NYCM 500-Word 2025 Round 1: Historical Fiction (2nd Place) In 1980s Australia, a school secretary quietly helps a bullied student.

Writing Battle - Wonder 2025 Fairy Tale (Finalist) There stands a mound of mossy stone That folks around call Bramble Tor. It gazed down on a stann'ry town Atop a heather mantled moor Where, after dusk, the Big-Hat Lad   Would often go explore. ...

NYCM Short Story 2025 Round 1: Spy (4th Place) Colleen, grandmother and cat-sitter, faces the villainous Rainmaker in an underwater facility beneath the Aquarium of Western Australia.