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25.01.2022 The Best of Times Short Story Competition #26 Spring 2018 results First Place ($300):... ‘If the Cap Fits, Wear It’ Eddy Burger, VIC Second Place ($100): ‘Two Heads are Worse Than One’ Eddy Burger, VIC Third Place: ‘Dear Santa’ Joan Parker, TAS Highly Commended: ‘Near Miss’ Karen Lieversz (penname), NSW ‘Fifty Grades of Shea’ Jim Brigginshaw, NSW ‘Don’t Let Anyone Change Your Name to Dopey’ Tim Frater, WA Commended: ‘The Decline and Fall of Stately Rise’ Jack Davis, VIC ‘Sweet Revenge’ Charlotte Stannard, QLD ‘Fifty Blends of Coffee’ Vikki Bye, VIC ‘Time Flies’ Tony Lang, NSW There were 50 short stories in the competition, from 41 entrants.

23.01.2022 Competition #27 has closed. Stay tuned for results.

19.01.2022 The latest Best of Times competition ends this month. Get your entries in!

18.01.2022 The Best of Times Short Story Competition Spring 2019 results Note: stories are available for reading only where the authors have given permission.... First Place ($400) Heather MacKenzie, QLD: Mending Fences Second Place ($100) Phillip Derone, NSW: Culinary Capers Third Place Jim Brigginshaw, NSW: The Mobile Beauty Parlour Highly Commended Brenn Hislop, WA: Self-Help Books Don't Help Janeen Samuel, VIC: There is no Rhyme for Orange (and Not Much Reason Either) Alan Cornell, VIC: A Circular Christmas Commended Enid Joy Collen, QLD: Mr Huntley Janeen Samuel, VIC: Hunger Strike Sue Clayton, NSW: Jeans to Die For Diana Reid, NSW: Namesake There were 60 entries in the competition, from 48 entrants.

14.01.2022 The next competition is opening soon.

14.01.2022 The next Best of Times competition will open in August.

14.01.2022 The Best of Times short story competition #28 - Spring 2019 For humorous short stories (any theme) up to 2500 words. First prize: $300 or $400 (depending on number of entries), second prize: $100. Certificates for third place, highly commended and commended. Closes 31 Oct 2019. No entry form is required. Include a cover sheet with your name and address, story title and word count, and where you heard about the competition. ... Entry fee is $10 per story. Send a cheque or money order made out to Chris Broadribb or use Paypal to pay [email protected] Post your entry to PO Box 55, Blaxcell NSW 2142 (including a large SSAE if you want the story returned and a results sheet, or a small SSAE for results only) or email it to [email protected] Competition website: www.bestoftimes.com.au See more

10.01.2022 The Best of Times short story competition #26 - Spring 2018 For humorous short stories (any theme) up to 2500 words. First prize: $300-$500 (depending on number of entries), second prize: $100. Open now. Closes 31 Oct 2018. See www.bestoftimes.com.au

07.01.2022 Judging is in progress...

07.01.2022 Competition #27 is now open for entries: The Best of Times short story competition #27 - Autumn 2019 For humorous short stories (any theme) up to 2500 words. First prize: $300-$500 (depending on number of entries), second prize: $100. ... Closes 30 Apr 2019. No entry form is required. Include a cover sheet with your name and address, story title and word count, and where you heard about the competition. Entry fee is $10 per story. Send a cheque or money order made out to Chris Broadribb or use Paypal to pay cabbook- [email protected] Post your entry to PO Box 55, Blaxcell NSW 2142 (including a large SSAE if you want the story returned and a results sheet, or a small SSAE for results only) or email it to [email protected] Competition website: www.bestoftimes.com.au See more

05.01.2022 Special announcement: The latest competition closing date has been extended to 31 May 2018 and the entry fee is now only $7. See www.bestoftimes.com.au

05.01.2022 The Best of Times short story competition for Autumn 2018 is now open. See http://wildthoughts.com.au/comp25.html

03.01.2022 Results next week.

02.01.2022 The Best of Times Short Story Competition #25 results Autumn 2018 First Place ($300):... ‘Three Pigs and a Wolf’ Geoff Covey, QLD Second Place ($100): ‘What an Ugly Duckling’ Geoff Covey, QLD Third Place: ‘Dragons on Drugs’ Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan, NSW Highly Commended: ‘The Pianist’ Tony King, NSW ‘Crumbs of Wisdom’ Jacqueline Winn, NSW ‘The Last Blues Man’ Tony King, NSW Commended: ‘The Randle St, Old Datsun, Circus Elephant Incident’ Andrea Wilk, VIC ‘The Plaid Piper of Hammerlynn’ Geoff Covey, QLD ‘Kinetic Energy Unleashed’ Victor Kirwan, NSW ‘Time Gentlemen, Please’ Dean Briggs, NSW There were 56 short stories in the competition, from 37 entrants.