If you build it they will come, and over the past 50 years, Milton Keynes has gone from a field of dreams to a city of dreams. This year, Milton Keynes Literary Festival adopted City of Dreams as the theme for a flash fiction and poetry competition.

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Entry was free, and writers were invited to submit a piece of flash fiction of up to 500 words in any genre you choose: sci-fi, thriller, romance, historical fiction… all styles are welcome. Or put pen to paper and send us a poem of up to 14 lines inspired by the theme. Or to enter writing in both categories.

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The MinK team were delighted by both the number and quality of submissions, whether writers interpreted it as a call for writing about Milton Keynes, about dreams (or nightmares) of urban life, or – in some cases – both.

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The anthology includes the poems and flash fiction of our category winners, along with a selection of the best entries that we received in each category, and will be available shortly in both printed and ebook formats. 

   

City of Dreams was launched online on 9 October 2020, with readings from our winning writers and our special guest, Jack Sheffield.