{"id":98,"date":"2020-09-30T10:06:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T09:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkskydigital.co.uk\/clients\/av\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2020-09-30T10:06:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T09:06:49","slug":"flash-memoir-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/darkskydigital.co.uk\/clients\/av\/projects-and-publications\/flash-memoir-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Memoir Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is not a competition. Anyone who is a member of Autumn Voices (membership is free) can send in a flash memoir (350 word limit) and up to two relevant photographs. E-mail entries only, digital photos only (Jpeg). These will be posted on the Autumn Voices blog. There is no fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project will run for four months from July to October (inititially, anyway)<\/del> six months after a wonderful response to the project. Each month there will be a different theme for the memoir:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

July<\/strong>: A memoir from the 1970s – See entries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August<\/strong>: Remembering something creative and enjoyable you did during the period of Covid-19 lockdown\/isolation – See entries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September<\/strong>: A memoir starting with the sentence: \u2018The very first time that I \u2026.\u2019 – See entries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October<\/strong>: An open theme. Choose any memory you would like to write about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November<\/strong>: A Memoir of the 1960s, starting with the sentence ‘I often wondered what happened to…’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December<\/strong>: A Memoir on a Christmas theme, including the words ‘Whenever I hear that song…’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Frances Ainslie who helped inspire us with her theme suggestions via our Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to submit your memoir<\/h2>\n\n\n\n