Highlighting another partner journal, today:
@kydmagazine.bsky.social
Not only do they publish 🔥 lit, they also provide tons of editorial services, classes, & content to support authors...
For all the info of our prize and what they have published from the prize:
desperateliterature.com/prize/
We are incredibly proud to be partnered with Helter Skelter Magazine, an incredible magazine publishing materials from and about India!
During our years collaborating together, they've published four of our previously shortlisted authors
Check them out here:
desperateliterature.com/previous-win...
For all the info and to enter see:
desperateliterature.com/prize
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Check out some testimonials!
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Shortlisters have the chance to be published in one of our partner journals.
The 2026 Prize is judged by Claire-Louise Bennett, Ottessa Moshfegh and Joanna Walsh.
For a chance to get your work in front of their eyes, enter at: desperateliterature.com/prize
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OTHER PRIZES
☑️ €1000 x2
☑️ 10-day residency in Madrid
☑️ Invitation to the European Writers Salon, Berlin
☑️ access to @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social 's "Being a Writer" platform
☑️ Translation into Spanish
☑️ Short Story Clinic
☑️ Access to @reedsy.bsky.social
desperateliterature.com/prize
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"Civitella Ranieri was beyond anything I could have expected. The castle and the grounds are straight out of a fairy-tale, every window is an entrance to scenery that inspires. But what makes it such an amazing place to go are the people." Paige Cowan-Hall, 2021 Winner
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WINNER :
☑️ 2000€
☑️ A week at the magnificent 15th C. Castle: Civitella Ranieri
☑️ Meeting with agent Charlotte Seymour
@charlotteseymour.bsky.social
☑️ Pub. in Eleven Stories + one of 9 partner journals desperateliterature.com/prize
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EXTENDED DEADLINE 💫
Calling writers of innovative fiction under 2000 words!
Prizes: €2000 / 1000€; residencies at Civitella Ranieri
& at DL in Madrid; manuscript assessment with
@thelitconsultancy.bsky.social; publication; salons; and more...
desperateliterature.com/prize
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As we enter our last month,
here's a wee reminder of our 🔥
www.desperateliterature.com/prize
LAST DAYS to apply for sponsored entry
desperateliterature.com/prize/
@thelondonmagazine.bsky.social
@kydmagazine.bsky.social
@minorliteratures.bsky.social
@cipherpress.bsky.social
@degrootfoundation.bsky.social
@thelitconsultancy.bsky.social
@thelitconsultancy.bsky.social
@badaude.bsky.social
We're excited to announce new prizes 🌟
in collaboration with @reedsy.bsky.social
We've a host of prizes to add on to our already pretty tasty basket, with a focus on making sure that more prizes get to longlisters!
There's still some time left.
ALL THE INFO:
desperateliterature.com/prize/
For all the info and to enter see:
desperateliterature.com/prize
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Shortlisters have the chance to be published in one of our partner journals.
40 full and 60 half-fee sponsored entries available through us! Additional free entries are being offered by our sponsors: Spread the Word, Helter Skelter, @cipherpress.bsky.social and
@thelitconsultancy.bsky.social
See website to learn how to apply desperateliterature.com/prize
The 2026 Prize is judged by Claire-Louise Bennett, Ottessa Moshfegh and Joanna Walsh.
For a chance to get your work in front of their eyes, enter at: desperateliterature.com/prize
OTHER PRIZES
☑️ €1000 (2 Runners up)
☑️ 10-day residency at Desperate Literature
☑️ Invitation to the European Writers Salon, Berlin
☑️ access to @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social's "Being a Writer" platform
☑️ Translation into Spanish
☑️ Short Story Clinic
desperateliterature.com/prize
PRIZES:
WINNER:
☑️ 2000€
☑️ A week at the magnificent 15th C. Castle: Civitella Ranieri
☑️ Meeting with agent Charlotte Seymour
@charlotteseymour.bsky.social
☑️ Pub. in Eleven Stories + one of 9 partner journals desperateliterature.com/prize
New @reedsy.bsky.social prizes include...
SIX WEEKS REMAINING 💫
Calling writers of innovative fiction under 2000 words!
Prizes: €2000 / 1000€; residencies, a manuscript assessment with @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social; publications; salons; and new prizes from @reedsy.bsky.social...
desperateliterature.com/prize
Want to discover writers making some of the most exciting work today?... check out the 2025 Prize Shortlisters
‘Generous, soulful distillations. A tasting flight of prosaic kerosene.’
-Henry Hoke
For the full goss:
www.instagram.com/p/DVeWchGDtRR/
Shastri Akella, on winning the 2025 literary prize:
Ottessa Moshfegh called Shastri's story: ‘Tender... & haunting.’
You can read an interview with Shastri on our website & download his story as part of Eleven Stories 2025
www.desperateliterature.com/prize
Open until April 19th!
For all the info and to enter see:
desperateliterature.com/prize
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You can find our previously shortlisted stories here!
desperateliterature.com/product/full...
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Check out some testimonials!
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Shortlisters have the chance to be published in one of our partner journals.
40 full and 60 half-fee sponsored entries available through us! Additional free entries are being offered by our sponsors: Spread the Word, Helter Skelter, @cipherpress.bsky.social and @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social
See website to learn how to apply desperateliterature.com/prize
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The 2026 Prize is judged by Claire-Louise Bennett, Ottessa Moshfegh and Joanna Walsh.
For a chance to get your work in front of their eyes, enter at: desperateliterature.com/prize
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