This short story was selected for publication in the Embers Edition of Westword
14 Jul 2025
The Eleventh Birthday Suit
The Eleventh Birthday Suit is a short story selected for publication in The Parracombe Prize 2025 Anthology.
18 Jun 2025
Cooking with Nonna
This episode features a short story selected for the National Flash Fiction 2025 Anthology.
6 Jun 2025
The Point of Disappearance
Holly Joyce discusses adapting a Retreat Westword Competition runner-up story, "The Point of Disappearance," into a short film.
1 Sept 2024
The Circus Came, and I was a Clown
Flash Story which was published in Westword Journal, August 2024. The theme of the issue was, 'Circus.'
25 Feb 2024
How to Mend a Man
This story won the January 2024 monthly micro competition from Retreat West. The theme was bark.
5 Dec 2023
You Can't Keep a Good Tree Down
Long listed for walk-listen and create. With the theme of 'Healing Trees'.
https://urbantreefestival.org/writing-competition-top-24/blog-post-title-four-e4hpr
5 Dec 2023
Germinating a Tiny Hope
A flash story published in the 4th edition of Westword Journal. The theme was 'Hope'.
You can read it here:- https://westword.substack.com/p/germinating-a-tiny-hope
You can access the full edition and the other 8 stories here:- https://westword.substack.com/p/edition-4-december-2023
17 Sept 2023
Life Changing Through Seasons; Our Holiday Home
This piece was the winner of the first Kettering Litfest short story competition.
The theme of the contest was, 'Change.'
26 Jul 2023
An Everyday Circus Act
This flash story was published on the National Flash Flood Day 2023.
14 Jul 2023
The Woman Who Fell Asleep in a Poppy
This short story was long-listed in Flash500 competition and then with further editing, reached the shortlist of Farnham Flash Fringe Competition July 2023.
8 Jan 2023
Songs for Recovery
A prose poem recently published in Kith Review Magazine. https://janfortune.com/kith-review/
Songs for Recovery is a personal poem which was begun after my husband was recovering from an illness which put him on a life support machine. Thankfully he is now well. But I believe the process of writing this poem helped me to get through some difficult times and realise how important nature is to our well-being.
5 Dec 2022
The Silver Lining of a Jellyfish
A festive short story which was short listed for the Retreat West Christmas Competition
29 Aug 2021
Daphne's Turn
My short listed story from Hastings Writers Room on the theme 'Missing'.
26 Aug 2021
Note from the Blue
One of the selected stories for 'Turning Point'...an anthology of life changing moments from Exisle Publishing.
5 Sept 2020
GAME
Prize winning short story from Hastingslitfest 2018 based on the theme of 'Conquest'.
20 Aug 2020
Anticipating the Fall
Short story. Third prize winner in the Foxes' Retreat short story competition 2020
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