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There's a cool new writers' site in town! Founded by Autumn Watts (fiction editor, Guernica) & Steve Chang (fiction editor, Okay Donkey), @litmatchcollective.com I have a code for a FREE Basic Annual Membership. First one to respond gets it! Check it out here: www.litmatchcollective.com
03.09.2025 19:41 β π 17 π 6 π¬ 1 π 1
Many thanks, Matt
14.09.2025 16:20 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
New exhibition celebrates ScottishΒ portraiture
At the City Art Centre a new exhibition celebrating Scottish portraiture opens on Saturday. Unmasked: Exploring Scottish Portraiture showcases a rich selection of historic and contemporary portraits from the City Art Centreβs Scottish art collection. The work of more than 30 different artists will feature in the exhibition, including: FCB Cadell, Victoria Crowe, Pat Douthwaite, Joan Eardley, David Eustace, George Jamesone, Dorothy Johnstone, John Kay, Sekai Machache, James Pittendrigh MacGillivray, Flannery Oβkafka, Henry Raeburn, Allan Ramsay and Maud Sulter.
New exhibition celebrates ScottishΒ portraiture
At the City Art Centre a new exhibition celebrating Scottish portraiture opens on Saturday. Unmasked: Exploring Scottish Portraiture showcases a rich selection of historic and contemporary portraits from the City Art Centreβs Scottish art collection.β¦
12.09.2025 17:48 β π 7 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
I've published nothing for two years now (not really subbed much to be fair) but I wrote a novel in the meantime, 'She Blew the Clouds Away', which hopefully will see the light of day at some point. So, Happy Cloud Appreciation Day to all and #HappyFeeGoodFriday too!
12.09.2025 16:46 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
We are now accepting submissions for our 2025 Short Fiction Contest!
#WritingCommunity #WritingContest #LitMag #CallForSubmissions #WritersLift #AmWriting #LiteraryJournal #LiteraryMagazine #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Horror #Romance #Mystery #LiteraryFiction
12.09.2025 06:21 β π 12 π 8 π¬ 3 π 2
Book cover of Creating Short Fiction by Damon Knight
Can anyone recommend a craft book that focuses solely on short fiction like "Creating Short Fiction" by Damon Knight does? If the book has a #specfic bent, all the better.
#writingcommunity #writesky
18.08.2025 02:39 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
A great question from Anna here. I don't have any useful answers, I'm afraid. Perhaps someone out there does?
09.09.2025 16:41 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
A great question from Anna here. I don't have any useful answers, I'm afraid. Perhaps someone out there does?
09.09.2025 16:41 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Check out what's happening at The Sunlight Press and find out who is judging our Fall Flash Fiction contest!
bit.ly/3JE7Ejb
01.09.2025 01:34 β π 8 π 5 π¬ 2 π 0
Call for collaborative storiesπ
08.09.2025 17:07 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Thanks a lot, Linda
07.09.2025 18:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
π¬ Writers, weβre reading! Free submissions, fast responses, and we pay $25 per accepted piece. What are you waiting for?
Submit here: buff.ly/3OYTRme
04.09.2025 17:35 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Good luck
04.09.2025 18:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Got my first full MS request yesterday after six years of writing. Very grateful, whatever happens next! #writingcommunity
04.09.2025 18:21 β π 20 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0
Querying? π
Thanks @edwoodeditor.bsky.social for putting this together!
21.11.2024 13:23 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Writer, Nevadan, former Guernica fiction editor (2014-2024), co-founder of litmatchcollective.com. She/her
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My novel 'Do Not Keep Silent' is available on Amazon.
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Writer of flash fiction and poetry, singer.
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Pushcart and Best American Essay nominated CNF writer, educator, beauty hunter, friend to creatures great and small. Work in Hippocampus, Pithead Chapel, In Short, and more.
Baltimore Review|Smokelong Quarterly|CRAFT Literary|Atticus Review|Dark Winter Lit|Flash Fiction Mag|PUSHCART Nom|Best Small Fictions Nom|Stanford OWC|Museum Docent|Iβ€οΈChicago|
I write (very) short fiction. LL: Bath Flash Fiction Award, Welkin Writing Prize β’ SL: NFFD Competition β’ Honorable Mention: Scribes Writing Prize βοΈ
www.thewritelifeliz.com
Words in North American Review, Baltimore Review, Flash Frog, Pithead Chapel, New Flash Fiction Review, and more.
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writerβmostly flash. mother. owner of too many notebooks.
Flash reader at Hippocampus Literary Magazine
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Neurotic Chicago-based writer, editor-in-chief of Maudlin House, podcaster, and doer of many odd things.
https://mallorysmart.com/
Writer, theatremaker, facilitator. I work with stories. Debut novel Broken Horses, set in windswept Patagonia, coming soonβ¦