Heather Haigh - Writer
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Bio
Heather is a sight-impaired spoonie and emerging working-class writer, from Yorkshire, England. Her words have been published by various Literary journals and by Yours Fiction Magazine.
When not writing, Heather enjoys yarn crafts, nature, and most of all family and friends.
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Heather is a proud member of WritersHQ
Works
Awards and Achievements
Winner of the New Writers Authumn Micro Flash Competition - Nov 23
Winner of the Globe Soup Monthly Micro Challenge - July 23
Best in Genre - Globe Soup 7 day Challenge #9. Spring 23
Top pick in the Globe Soup Darkness Drabble competition - Aug 22
Honourable Mention from Flash 500 - Spring 22
Double Shortlisted in the New Writers Spring Drabble - Apr 24
Shortlisted in the Flash 500 Annual Short Story Competition - 2024
Shortlisted with Free Flash Fiction - Competition Sixteen - Jun 23
Shortlisted with Northern Gravy - Nov 22, Feb 23, May 23
Shortlisted in the Cranked Anvil Short Story competition - July 22
Shortlisted in Retreat West Quarterly Flash Competition - Spring 22, Autumn 22
longlisted in Welkin Micro - Jan 24
Longlisted in the Propelling Pencil charity competition - Autumn 23
Longlisted in the Fiction Factory Flash Competition 23
Longlisted with Northern Gravy - 21, Spring 22, Summer 22
Longlisted In City Nonfiction Flash competition - 21
Longlisted in Globe Soup Seven Day Writing Competition - 21
Longlisted in Free Flash Fiction competition - March 22, April 22, Nov 22, Jan 23
Longlisted in AWC Furious Fiction competition July 22
Longlisted in Lucent Dreaming Flash Competition 22
Longlised in Retreat West's monthly Micro Competition - September 22, May 23
Longlisted in Pigeon Review Flash Competiton 22
Longlisted in The Strand international Flash Fiction Competition Jun 23
Longlisted in Flash 500 Jan 23, July 23
Nominated for Best of the Net 22
Books I Like
Novels
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes - heartbreaking but inspiring.
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Treacle Walker by Alan Garner - Loved the voice, the whimsy, and the fun.
Collections of Short Fiction
Know That We Held by JP Relph - Mesmerising language, viscerally disturbing, powerfully dystopian.
See My Breath Dance Ghostly by Matthew Gostelow.
The Potential of Radio and Rain by Myna Chang - The sense of place in the work is incredible. I lived it as I read.
Writing Craft
Going Short - an Invitiation to Flash Fiction by Nancy Stolman - A great introduction to writing flash fiction.
The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr - How to build a story that works by understanding your characters and your readers.