VWC President's Competition 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


An expert on breakfast TV is announcing the 100th case of bird flu in St Albans but you are not worried because those nice men from the Government have assured you There Is No Need For Panic so you reach for another piece of toast and the marmalade.

 

And then your six-year old child starts sneezing.

 

What happens next is up to you and must be told in a short story of not more than 1200 words.  Entries will be judged on entertainment value.  Entertainment value will be assessed on all the usual ingredients needed for a good story.  These include human interest, a good plot, conflict, convincing detail and effective use of show and tell.

 

Good luck!

 

Rules

 

  1. All entries must have a suitably awful pseudonym, the worst of which will be punished with the award of the golden gnome de plume
  2. All entries to be preferably double spaced.
  3. Entries to be accompanied by a  £2.50 entry fee,
  4. The author's name must not appear anywhere on or with the entry.  Authors will be asked to identify themselves after announcement of the winning stories. 
  5. Closing date:  22nd February 2006. Entries can be:
    1. handed in at the meeting of 22nd February or
    2. posted to arrive not later than 22nd February to Nick Cook, XXXXXXXXX, Hemel Hempstead, XXXXXXXX (no longer needed to be public)
  6. Adjudication at the meeting of 8th March 2006
  7. Length not to exceed 1200 words.