Paul Chiswick

ACHIEVEMENTS

Runner-up, second Silver Thread Short Story Competition 2010 with The Crossword Detective. Theme The Body in The Library.

Shortlisted for Writers Forum, February 2010, with Uncle Mungo’s Strange Request.

Runner-up, Lichfield & District Writers 2010 Short Story Competition with Mo Jones Gets You Loans.

Shortlisted for Flash 500, First Quarter 2011, with Not So Sweet Sorrel.

Shortlisted for Flash 500, Second Quarter 2011, with One of a Set.

Joint winner, U3A (University of the Third Age) national open romantic story competition 2011, with Lightning Never Strikes Twice. Story published in It’s Never Too Late To Fall In Love. Available from Amazon.

Shortlisted for Flash 500, Third Quarter 2011, with Desert Island Dicks.

Longlisted for Fish Publishing Short Story Competition, November 2011, with The Price of Silence.

Shortlisted for Flash 500, Fourth Quarter 2011, with The Big Issue.

Third place in Flash 500, First Quarter 2012, with The Cupcake Kid. Judge’s comment: There’s a lightness, narrative economy and charm about this story which I found enchanting. A boy steals a cupcake, hoping and believing he will get away with his crime and be able to eat it in peace. He does get the chance to eat the cake, but – as in the case of most wrongdoing – there’ll be a price to pay. It’s a clever moral fable and should be required reading in primary schools.

Shortlisted for Crimeculture’s Sherlock Holmes flash fiction competition, July 2012, with Desert Island Dicks.

Longlisted for Flash 500, First Quarter 2012, with Alone At Last.

Runner-up, Firstwriter International Short Story 2012 Competition with Twelveheads Revisited.

Longlisted for Flash 500, Fourth Quarter 2012, with If Only.

Selected for Balsall Writers’ 2014 anthology Snapshots, which was shortlisted for NAWG 2014 Denise Robertson Group anthology prize.

Highly commended for Morgen Bailey’s 100 word writing competition, December 2015, with New Beginnings.

Shortlisted for Words with Jam’s 2015 Short Story Competition with Lost Souls.

Second in Morgen Bailey’s 100 word writing competition, March 2016, with Dream On.

Shortlisted for Frome Festival’s 2016 Short Story Competition with Lost Souls.

Longlisted for Flash 500, Second Quarter 2016, with Heart To Heart.

Shortlisted for Writers Reign 2016 Annual Short Story Competition with Czech Mate.

Longlisted for Fish Publishing 2017 Annual Flash Fiction Competition with Angel Of Death.

And All The While showcased on Reflex Fiction website, May 2019.

Longlisted for Flash 500, Second Quarter 2019, with A Promise Made.

Explanations Not Needed showcased on Reflex Fiction website, May 2020.

Shortlisted for Flash 500 2019/20 Short Story Competition with Czech Mate.

Winner May 2020, Didcot Writers Short Story Competition, with It came from a far off land.

The Life Saver showcased on Reflex Fiction website, July 2020.

1 of 12 finalists in Bedford 2020 International Short Story Competition with White Angel

1 of 10 finalists in Ireland Wild Writers 2020 WAWA Flash Fiction Competition with Scrap the Caddy

Longlisted for Periscope Literary flash fiction contest, theme ‘that might just be crazy enough to work’ with Han Solo and the Alibaba Rose

Longlisted for Reflex Fiction, Spring 2022, with The Remodelling of Madam Glorious

Longlisted for Flash 500, second quarter 2022, with When the Bear calls

Longlisted for the 2022 Bedford Competition, with Frying pan to fire

Shortlisted for Flash 500, second quarter 2023, with When the Bear calls

Shortlisted for Doris Gooderson 2023 Short Story Competition with Cuckoo