Congratulations @jennywcreative.bsky.social and all contributors. Great to see the inclusion of past mentee Katy Mack www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page... @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social
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A special Shortlist: Jason Teal from @hfr.bsky.social curates a list of his favourites.
With:
Marcus Pactor @mpactor.bsky.social
Colin Winnette @colinwinnette.bsky.social
Cary Stough @carystough.bsky.social
Madeline Vosch @madelinevosch.bsky.social
Dolan Morgan @dolanmorgan.bsky.social
(cont’d)
The clock is ticking! ⏰ Just 6 days to get those 100-300 words together & polished for the @freeflashfiction.bsky.social Competition Thirty-Three!
Don't miss your last chance to join us in Manchester to hear from #publishing professionals working across the industry. Our panellists will offer insight into different roles and ways into the industry.
Book: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-courses/caree...
ANALOG HORROR 📹✍
Short Story Course w/ @bronteschiltz.bsky.social
📍 Online Via Zoom
📅 Wed 6-8pm:
May 6, 20, Jun 3, 17 & Jul 1, 15.
Explore the worlds of found-text and Analog Horror with author Brontë Schiltz, and get your work published in a Comma eBook.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/analog-hor...
Graphic for the Foyle Young Poets Award, with the text 'Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award. Submit your poems at foyleyoungpoets.org.' Images of a keyboard, pen, pencil and pair of glasses, with the top edge of a notebook, in orange blue and green. Logos for The Poetry Society, Foyle Foundation and Arts Council England.
Graphic showing photos of the Foyle Award judges 2026: John McAuliffe and Rachel Long. Their names in black text, as well as the words 'Meet the judges'. At the bottom, the text 'Foyle young poets of the year award 2026'. Images of a keyboard, pen, and pair of glasses, with the top edge of a notebook, in orange blue and green.
Calling all poets aged 11-17: the 2026 Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is now open for entries! We are delighted to have the fantastic poets John McAuliffe and Rachel Long as judges. Visit foyleyoungpoets.org for more details on how to enter.
#FoyleYoungPoets
Are you a #writer looking to develop your craft & get published? Then don't miss your chance to join us at 'How to Get Published', a full day conference packed with sessions from authors, agents & publishers!
Book: www.writersandartists.co.uk/events-and-courses/how-g...
We are open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction #microfiction and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines. We're looking fwd to reading your words...
A Devil’s Alphabet by Annie Hayter has won The Galley Beggar Press short story prize!
It's a marvellous story,
Details in our newsletter:
www.galleybeggar.co.uk/campaigns/vi...
Today would have been Tobias Hill's birthday – and it's publication day for his Collected Poems, out now from Salt.
All four collections in one volume, introduced by Maura Dooley. 'There is no other voice today quite like this.' – A. S. Byatt
bit.ly/47vxXRK
#TobiasHill #Poetry #PublicationDay
Save the date: join us this Thursday, April 2nd, at 6 pm BST for our monthly #AuthorInterview with @ruthwriter.bsky.social! #booksky
Tonight, 6pm! Think there are a few tickets left. Free but you need to register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/red-door-p...
Nice to see this news piece about our recent eco-poetry project with poets @mattabbottpoet.com & Cassandra Parkin, schools in Rotherham and green engineering firm AESSEAL!
www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/...
Our ECO-POETRY & ENVIRONMENT WORKSHOP season begins Tuesday 12th May, 7-9pm with @jsaphra.bsky.social
Then every fortnight until 7th July with tutors Ian Humphreys James McDermott @wendypratt.bsky.social & @lkiew.bsky.social
Sign up for one, a few or the season www.eventbrite.com/cc/eco-poeti...
The Welkin Genre Prize is a competition for microfiction up to 100 words. It will open for entries on 1st June 2026 with a deadline of 15:00 BST on 30th June 2026. Details and rules can be found here: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...
Our 2026 GBP Short Story Prize winner will be announced on 30 March - and while we wait, all ten stories are free to read at www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize.
There, you'll also find terrific Q&As with this year's authors, full of writing advice, tips + recommendations.
Just follow the links, below:
Picture of little girl playing underneath book arch. Text on image says 'One day to go', '£3,282 raised so far', 'Doubling ends Tuesday 24 March'
Thanks to your support, we’ve already raised £3,282 to inspire young readers and writers!
There’s just one day left. Until noon tomorrow, every £1 donated will be doubled to £2 through the Big Give's Arts for Impact campaign.
🚨ONE WEEK LEFT🚨
Our flash fiction contest closes at 11:59pm on March 31. Get those submissions in!
www.thebloominonion.com/flash-fictio...
80 writers from across Europe have already booked to join us in September.
We hope you will join us! Don't wait too long to book as places will sell out. Come for:
✨️ writing workshops
✨️ exploring Madrid
✨️ new friends
✨️ good food and wine
Sheaf Poetry flyer for event at La Biblioteka, Leah's Yard, Sheffield on Sat 25 April 2026, illustrated with photos of Molly Naylor, Helen Mort and Suzannah Evans
As part of Sheffield Indie Book Fest, Sheaf Poetry is proud to present a spring reading by three poets: @helenmort.bsky.social, @suzannahevans.bsky.social, and Molly Naylor.
Saturday 25 April (6pm-8pm)
La Biblioteka, Leah's Yard, Sheffield S1 4HP
Tickets:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/three-shef...
This Saturday at #DeptfordLiteratureFestival
As Chosen by Judge Kerri McCourt...
The FFF Competition Thirty-Two Winning Flash Fiction!!..
Penance Plaid
by
Rosaleen Lynch
@rosaleenlynch.bsky.social
52quotes.blogspot.com
freeflashfiction.com/fiction/comp...
Save the date: our next #AuthorInterview will be at 6 pm BST on Thursday 2 April with the wonderful @ruthwriter.bsky.social!
ANALOG HORROR 📹✍
Short Story Course w/ @bronteschiltz.bsky.social
📍 Online Via Zoom
📅 Wed 6-8pm:
May 6, 20, Jun 3, 17 & Jul 1, 15.
Explore the worlds of found-text and Analog Horror with author Brontë Schiltz, and get your work published in a Comma eBook.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/analog-hor...
STARTING NEXT WEDNESDAY! ⌛👀
We have a few places left on our upcoming Queer Fiction short story course (including a discounted bursary spot - DM to apply) with @cdelull.bsky.social!
📅 MAR - AUG
📍 SEESAW, Manchester
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...
Looking for a #writingretreat? I’m holding one in June and another in September. If holidays leave us with great memories, retreats do that AND enable leaps with our #writing projects ✍️, whether we’re multi-published or starting out. 💪 📚 #Booksky
I've been known to struggle motivating myself through the middle of a piece, so I'm excited about this chat on #WomenWritersNet! Just follow the hashtag with us on Thursday, 6 p.m. GMT to discuss this aspect of writing. #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #BookSky
Help us build what comes next. Support our $35,000 fundraising goal.
Read a message from our future Executive Director & Publisher, Denne Michele Norris:
buff.ly/7VSzj2s
A brilliant #poetry line up at 'Mother Tongue: Poetry, Family and Inheritance' with Sarah Howe, Erica Hesketh Karen Downs-Barton and April Yee
Saturday 28 March
2.30pm–3.30pm
Deptford Lounge
£3
BSL Interpreted
Part of #DeptfordLiteratureFestival
www.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/events/