April 2026 Contest Submissions | Underground Bookshelf What does that mean? It means you can pick any one of the above topics or mix and match them! It also means you can submit a short story or a webcomic! (More on this below.)

April Writing Contest themes:
#superheroes #comics #manga #action #adventure
original work only
Submissions can include:
#flashfiction
#shortstories
#webcomics
#comicbooks
#manga
#poetry
#illustratedstories
#illustratedpoetry
#excerpts
#memoirs
#essays
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Looking for creative collaborators for the Brackenlowe Halt Project - visit - brackenlowehalt.co.uk

#BedtimeStories #StorytellingForChildren #FolkloreInspired
#ChildrensBooksUK #IndependentChildrensBooks
#IllustratedStories #booksky #illustrators #writers

An invitation from the signalman . . . .

#BedtimeStories #StorytellingForChildren
#FolkloreInspired #ChildrensBooksUK
#IndependentChildrensBooks #IllustratedStories

Home is wherever he’s standing behind you 💕

#homeisyou #romanticartwork #coupleart #digitalromance #illustrationdaily #loveillustration #storytellingart #romancebookart #illustratedstories #softlove #characterillustration #bookishart #romanceaesthetic

She raised her tiny fist to the sky.

💬Are you an author or self-publishing a book for kids or Kid lit project?

📧Let’s build your Children’s Book together Message me

#PictureBookIllustrations #IllustrationForKids
#WhimsicalIllustration #FantasyArtForChildren
#IllustratedStories #StorybookArt

A memory from the Lake District 2025

#poetry #frog #potter #beatrixpotter #lakedistrict #residence #hopping #stories #illustratedstories #books #brierfieldpoet #fun #childrensbooks #tales #poet #poem #verse #young #children

#scribaland Makani and the Whispering Falls

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#scribaland1 #makaniandthewhisperingfalls #falls #childrensstories #jungleanimals #kidsreading #illustratedstories #makaniand #thewhisperingfalls #whisperingfalls #whispering #storybook #childliterature #art #nft #jungle

Be brave.

#illustration #mut #storytelling #illustratedstories #botanicalart #art

I made prelim. notes for a series of "Baron" #shortstories on my #author Facebook page in 2024. Gathered them into my #blog this weekend. May some day flesh them out. Still thinking.

#writing #reading #sketches #illustrated #illustratedstories #stories #dalle3

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The Pumpkin with a Crack In It is here!

A heartwarming children’s book about pride, humility, and the beauty within, illustrated by Hema Gami

📚 Grab your copy: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F6JHM9ZP/

#ChildrensBook #PumpkinBook #PictureBookIllustration #KidLitArt #NewRelease #IllustratedStories #BookLaunch

The Glass Hot-Air Balloon

A story about courage, believing in magic, and learning to fly your own way

www.storiesottolestelle.com

#kidsstories #audiostory #sories #childrensbook #bedtimestory #storytimeforkids #magicalstories #kidsaudiobooks #illustratedstories #podcastforkids #bilingualstories

Adoration: A Ghost Story | Chapter 2 - J.M. Elam I can’t reconcile what happened in the forest, and maybe I never will. I wish it hadn’t happened. Most of the time, I try not to think about that night, a blank space formed by the “before and after.”...

Find out what happened in the forest.

Read Chapter 2 of “Adoration: A Ghost Story” for free on my blog.

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#fiction #ghoststory #adorationaghoststory #adoration #folklore #magicalrealism #illustratedstories #storyillustration

#HouseOfSleep #DreamLogic #LiminalSpaces #SurrealNarrative #SymbolicFiction #MysteryAndMeaning #Otherworldly #IndieComics #MiniComics #SequentialArt #GraphicPoetry #DreamComics #IllustratedStories #VisualNarrative #MythicThinking #MetaphysicalArt #UnconsciousMind

An illustration of Cliodna and Etain from “Impossible Things”

Cliodna and Etain grow up together and fall in love.

When dead fishermen start washing up on the shore, the only way to save the people they love and the life they’ve built is to take a chance on impossible things.

#shortstory #fiction #fantasy #magicalrealism #folktales
#illustratedstories

Invisible arms wrap around a person

“Don’t Go.” | Procreate Illustration for “Adoration: a Ghost Story.” (2025)

You can read Chapter 1 on my blog now.
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#fiction #serial #illustratedstories #magicalrealism #fantasy #ghoststory #adoration #adorationaghoststory #illustration #procreate #folklore

I’m also a writer and started sharing stories again this year, beginning with Chapter 1 of “Adoration: A Ghost Story.”

You can read it for free on my blog.

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#fictionwriter #fiction #magicalrealism #folklore #fantasy #illustratedstories #artist #illustrations