How to enter the Funky Challenge

The Funky Challenge opens on 1 July.
Posting of Funky stories and poems starts on our website 1 August.
Deadline for Funky entries is Friday, 15 August– 3rd week of the Challenge publishing month.
Only stories or poems that satisfy the criteria (i.e. 400 Words or less and address the theme will be considered.
Your entry must have a unique title (not just the theme word).
Send your entry to beanswrite21@gmail.com (attach as a word document).
Please tell us if your entry is AI-generated or Ai assisted.
A light edit of your work may be undertaken prior to publishing.
The editor’s decision is final.
A flipbook with voting will be published once all the entries for the Challenge have been posted on the website.
Voting closes 2 weeks after publication of the flipbook.
Copyright of a story/poem remains with the author.
Copyright of Spill the Beans books remains with Spill the Beans NSW Inc.

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