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Winners: Jo Bland - Wedding Day
We had a feeling that there was more than meets the eye to this story from the moment we began reading it. Jo's skilful storytelling was...

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Apr 7, 20183 min read
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Winners: Phil Hudson - A Flash of Blue
An interesting piece, Phil's tale of a woman dealing with the loss of her husband speaks of much more than the simple act of boxing up...

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Apr 7, 20184 min read
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Winner: Timothy Jay Smith - Stolen Memories
This isn't the first time that Tim has made the shortlist of one of our competitions. He also gained a publication in our 2017 Anthology...

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Apr 7, 20184 min read
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Winner: Robert Kibble - Right On, Says John
We read a lot of work that broaches dark subjects. Often times, they are to do with death, depression, and suicide. It's an ever-present...

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Apr 7, 20184 min read
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Winner: Cheryl Nicol - The Remittance Man
Whether it's the wonderful voice that this piece of writing speaks with, the abject story of a dying man, or the dark kinship that we...

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Apr 7, 20184 min read
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Winner: Dewi Hargreaves - Maccabeus
We love nothing more than being hurled into a good story. And nothing gets our juiced quite like landing on a different world. Dewi...

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Apr 7, 20184 min read
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Winner: Norman Coburn - The Territorial
We fell in love with Normans voice and the undeniable feeling that something much larger was lurking just out of reach. His great...

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Apr 7, 20184 min read
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Writing 101: Dialogue Tagging
There are many working parts to a piece of fiction. Characters, plot, setting, narrative… I could go on. And while a lot of these are...

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Apr 6, 20187 min read
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Eat like a writer - The best breakfast for creativity
If you want to get the most our of your day writing, then you've come to the right place. Is there a best breakfast for creativity? This...

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Apr 5, 20186 min read
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What happened to my account?
So you had an account on the old site, but you can’t login to the new dashboard? There’s a pretty good reason why, so bear with us....

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Apr 5, 20182 min read
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Where the heck is the submit button?
If you're on the competition selector page in the dashboard, and you can't see it, then just scroll down. Developing a bespoke site is...

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Apr 3, 20183 min read
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Competitions galore...
As you can see, we've got lots more competitions open than we used to. We've put in place a little bit more of a robust (and simple...

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Apr 3, 20182 min read
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Allow us to reintroduce ourselves...
Hello fellow Wordsmiths! As you can see, things are all change here, and for the better, too. What you see before you is the product of...

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Apr 3, 20183 min read
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To Blog, or not to Blog
Paraphrasing Shakespeare for the sake of a digital blog is probably heinous enough to warrant being thrown in the stocks, but whatever,...

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Mar 27, 20181 min read
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A noble craft
Writing is hard. We know that, which is why we're doing everything we can to help you out with great advice and tips for conquering the...

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Mar 27, 20181 min read
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The best and brightest
Our winners page is reserved for those fine few with the drive and ambition to reach the top.

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Mar 27, 20181 min read
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All the latest Grindstone news
Our News category is where you'll find all the latest Grindstone news and announcement. It could be new videos, products, competitions,...

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Mar 27, 20181 min read
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