Nick Fogg

Call fo Submissions! At Indie Novella we founded the Diversity in Publishing Partnership because too many great writers remain unheard in a system that too often rewards wealth and connections over talent. We’re committed to changing that.
www.indienovella.co.uk/submissions

Background image shows an open notebook and pen on a wooden table. The text reads: Publishing Your Work - October 2025, Poetry & Writing Submissions - Journals, Competitions, Bursaries, Residencies. www.thisiswordbox.com

Over 160 calls for literary competitions & submissions including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, art, photography, & more - contests, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in October 2025. Please share & best of luck!
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Damp stone buildings huddle around the yard. Rotting timbers protrude from the carcass of a barn. Corrugated iron bleeds rust. Buzzards circle, calling.
Ivy swarms over the house, blinding the windows, feasting on mortar. The roof sags, like life has been sucked out of the rooms below. #WriteCBC

Photo of author Emma Finlayson-Palmer holding a copy of Grimogen Darkstar: Bat-Cat-tastrophe with shelves full of the book behind her.

Happy #PublicationDay, @finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social! ✨ Grimogen Darkstar: Bat-Cat-tastrophe is out today! 🦇🐈‍⬛⚰️

Perfectly spooky, delightfully quirky, and full of gothic charm, you can get your copy here 👉 bit.ly/3Txdq7M

Issue Five - Neither Fish Nor Foul: Cake — Neither Fish Nor Foul

Dig in! Issue Five: Cake is up. Enjoy!

www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issues/issue...

If you know a creative and curious young person who would benefit from having a mentor share our Get a Mentor information with them 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...

If they meet our eligibility criteria, they could be paired with a mentor who can give them advice and industry insights.

Happy Monday to everyone who has been standing in solidarity with people seeking asylum and migrants.

We see you - and we know we are stronger together.

#NoOneIsIllegal
#MigrationIsLife

Sign the Petition Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community

Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community - please share this and sign www.change.org/p/not-in-our...

I rarely have photoshoots but I had three in August and this was one of them! I am the excitable face of the BYRES ROAD BOOK FESTIVAL 2025 along with the very cool Muckler @michaelpedersen.bsky.social - Byres Road Book Festival will be 25-28th Sept 2025. Programme incoming! byresroadbookfestival.com

Adverse Camber looking for Welsh-speaking/bilingual storytellers (paid commission)

Can you help this family living in terrifying conditions? 🙏

Are you coming to rebel with us?

⚡️ Learn: explore your writing as political, powerful and radical

⚡️ Write: sit down and do it with structure and support

⚡️ Connect: a no-bullshit community that actually gets what you’re going through

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This image has a rainbow background with illustrations of stars and swirls. The text reads: LGBT+ Youth Advocacy Fund. Henry Smith Foundation. One week left to apply.

This image has a rainbow background with illustrations of stars and swirls. The black text reads: Thanks to the generosity of The Henry Smith Foundation, Consortium will be awarding a total of £500,000 to youth organisations and groups who are supporting LGBT+ young people aged 14-25 years old across the UK.

📣One week left to apply for our LGBT+ Fund: Youth Advocacy Fund!

Thanks to the generosity of The Henry Smith Foundation, Consortium will be awarding a total of £500,000 to youth organisations and groups who are supporting LGBT+ youth aged 14-25 years old across the UK!

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🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!

Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14

person holding non-binary flag, with the Rainbow Migration logo and a blue textbox with white text reading "Happy International Non-Binary People's Day!"

We regularly support non-binary people who are seeking asylum in the UK. We welcome non-binary people in all our services, can help access gender-affirming care, and have a trans and non-binary support group which meets every 2 weeks in London.
Get in touch: buff.ly/8ltHtr6

Today is International Non-Binary People's Day and the first day of Non-Binary Awareness Week

The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.

"Can we not resist the urge to tidy people’s lives into narrative arcs that comfort rather than confront? Maybe the bravest writing does not inspire but unsettles and leaves the reader without resolution."

A purple rectangle with bright yellow text at the top reading 'Merch! Merch! Merch!' and pictures of 2 of the limited edition Arts Emergency screen prints and white badges

Need some motivating artwork or an empowering accessory? We've got you!

Get yourself a limited edition screen print &/or a fab little badge.

All proceeds from sales go towards our life-changing programmes for under-resourced young people.

👉 www.arts-emergency.org/donate/merch...

RSL Scriptorium Awards - Royal Society of Literature Ten writer residencies presented to professionally active writers in need of a place to write.The 2025 Prize This year marks the inaugural presentation of the RSL Scriptorium Awards, inviting applicat...

An amazing opportunity for 10 writers to spend up to a month for free at seaside cottage to write.

All details in the link below.

Please share :)

www.pridereads.co.uk/pride-readers

How to respond to the EHRC consultation Good Law Project has taken advice from a leading public law King’s Counsel on how to respond to the EHRC’s consultation. What follows is a form which, after you complete it, will automatically be sent...

With 38 hrs to go to the EHRC consultation deadline I'm seeing posts from people feeling bad they're too stressed to engage.
The GLP⬇️has removed all but the last step, a general comment box. This is a far easier task. I hope it helps those who want to, to get their voice heard without too much pain.

Announcing the Michael Langan LGBTQ+ Free Reads 2025 - The Literary Consultancy TLC hosts 9th year of LGBTQ+ Free Reads for Pride 2025

LGBTQ+ writers with works in progress, you have until July 2nd to submit a short sample of writing to @TLCUK for the chance to win free professional feedback and 1:1 coaching. All applicants also get an invitation to an exclusive writing masterclass!

literaryconsultancy.co.uk/2025/05/anno...

Keir Starmer says Labour is the party of work, equality and fairness, but less than a year after the election, changes at the Department for Work and Pensions have forced me to stop doing the job I love. The full video can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpq... #AccessToWork

NC1 will knock out NC20 unless you ask your MP to co sign it by tonight. If you want to decriminalise abortion and secure equal human rights protections for women in England and Wales as in Northern Ireland please ask your MP to add their name now and make both votes possible.

Brilliant! Congratulations 😍

It's #RefugeeWeek! 🧡

This year, the theme is ‘Community as a Superpower’ and we couldn't agree more.

At WRW, we see the magic of community every day!

Community isn't just about belonging; it's about healing, growth, and a chance for refugee women to rebuild their lives.

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Green-blue gradient background with white text reading "We are taking part in the London Legal Walk tomorrow, 17th of June," a white Rainbow Migration logo and a photo of people walking with pride flags

Tomorrow, we are joining over 15,000 people walking in support of frontline free legal advice charities.

Our specialised legal advice services are always free to LGBTQI+ people seeking safety in the UK - and we couldn't do it without your support.

Find out more and donate: buff.ly/ncjp2Ng

Trans Pride NI 2025 Help us make a bigger & better Trans Pride Northern Ireland 2025 a reality!

OK folks, really need your help. Trans Pride NI is getting zero funding, nothing from the council or Belfast Pride and if they don't hit £5k, it won't happen. They're over £2k now.

Can we get this to target?

Please share.

Thank you ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

It’s time for decriminalisation.

👇 Ask your MP to back @stellacreasy.bsky.social 's amendment to the Policing Bill.
goodlaw.social/f2eef3

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The government's changes to Access to Work grants are having a devastating effect on disabled people's lives. If you work in the cultural sector or creative industries, please read this open letter to Lisa Nandy (DCMS) & Liz Kendall (DWP) and add your name. Please share airtable.com/appSbdVCnzZy...