnames of our first three winning authors Kim, Cathy and Amanda.
Pause to enjoy the glittering photographs and equally sparkling bios on the other three walls.
These are our Member Profiles to date.
When you've finished perusing all the names on display, step out of the Hall of Fame. At the bottom of Truchet Boulevard, turn sharp left onto Wareham Walk. After half a kilometre, a building can be seen on the right.
Here, selected members assemble by invitation. This was kindly supplied by the Lesley Anne Foundation.
A few brisk steps north on Wareham walk are the places children flock to.
This was established by Lestopher & Chrisley. A company that is never at a loss, ensuring the joy children win on the swings is equally rewarding on the roundabouts.
The next attraction is adjacent to the playground.
Offers of crumbs here, unlike some of our stories, are never rejected. Retracing one's steps and turning left onto the Walk, brings the visitor to a monument.
This admirable statue was a gift from the Michgail Institute that is guaranteed to spout forth 24 hours a day.
Continue north on Wareham Walk.
Sitting proudly at the upper edge of the complex, the manor was constructed in a month of Mondays and is dedicated to Wordsworth. The representatives here are never stuck for a word and always willing to give an explanation.
Moving south, the poetic Ashley Avenue brings us down to the Library.
The designer, Dick Shonary, says it is looking up, making reference to completion by the end of May.
Exit via Thomson Turnaround to link up with Sir Christopher Walk to discover the oldest building in the complex.
Built in the 15th century entirely from Bristolian Brick, it was initially owned by two Hullenbach families. Now home to the 1,000 word club members, it has been in the news many times throughout its long history. Inside, various rooms have been prepositioned, each representing a different topic. On the ground floor, for example, one can find the Adverbially Obsessed and Cliche Clique rooms. At the end of the corridor on the first floor is a room affectionately known as the laughing chamber, officially Nonsense Nook. It has been said that, having seen the castle, every visitor leaves sensorially satisfied.
Senses are further tickled by walking south west down Rumsey Street.
Frolicking is the key word in this establishment and the inhabitants are guaranteed to put a smile on anyone’s face.
Moving inland due east and along Everett Avenue brings one to what some describe as action area.
Guests are invited to watch as nine gladiators, one after another, practise the ancient and noble art of paragraphing to culminate in a legend.
Successful Gladiators are rewarded with an appearance in the next place of interest.
Nine glittering portraits are featured, depicting those brave warriors who survived to narrate what has become known as the Great Aunt Mabel saga.
From the gallery, Challenge Drive leads to Michael Court.
Occupied by our learned brotheren/sisteren, vital and wise decisions have been formulated here by every one of the judges.
Moving south on Writers Road an array of goodies is to be found.
Inside, one can get a flash of inspiration from authors ranging from Ashley to Zeleski. Postcards and prints of Malcolm Richardson's photo prompts are on sale. Pause for a while to watch the trio, Trucham, Waresey and Rumset, demonstrate the age old art of mini-challenge compilation. Browse through the much sought after, colourful charity donating Challenge Collections.
Upon leaving the complex via reception, guests are asked to sign the visitor’s book and make a comment in 81 words.
Hotel Bookings: fictioneers@aoffwc.international
Flashers Bar & Grill Open 24 hours & take away. (Take away does not include the waitresses.)
We trust you have enjoyed your visit, please come again.
Having received so much response from our recently set up Facebook challenges, we think our distinguished Hall of Famers deserve much wider recognition and appreciation. On this page we will publish, and add to, a never ending list of names of every single writer who enters the 'Authors of the Flash Fiction Writing Challenges Hall of Fame'.
If you manage to get through the Hall of Fame door, and it won't be easy, your name will remain imprinted on the list forever, and ever, and ever, and beyond, or until computer technology expires, whichever comes first.
Who is eligible to enter?
If you have already entered one or more of Chris Fielden's world renowned writing challenges, you will probably be aware that the Facebook group was set up in order that Chris's challenge writers could communicate.
The group instantly became popular with new members arriving by the minute. Within this group (which also accepts members who haven't yet responded to any of Chris's challenges) we are running varied, regular challenges, winners of which enter the group's prestigious Hall of Fame. Go on. Have a go. Join the Facebook group today.
Below dwells the most prestigious of tables, for it holds the details of word weaving legends. If you think you're worthy of a place on this fabled tableau, contact Michael or Lesley in the Facebook group. Or hassle Chris and he will pass on said hassle without a moment's delay.
THE HALL OF FAME |
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| Name | Event | Date |
| Cathy Cade | Crossword | May 2020 |
| Eileen Baldwin | Research | " |
| Ibukun Keyamo | Sentences | " |
| Sarah Mosedale | " | " |
| Amanda Jane Davies | Easter 500 Story | April 2020 |
| Cathy Cade | " | " |
| Maggie Elliott | " | " |
| Amanda Jane Davies | Photo Prompt | " |
| David Silver | " | " |
| David Silver | Write & Wrong | " |
| John Notley | " | " |
| Eileen Baldwin | My Favourite | March 2020 |
| John Notley | " | " |
| Maggie Elliot | Tee Shirt | " |
| Marlene Pitcher | " | " |
| Kim Hart (winner) | Christmas 500 Story | February 2020 |
| Cathy Cade | " | " |
| Paul Mastaglio | " | " |
| Tony Thatcher | " | " |
| David Silver | Conversations | " |
| Pat Mudge | " | " |
| Eileen Baldwin | Post of the Month | " |
| Eileen Baldwin | Photo Prompt | January 2020 |
| Sue Maynes | " | " |
| David Silver | Whistle | December 2019 |
| Michael Thurgood | " | " |
| David Silver | Inserts | November 2019 |
| Elizabeth Coby | " | " |
| John Notley | Someone I Knew | " |
| Maggie Elliott | " | " |
| David Silver | October 2019 | |
| Barbara Noble | Grand | " |
| Maggie Elliott | " | " |
| Barbara Noble | Photo Prompt | September 2019 |
| Gail Wareham Everett | " | " |
| Cathy Cade | Opening Lines | " |
| Gail Wareham Everett | " | " |
| Cathy Cade | Haiku/Clerihew | August 2019 |
| Michael Rumsey | " | " |
| Eileen Baldwin | Ordinary People | " |
| Gail Wareham Everett | " | " |
| Cathy Cade | Mistakes | July 2019 |
| Val Fish | " | " |
| Eileen Baldwin | Letters Play | June 2019 |
| Judy Sandra Gill | " | " |
| David Silver | Homonyms | " |
| Stuart Atkinson | " | " |
| Cathy Cade | Catchy Titles | May 2019 |
| Pat Mudge | " | " |
| Cathy Cade | I Fancy | " |
| Lucy Morrice | " | " |
| Lesley Truchet | I Was There | April 2019 |
| Sarah Mosedale | " | " |
| David Silver | Pastime | " |
| Eileen Baldwin | " | " |
| John Notley | Character Descriptions | March 2019 |
| Sean Bain | " | " |
| Pat Mudge | The Write Word | " |
| Val Fish | " | " |
| Lynne Arnott | Beginnings & Endings | February 2019 |
| Neil Phillips | " | " |
| Derek McMillan | St Valentines | " |
| Val Fish | " | " |
| Sarah Mosedale | Phone Call | January 2019 |
| Tony Thatcher | " | " |
| Elizabeth Coby | Song Titles | " |
| Michael Rumsey | " | " |
| Angela Googh | Christmas Shoppers | December 2018 |
| Pat Mudge | " | " |
| Johanna McDonald | Naughty Santa | " |
| Tony Thatcher | " | " |
| Cathy Cade | Halloween Challenge | November 2018 |
| Peter James Corbally | " | " |
| Bridget Scrannage | Dream Challenge | " |
| Sue Partridge | " | " |
| Barbara Noble | Poetry Challenge | October 2018 |
| Johanna McDonald | " | " |
| Sue Partridge | " | " |
| Val Fish | " | " |
| Cathy Cade | Second Person | September 2018 |
| Sarah Mosedale | " | " |
| Johanna McDonald | Used To Be | " |
| John Notley | " | " |
| John Notley | Fairy Tales | August 2018 |
| Malcolm Richardson | " | " |
| Abby Duff | Crossword | " |
| Alicia Sledge | " | " |
| Andre Othenin-Girard | " | " |
| Cathy Cade | " | " |
| Anita Bowden | Logic Puzzle | July 2018 |
| Cathy Cade | " | " |
| Johanna McDonald | " | " |
| Pat Mudge | " | " |
| Anita Bowden | True Humour | " |
The Monday Word is a challenge run in the Facebook group that invites writers to take a rare or unusual or obscure word and write a sentence or two to help to elucidate its meaning. The idea was conceived by Peter James Corbally.
Below you will find details of those invited for drinks in the library, located in the west wing of the manor, after excelling in this mini challenge.
MONTH OF MONDAYS MANOR |
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| Name | Word | Date |
| Enda Scott | Solivagant | May 2020 |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Ensorcell | " |
| Maggie Elliott | Gallimaufry | " |
| Val Fish | Cachinnate | " |
| Barbara Noble | Shotclog | April 2020 |
| David Silver | Elaqueate | " |
| Jill Lang | Defenstration | " |
| Lisa Fox | Sciolistic | " |
| Barbara Noble | Pussillanimous | March 2020 |
| Eileen Baldwin | Cacoethes | " |
| Ibukun Keyamo | Schadenfreude | " |
| Michael Rumsey | Stowlins | " |
| Sue Maynes | Mythomane | " |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Pauciloquent | February 2020 |
| Sue Maynes | Descry | " |
| Barbara Noble | Effutiation | January 2020 |
| Cathy Cade | Embuggerance | " |
| Dan Kidd | Ninnyhammer | " |
| David Silver | Polrumptious | " |
| David Silver | Borborygmus | December 2019 |
| Marlene Pitcher | Borborygmus | " |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Antediluvian | November 2019 |
| Mary Fox | Pragmatic | " |
| Maggie Elliott | Jejune | October 2019 |
| Michael Thurgood | Gobsmack | " |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Belligerent | September 2019 |
| Val Fish | Panjandrum | " |
| David Silver | Growlery | August 2019 |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Groak | " |
| Enda Scott | Agelast | July 2019 |
| Gail Everett | Soporific | " |
| Barbara Noble | Deipnosophist | June 2019 |
| Eileen Baldwin | Ultracrepidarian | " |
| Cathy Cade | Overweening | May 2019 |
| Val Fish | Risible | " |
| Cathy Cade | Mereticious | April 2019 |
| David Silver | Subsume | " |
| Barbara Noble | Malfeasance | March 2019 |
| David Silver | Evanescent | " |
| Cathy Cade | Equipoise | February 2019 |
| Val Fish | Pertinacious | " |
| Elizabeth Coby | Glossolalia | January 2019 |
| Tony Thatcher | Incertitude | " |
Here are the authors who have contributed over 1,000 words to the flash fiction writing challenges. Each one is a short story generating, charity supporting machine.
Every month, we run mini-challenges. Here you will find details of the Funsters - those members who made us laugh or posted a clever response to our Just For Fun segments. They are:
JUST FOR FUN |
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| Name | Fun Event | Date |
| Kim Montgomery | Conversation | May 2020 |
| Klaus Gehling | " | " |
| David Silver | Lockdown | April 2020 |
| Michael Rumsey | " | " |
| Anita Bowden | Toilet Roll Shortage | " |
| John Notley | " | " |
| Jill Lang | Mathematically Speaking | March 2020 |
| Klaus Gehling | " | " |
| Val Fish | " | " |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Publisher | February 2020 |
| Jayne Morgan | " | " |
| Eileen Baldwin | Paraodies | January 2020 |
| Gail Wareham Everett | " | " |
| Marlene Pitcher | " | " |
| Simon Russell | " | " |
| John Notley | I Say | December 2019 |
| Maggie Elliott | " | " |
| Maggie Elliott | All Grown Up | November 2019 |
| Val Fish | " | " |
| Lynn Zeleski | Movie Titles | " |
| Val Fish | " | " |
| Barbara Noble | Place Names | October 2019 |
| Johanna McDonald | " | " |
| Angela Googh | Into A Bar | September 2019 |
| Paul Mastaglio | " | " |
| Cathy Cade | Catchphrases | August 2019 |
| Lynn Zeleski | " | " |
| Gail Everett | Rhythm | July 2019 |
| Maggie Elliot | " | " |
| Anita Bowden | Anagrams | June 2019 |
| Maggie Elliott | " | " |
| Pat Mudge | I Know | May 2019 |
| Val Fish | " | " |
| Fiona Aitken | Abbreviations | March 2019 |
| Mary Walker James | " | " |
| Anita Bowden | Greeting Cards | February 2019 |
| Peter James Corbally | " | " |
| Barbara Noble | What’s In A Name? | November 2018 |
| Kim Montgomery | Proverb Ending | October 2018 |
| Alicia Sledge | Limerick | September 2018 |
Here you will find the names of members who have helped to run and judge events in the Facebook group. They are:
HONOURABLE JUDGES |
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| Name | Challenge | Date |
| Jill Lang | Monday Word | May 2020 |
| Kim Montgomery | Sentences | " |
| Lesley Anne Truchet | Conversation / Research | " |
| Michael Rumsey | Crossword | " |
| 3 Admins (GWE, LT & MR) | Easter Story | April 2020 |
| Alan Barker | Write & Wrong | " |
| Lesley Truchet | Lockdown Tales | " |
| Lesley Truchet | Toilet Books | " |
| Malcolm Richardson | Photo Prompt | " |
| Mary Fox | Monday Word | " |
| 3 Admins (GWE, LT & MR) | Mathematically | March 2020 |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Tee Shirt | " |
| Marlene Pitcher | Monday Word | " |
| Enda Scott | Monday Word | February 2020 |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Christmas 500 Story | " |
| Lesley Truchet | Christmas 500 Story | " |
| Lynne Arnot | Publisher | " |
| Michael Rumsey | Christmas 500 Story | " |
| Multiple Group Members | Gail's Gladiators Round 1 | " |
| Sue Maynes | Conversation | " |
| Barbara Noble | Paraodies | January 2020 |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Monday Word | " |
| Malcolm Richardson | Photo Prompt | " |
| Eileen Baldwin | I Say | December 2019 |
| Lucy Morrice | Inserts | " |
| Val Fish | Monday Word | " |
| David Silver | Monday Word | November 2019 |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Someone I Knew | " |
| John Notley | Movie Titles | " |
| Lesley Truchet | All Grown Up | " |
| Marlene Pitcher | Inserts | " |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Place Names | October 2019 |
| Lesley Truchet | " | |
| Michael Rumsey | Grand | " |
| Alicia Sledge | Opening Lines | September 2019 |
| Barbara Noble | Into a Bar | " |
| John Notley | Monday Word | " |
| Malcolm Richardson | Photo Prompt | " |
| Elizabeth Coby | Monday Word | August 2019 |
| Gail Wareham Everett | Haiku/Clerihew | " |
| Maggie Elliott | Catchphrases | " |
| Neil Phillips | Ordinary People | " |
| Cathy Cade | Monday Word | July 2019 |
| Eileen Baldwin | Mistakes | " |
| Lucy Morrice | " | " |
| Sarah Mosedale | Rhythm | " |
| Alan Pattison | Homonyms | June 2019 |
| David Silver | Letters Play | " |
| Malcolm Richardson | Monday Word | " |
| Anita Bowden | I Know | May 2019 |
| Paul Mastaglio | Catchy Titles | " |
| Peter James Corbally | Monday Word | " |
| Sue Partridge | I Fancy | " |
| Elizabeth Coby | I Was There | April 2019 |
| Laura Besley | Pastime | " |
| Peter James Corbally | Monday Word | " |
| Allen Ashley | Abbreviations | March 2019 |
| Angela Googh | The Write Word | " |
| Betty Hattersley | Character Description | " |
| Peter James Corbally | Monday Word | " |
| Pat Mudge | Beginnings & Endings | February 2019 |
| Peter James Corbally | Monday Word | " |
| Tony Thatcher | St Valentines | " |
| Cathy Cade | Phone Call | January 2019 |
| Peter James Corbally | Monday Word | " |
| Val Fish | Song Titles | " |
| Sarah Mosedale | Naughty Santa | December 2018 |
| Michael Rumsey | Christmas Shoppers | " |
| David Silver | Halloween | November 2018 |
| Johanna McDonald | Last Night I Dreamt | " |
| John Notley | Rhyme & Reason | October 2018 |
| Cathy Cade | Nothing Changes | September 2018 |
| Malcolm Richardson | Second Person | " |
| Michael Rumsey | Crossword | August 2018 |
| Michael Rumsey | Nursery Rhymes | " |
| Lesley Truchet | True Humour | July 2018 |
| Michael Rumsey | Logic | " |
The lounge was opened to celebrate the second anniversary of our group in May 2020.
Though we consider all our members as VIPs, our admin team decided to honour some for outstanding contributions. For example, competition winners, challenge compliers, multiple mini challenge winners, those who have written in excess of 2,000 words for our main challenges etc. Two were nominated by other members and another two for sheer enthusiasm and leadership.
We look forward to welcoming new members to the lounge who meet our slogan: Above and Beyond. Accordingly, we offer an open invitation to all our members to make a recommendation, stating for what and why. Just use the comment form at the bottom of this page.
Register of Members |
| Allen Ashley |
| Amanda Jane Davies |
| Ashutosh Pant |
| Barbara Noble |
| Cathy Cade |
| Chris Fielden |
| David Silver |
| Eileen Baldwin |
| Gail Wareham Everett |
| Grant O’Townson |
| John Notley |
| Kim Hart |
| Lesley Anne Truchet |
| Maggie Elliott |
| Malcolm Richardson |
| Michael Rumsey |
| Mike Scot Thomson |
| Peter James Corbally |
| Sarah Mosedale |
| Tony Thatcher |
Details of our Facebook group flash fiction contest winners have now been moved to a new dedicated page.
See the new competition winners' page here.
Gail's Gladiators has now moved to its own dedicated page.
See the new Gladiator page here.
Author profiles, which features biographies from some of the Facebook group's most active members, now has its own dedicated page.
See the new author profiles page here.
Eileen B
You made my day.
May I say.
Thank you all.
I had a ball.
You gave me my 15 minutes of fame.
Glad I came.
Seriously Chris, and the other authors. You made me proud to take part. Thank you.
Chris Fielden
Thank you, Eileen. And a poem too - we feel spoilt :-)
Eileen B
Thank you, Chris. I really wanted you all to know how much I am enjoying our group. Also, since I did your free course, I really am enjoying writing.
Chris Fielden
That's great to hear, thanks Eileen!
Mary F
What a fun feature! Good work.
Chris Fielden
Thanks, Mary :-)
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