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ded that. I had to cancel my trip last year, and have no idea whether I can go, as I am dreaming of doing, to celebrate my sixtieth birthday in April. But I’m wishing upon a star…</p><p id="7c79">What’s winter like for you? Tell us all, but make it thrifty.</p><p id="c327"><b>Winter — 50 words, GO!</b></p><h2 id="8021">Submission Guidelines</h2><div id="816e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/50-words-submission-guidelines-86eb3008735"> <div> <div> <h2>50 Words Submission Guidelines</h2> <div><h3>Welcome to THRIFTY WORDS. TBI aims to provide a home for all microfiction consisting of 50 words and no more.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*hzLO-qZ6gnaSLhG20X5UWg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="211f">TBI loves to promote our writers. If you would like your 50 Word stories pushed like inner-city heroin, please leave your social media handles at the bottom of your piece. Feel free to follow us on Twitter @TheBadInfluenc7. Follow the editors of Thrifty Words Theme Challenge, <a href="undefined">Jonica Bradley</a> and <a href="undefined">Marla Bishop</a> on Twitter here @lynn_jonica and @tulipchickuk</p><p id="aeb6">Remember, in order to be considered for the challenge, you need to write exactly fifty words (cont

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ractions such as ‘you’ll’ and ‘y’all’ count as one, as do articles ‘a’ and ‘the’ ‘and all 23 auxiliary verbs ‘am’ ‘is’ ‘are’ etc. Hyphenated words count as one word.)</p><p id="97c5">Please use the kicker 50 WORDS and ‘Thrifty Words Challenge #20: Winter’ as your subtitle and submit by 12 pm EST / 5 pm GMT on Friday, 15th January 2021. All stories submitted by the deadline will be released the following morning at 12 pm EST / 5 pm GMT.</p><p id="fab0">A reminder: we will only publish one story per author to the roundup. If you submit more than one story, it is most likely that the first story submitted will be chosen for the roundup. You may submit 50 Word stories outside of the theme challenge anytime. They will be published in the Thrifty Words section but not included in the theme challenge roundup.</p><h2 id="b11b">Need inspiration? Here’s the roundup of last week’s challenge.</h2><div id="e82a" class="link-block"> <a href="https://link.medium.com/SO2SWnIdUcb"> <div> <div> <h2>Resolutions Rounded Up</h2> <div><h3>It's been fun reading everyone's real and fictitious resolutions or not, as the case may be. Our new year has started…</h3></div> <div><p>link.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*0EkzI26hHE_ajw-U)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Thrifty Words Theme Challenge #20: Winter

A relative posted a video of his kids tobogganing down a snow-drenched hill this morning. I was warm and toasty in my bed, but watching it, I immediately began to feel the cold.

Another friend joined our zoom lunchtime group, sitting outdoors in her swimsuit with a daiquiri in hand. “It’s so lovely here in Tenerife, she smirked.

What’s it like where you are, today? I know those of us currently in the northern hemisphere are freezing our proverbials off, with temperatures here in the UK ranging from -2°C to 0°C. Brrrrrr!

About eight years ago, I made a promise to myself that I would do everything in my power to spend at least part of the winter months in sunnier climes. And for six years, I made good that promise, residing between two weeks and three months on the sunny isle of St Lucia.

But COVID-19 has ended that. I had to cancel my trip last year, and have no idea whether I can go, as I am dreaming of doing, to celebrate my sixtieth birthday in April. But I’m wishing upon a star…

What’s winter like for you? Tell us all, but make it thrifty.

Winter — 50 words, GO!

Submission Guidelines

TBI loves to promote our writers. If you would like your 50 Word stories pushed like inner-city heroin, please leave your social media handles at the bottom of your piece. Feel free to follow us on Twitter @TheBadInfluenc7. Follow the editors of Thrifty Words Theme Challenge, Jonica Bradley and Marla Bishop on Twitter here @lynn_jonica and @tulipchickuk

Remember, in order to be considered for the challenge, you need to write exactly fifty words (contractions such as ‘you’ll’ and ‘y’all’ count as one, as do articles ‘a’ and ‘the’ ‘and all 23 auxiliary verbs ‘am’ ‘is’ ‘are’ etc. Hyphenated words count as one word.)

Please use the kicker 50 WORDS and ‘Thrifty Words Challenge #20: Winter’ as your subtitle and submit by 12 pm EST / 5 pm GMT on Friday, 15th January 2021. All stories submitted by the deadline will be released the following morning at 12 pm EST / 5 pm GMT.

A reminder: we will only publish one story per author to the roundup. If you submit more than one story, it is most likely that the first story submitted will be chosen for the roundup. You may submit 50 Word stories outside of the theme challenge anytime. They will be published in the Thrifty Words section but not included in the theme challenge roundup.