Our judges are very busy immersing themselves in all your brilliant work... 🚿
But it's not long to wait now until they start choosing their next winner!
Keep those eyes peeled! 👀
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From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks
Double the amount of entries!!!!
Amazing work, writers! We love seeing your work making our submission pile overflow!!!
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Final day! Final day everyone!
We close our current competition at midnight GMT - get those stories in!
Let the countdown begin...! ⏲️
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Two days to go...
Our submission pile is already looking amazing - make sure yours is there!
We close tomorrow!
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Four days to go! We close our current competition on March 31st at midnight GMT - there's still time to send us your stories!
Winning entries will receive up to £200 and see their stories published with the fabulous @hobeckbooks.bsky.social
Quick!
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One week to go! One week to go!
This is your ONE WEEK klaxon, writers. You have one week until we are closing our current competition. Send us your work quick! Prizes and publication up for grabs...!
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Here's our latest gorgeous anthology of stories by our winning writers. Still available to buy - and still just as brilliant as ever!
If you want to see your work published in our next anthology, then get writing - and send us your work!
Our current deadline is March 31st. Go, go, go!
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Two weeks to go until we close our current submission window!
Word count: 2k words
Theme: Any!
Deadline: 31st March 2026
Prizes: £200 AND publication😍
Get writing!
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‘Books are a uniquely portable magic.’
—Stephen King
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Hello writers!
You have exactly three weeks until we close our current competition. That's three weeks to send us something to amaze our brilliant judges!
You have been warned!
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Happy weekend, writers!
Remember: our current competition is open now. Send us your most jaw-dropping short stories for a chance to win prizes + publication!
Under 2k words, please! Deadline is March 31st.
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If you want 'detailed, intelligent feedback' which is 'absolutely fantastic' for improving your writing - then you should apply for our Henshaw Press Bespoke Critique Service.
Personalised feedback produced by experts on a piece of your choice.
Go to the website to apply!
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 452:
Dialogue can be many things: it can be about what you say, or how you say it, or rather what you don't say, or what you do instead of saying anything. All these things are telling, in their own way. All of them can be expressive.
"To handle a language skillfully is to practice a kind of evocative sorcery."
Charles Baudelaire
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Just gonna leave this here...
Our Writing Competition is open until March 31st. Send us your stories! 2k words please!
Remember, the winning story doesn't only win £200 - but also PUBLICATION with the fabulous @hobeckbooks.bsky.social! We love them so much!
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Happy Valentine's Day, all! ❤️
We'd love to see a little romance in our submission pile - so if you've got a romantic story, do send it our way.
Or, if that's not your thing, then send us something else!
2k words - and you might see it published. What's not to love?! ❤️
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New month - new submission window!
Send us your stories now! You could win up to £200 - and see your work published with the brilliant Hobeck Books @hobeckbooks.bsky.social 🤩
Don't be shy - this could be your time!
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Congratulations to the winners! Your stories are now on the website. Everyone else, grab a coffee, take a break and take a read. We love these stories and they'll feature in due course in the next anthology #writingcommunity www.henshawpress.co.uk
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Huge congratulations to our winning podium of writers!!!!
The judges were blown away by your work - you should all be so proud of yourselves!
Prizes will be on their way to you shortly 🏆
Well done!
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We're very excited...!!!! 🤩🤩🤩
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And the shortlist is live!
Congratulations to our shortlisted writers - amazing work, all of you!
We'll be announcing our final winning podium later in the week - keep those eyes peeled! 👀
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So excited to announce our longlisted writers! Huge congrats to them all!
Check them out on our website in all their glory 🤩
Shortlist coming very soon...
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'You fail only if you stop writing.'
We love this quote from the brilliant writer Ray Bradbury.
From all of us here at Henshaw Press to all of you writers - keep writing!!!
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