The Chopping Blog

Filter by

Writing contests: a list of lists
November 12, 2020
In spreading the word about our own contests, we've come across some great lists of contests big and small.
- Contest updates
- Read more
An Axe to Grind—the annual Darling Axe flash fiction contest is back
November 11, 2020
Now accepting entries!
- Contest updates
- Read more
First Page Challenge 2020: The results are in!
October 09, 2020
Kudos to everyone who submitted their work. It was a pleasure to read so many great submissions.
- Contest updates
- Read more
First Page Challenge, 1st place winner: "The Silver Trail"
October 09, 2020
I blame my family’s Volvo for pretty much everything.
- Contest updates
- Read more
First Page Challenge, 2nd place winner: "Good Gravity"
October 09, 2020
Let There Be Air Conditioning, or Goliath as a Boy
- Contest updates
- Read more
First Page Challenge, 3rd place winner: "Time. And Time Again"
October 09, 2020
One day I will wake up for the last time. But not today.
- Contest updates
- Read more
First Page Challenge is now closed
September 29, 2020
A big thanks to everyone who submitted :)
- Contest updates
- Read more
First Page Challenge: one month left to enter!
August 31, 2020
Don't miss the deadline: September 30.
- Contest updates
- Read more
Update: The First Page Challenge
July 26, 2020
Update: we've just hit 60 entries!
- Contest updates
- Read more
The First Page Challenge – a writing contest for novelists (now open to submissions)
May 21, 2020
The First Page Challenge is a writing contest for novelists. Hook us in a single double-spaced page for a chance to win a growing prize pool, plus publication on the Chopping Blog.
- Contest updates
- Read more
Axe to Grind 2020, 1st place winner: "Keeping Watch"
April 11, 2020
Late dusk. Cicadas drone and the humid heaviness of evening is looming in. The few figures moving up and down Rawson Street are muted silhouettes. Your brother is one of those shadows creeping up and down the street. He calls your name into the darkening.
- Contest updates
- Read more
- 1 comment
Axe to Grind 2020, 2nd place winner: "Eleven for Good Measure"
April 11, 2020
Eddy counted out the pills, added one for good measure. Eleven ought to do it. Marie would be home after the late shift. If the ER was quiet, she’d beat the sunrise. It didn’t happen often, but it gave them an hour together. Baby-making time, she’d called it, only not anymore.
- Contest updates
- Read more

Previous page
Page 5 of 7
Next page