{"id":1989,"date":"2021-08-05T07:56:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T07:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1989"},"modified":"2021-11-22T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T12:00:07","slug":"dr-clare-morgan-mst-founder-and-director-judging-the-oxford-flash-fiction-prize-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?p=1989","title":{"rendered":"Dr Clare Morgan, MSt founder and director, judging the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr Clare Morgan, founder and director of the MSt in Creative Writing, <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordflashfictionprize.com\/judges-2021-summer\/\">will this month be judging the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a town in which the history of the English language can be traced back by centuries, the Flash Fiction prize celebrates one of the newest forms in literature with a biannual competition and a prize of \u00a31000.<\/p>\n<p>The panel instructs entrants to \u2018delight us, surprise us, scare us.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordflashfictionprize.com\/\">See the website<\/a> for news of the winning entry, and information about past winners and future competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b1348844-71ec-4ac4-94c5-523686cd5f04.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1991\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/?attachment_id=1991\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b1348844-71ec-4ac4-94c5-523686cd5f04.jpg?fit=1488%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1488,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6s&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1603905401&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"b1348844-71ec-4ac4-94c5-523686cd5f04\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b1348844-71ec-4ac4-94c5-523686cd5f04.jpg?fit=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b1348844-71ec-4ac4-94c5-523686cd5f04.jpg?fit=744%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b1348844-71ec-4ac4-94c5-523686cd5f04.jpg?resize=744%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b1348844-71ec-4ac4-94c5-523686cd5f04.jpg?resize=744%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 744w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b1348844-71ec-4ac4-94c5-523686cd5f04.jpg?resize=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b1348844-71ec-4ac4-94c5-523686cd5f04.jpg?resize=768%2C1057&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b1348844-71ec-4ac4-94c5-523686cd5f04.jpg?resize=1116%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1116w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.conted.ox.ac.uk\/mstcw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/b1348844-71ec-4ac4-94c5-523686cd5f04.jpg?w=1488&amp;ssl=1 1488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Clare Morgan, founder and director of the MSt in Creative Writing, will this month be judging the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2021. 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