@marthawrites.bsky.social
Writer by the sea. Loves an animal tale. Novella, Lies Over The Ocean, available on Amazon. Stories all over the place... Really should start a substack!
Martha has an incredible piece in our latest issue 👏
02.11.2025 09:04 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0What an issue! Delighted to be included!
01.11.2025 21:38 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1Thanks Dan! It's definitely one of my favourites 🎈
24.09.2025 16:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I entered the very first FFF comp and I love how much it's grown. Am absolutely delighted to be back in the comforting folds of its longlist!!
Am so intrigued by all of these titles too!
Well that's adorable! Glad you enjoyed the story 😊
03.09.2025 10:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Such a long time to try and quell the hope! 😭
28.07.2025 09:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Taking bets for what time grantium is actually up and running next week.
Any advances on Wednesday 23:37?
Yup, no movement, fingers crossed they're able to work it out over the weekend!
25.07.2025 15:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I took it to mean, give up for today... Which I won't!
24.07.2025 20:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Any luck yet?
24.07.2025 19:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I guess a rejection tomorrow allows a few more hours of hope! 🤣
24.07.2025 13:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0At an overpriced museum in London, not participating, just reloading the grantium sign in page over and over
#liveinthemoment
Congratulations to WestWord Prize 2025 winners @quickasaflash.bsky.social, @joycebingham.bsky.social, Charlie Swailes and everyone on the shortlist. Thank you for trusting me with your work — what a fantastic selection of stories! 🌟🌟🌟
westword.substack.com/p/westword-p...
@mrallanmiller.bsky.social
@timothycgoodwin.bsky.social
@sarahkat.bsky.social
@marthawrites.bsky.social
@junegemmell.bsky.social
The shortlist (and longlist to be honest) was hit after hit. Congrats to some very worthy winners!!
15.06.2025 10:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Coming soon at the Mslexia Salon...
30.05.2025 08:53 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations 🎉🎉
28.05.2025 15:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Beautiful!
10.05.2025 20:43 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
We’re very excited to reveal the cover and title for this year’s anthology. It’s available to pre-order on Kindle & from our bookshop. Many thanks to @jeanettesheppard.bsky.social for the image & @sudhab.bsky.social for the title: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/bo...
10.05.2025 10:11 — 👍 50 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 21
A huge congratulations to our shortlist!
westword.substack.com/p/westword-p...
A black and white image of wiggly strands of yarn. Overlaid text says: Writing string theory (How long? How short? How do you know?) Fixion Lessons from April. By Jo Gatford at The Joy of Fixion on Substack.
This month I’ve mostly been thinking about the length of things (*stories* — get your mind out of the gutter)…
fixioning.substack.com/p/writing-st...
Last few hours!
27.04.2025 20:37 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just two days left to enter and help us raise money for @cftrustuk.bsky.social
25.04.2025 17:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Wonderful news for our longlisted writers! Congratulations to everyone who recognises their title
www.retreatwest.co.uk/blog/opening...
Our monthly newsletter is now live 🦝
With stuffs from Anthony Neil Smith, Tracie Adams & Scott MacLeod and stories from
@marthawrites.bsky.social @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social &
@nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social
Sub opps and prompts and @writershq.bsky.social
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Showed the 11yo Hundreds of Beavers. Her reaction?
'What is this? I bloody love it.'
The greatest accolade of all time
There are still two weeks to raise money for a fantastic cause and be in with a chance of winning £170 and bragging rights for days!
Send us your best before 27th April
thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-...
We've added a little extra time to get those Collectors/ Collections themed flashes in to us.
Up to 1000 words, any genre.
We love a strong story, interesting characters and a compelling narrative voice.
trashcatlit.com/flash-pop-up...
Last chance to book for tomorrow morning's workshop!
12.04.2025 15:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Deadline extended!
Due to technical difficulties over the weekend, we are giving you an extra week to submit your opening lines for a chance to win an editorial report from a professional editor.
New deadline: 13th April
www.retreatwest.co.uk/opening-line...
