Enjoyable thoughtful story by Brian Kirk
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Join us!!!
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Tune into BBC Radio 4 today at 15:30pm to hear 'Yair' by Emily Abdeni-Holman, shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2025 ππ»
'Rain - A History' by Andrew Miller is available now on BBC Sounds π
π Buy the full shortlist: commapress.co.uk/books/bbc-na...
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It's so hard to concentrate on the good in these overwhelmingly bleak times, but this new Split Lip Issue is truly one of our best ever. It arrives this Monday morning like a balm. Thank you for reading, supporting, and sharing this incredible work β€οΈ
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Aaaaand we're officially back! And even better: we're open for submissions.β¨ We can't wait to dive back into your work!
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Delighted to have a story in the Summer Issue of The Phare.
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Reminder we close later today for subs until Aug. We'll still be working behind the scenes, though, reading & responding to subs that make it in before we close.
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The Creative Writing Ink 2025 #shortstorycompetition is open for entries until 30th September. 3,000 words max. Β£12 entry fee. Top prize is Β£1000 and a free creative writing course. Runners-up receive Β£200 each. All winners published online. creativewritingink.co.uk/competitions...
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The @elegantliterature.bsky.social June #shortstorycompetition is open for entries. The theme this month is βDreaded Destinationsβ. Closes 30th June 2025. 2,000 words max. $10 to enter. Top prize is $3,000 + 10c per word and publication. www.elegantliterature.com?aff=ChrisFie...
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The April 2025 #NotQuiteWritePrize shortlist is HERE!
We'll spill the beans on #fizzlegate plus reveal the shortlist and WINNER, with dramatic readings of the Top 6 stories.
Who will take home the pointiest trophy in all the land?
Tune in to find out!
Link in thread.
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Broadcaster @lbc.co.uk
Author: https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-they-broke-britain/james-obrien/9780753560365
Author: Wild Plums (ELJ); Pardon Me for Moonwalking (available now from Unsolicited Press)
Flash Fiction America (WW Norton)
Best Small Fictions '23 and '24
Best Microfiction '23
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A journal of literature.
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Award-winning publisher of short fiction from the UK & beyond. Championing the next generation of writers & translators. Shares do not equal endorsements.
Find us at: https://commapress.co.uk/
The Forge Literary Magazine publishes one prose piece a week. Literary excellence is our only criteria. https://forgelitmag.com/
Our avatar is the Vedic god of fire, our goal is literary combustion. A beacon for 50 years, shining brightly in print and online. bu.edu/agni
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π Worldwide creative writing comp
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Author. Ginger. Potty mouth. #workingclasswriter Award-winning short fiction writer. Editing debut novel. Also writing tutor & editor.
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https://kmelkes.substack.com
β¦., and is a writer/editor of fiction & technical non-fiction. Prizes & bio at http://www.marissahoffmann.com/ incl. 2024 Bridport short story shortlist. Working on a short story collection. Currently enrolled in a course of study at The Stinging Fly.
A literary magazine publishing poetry, translations, fiction, interviews, essays, photography, and fine arts. Follow AR Tunes on Spotify.
amsterdamreview.org
EIC @danielnemo.bsky.social
Managing Editor @phebel.bsky.social
River Styx, now in its 50th year, is a non-profit, multicultural literary and visual arts magazine based in St. Louis.
https://www.riverstyx.org
WRITER. 2017 WINNER Commonwealth Prize Can & Eur. Author novella-in-flash Hairy On The Inside (Ad Hoc Fiction) S/L '22 Rubery Book Award. Short Story collection out now from Fly On The Wall Press. Buy now: rb.gy/esxcc. www.tracyfells.com
Broadcaster, author, journalist, dad, grandpa, heroic Substacker to be found at davidaaronovitch.substack.com. Recovering tweeter
Next event Sunday 9 November 2025. Now SOLD OUT.
Twice-yearly live lit event for Glos & South Glos writers. Established 2011. Run by John Holland. Website https://stroudshortstories.blogspot.com
Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy with @leviyonit. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE, coming in September 2025
The UK's oldest literary journal: a review of literature and the arts, est. 1732, published bi-monthly.
thelondonmagazine.org
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Magazine & Press edited by @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social @petermcallister.bsky.social | short fiction | flash | non-fiction | concrete, vispo, experimental | prose, poetry & hybrid chapbooks
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