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SUBMISSIONS Submissions Open We’re open now to submissions of fiction, poetry and articles about writing for our Summer 2026 issue, Descent. Please note we are presently unable to provide monetary compen…

It's free to submit your short #fiction, #poetry and articles about #writing to be considered our summer issue, Descent 📉⛷️. See link for full submission guidelines 👉 penstricken.com/submissions

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Competitions Competitions The Penstricken 1,000-Word Story Prize Can you tell a story in 1,000 words? Fancy winning £100? The Penstricken 1,000-Word Story competition is always open. There’s no deadline f…

You could win £100 (or equivalent) if you enter our 1,000-Word Story Competition. Just saying. 👉 Penstricken.com/competitions

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Issues Issues Current Issue Title: The Sublime and the RidiculousIssue no.: 6 (Spring 2026) The world is a strange and wonderful place, filled with splendour and insanity in equal measure. At times it can…

You can read all of our issues for free on our website. If you like them, you can even buy a paper copy to help support our work. They're quite good, have a look. 👉 penstricken.com/issues

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SUBMISSIONS Submissions Open We’re open now to submissions of fiction, poetry and articles about writing for our Summer 2026 issue, Descent. Please note we are presently unable to provide monetary compen…

Send us your short #fiction, #poetry and articles about #writing for our next issue. We want to publish them 🤩👉 penstricken.com/submissions

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SUBMISSIONS Submissions Open We’re open now to submissions of fiction, poetry and articles about writing for our Summer 2026 issue, Descent. Please note we are presently unable to provide monetary compen…

Psst, #writersky! We're looking for short #fiction, #poetry and articles about writing to include in our upcoming issue, Descent ⛷️📉. See link for full info. New and terrified writers warmly encouraged 🤗.

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Competitions Competitions The Penstricken 1,000-Word Story Prize Can you tell a story in 1,000 words? Fancy winning £100? The Penstricken 1,000-Word Story competition is always open. There’s no deadline f…

#Writersky, for the next 12 HOURS only, the entry fee to our 1,000-Word Story Competition has dropped to £1. Enter before 10pm tonight (UK time) to take advantage of this reduced price, and you could win £100 + your story published in a future issue of Penstricken. 👉 Penstricken.com/competitions

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Write a 1,000-word story and you could win £100 (or equivalent). Easy peasy. 👉 penstricken.com/competitions

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Penstricken #6: The Sublime and the Ridiculous The world is a strange and wonderful place, filled with splendour and insanity in equal measure. At times it can be hard to tell the two apart, especially when they so often prove to be two sides of…

Get your spring fix of short #fiction and #poetry with our current issue, The Sublime and the Ridiculous. It's really good! 👉

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The Sublime and the Ridiculous The world is a strange and wonderful place, filled with splendour and insanity in equal measure. At times it can be hard to tell the two apart, especially when they so often prove to be two sides o…

Get your copy of our spring issue, The Sublime and the Ridiculous 🌌🤡. It's out now and full of gorgeous short #fiction and #poetry by our talented contributors 😍👉 penstricken.com/the-sublime-and-the-ridiculous

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Competitions Competitions The Penstricken 1,000-Word Story Prize Can you tell a story in 1,000 words? Fancy winning £100? The Penstricken 1,000-Word Story competition is always open. There’s no deadline f…

Enter our 1,000-Word Story Competition for a chance to win £100 (or equivalent via PayPal) + your story published in our next issue. 👉 Penstricken.com/competitions

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Quote of the week

‘Reading is like going on holiday in your head. ‘

My amazing granddaughter, Hester, aged 8 years.

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I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️

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SUBMISSIONS Submissions Open We’re open now to submissions of fiction, poetry and articles about writing for our Summer 2026 issue, Descent. Please note we are presently unable to provide monetary compen…

#Writersky, we're looking for short #fiction, #poetry and articles about #writing to include in our Summer 26, 'Descent' 📉⛷️. It's free to submit and we're dead friendly 🙂. See link for full submission guidelines 👉 penstricken.com/submissions