NYC Midnight – Flash Fiction 2019 – Round 1 Update

Finally getting a few minutes to write up an update from NYC Midnight's 2019 Flash Fiction Competition.  Back in July I got the prompts for Round 1, Challenge 1 -- Romance/A Fairground/A 'no trespassing' sign.

I wasn't incredibly thrilled with the genre as it's not something I write much in, but I managed a piece titled "Turning the Wheel" that turned out better than I thought it would.  Well, apparently the judges largely agreed.  It managed 2nd place in my group, giving me a total of 14 points for the first challenge.  This is great momentum going into the second round.

Last year I managed 9th and 5th place finishes in the first round and the total was only 1 point shy of making the cut for the second round.

The second challenge I got prompts of Fairy Tale/A Dining Room/A Sharpening Stone.  This should have been a really easy set of prompts, but I was pretty exhausted last week with some personal events, so it would up being a harder challenge than I anticipated.  Nevertheless, I feel like I put a solid piece out there and hopefully I'll get enough points to move on.

I'll write up some notes in my section on the NYC competitions as little later, but for now, I'm happily waiting for the Micro Fiction competition (250-words or less) that starts in 2 weeks.

Wish me luck!