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A story for #LGBTHistoryMonth www.thehouseofcorrection.com/writings/the...

Send us your #FlashFiction #ShortStory #Poetry or #Novel entries by the end of May! £20K total prize pot! All entry info at bridportprize.org.uk#FlashFiction✍️✨

As well as writing fiction I also write about grief at The Widow's Handbook (@widowshandbook.bsky.social) and loved Cariad Lloyd's Griefcast

#SelfCare Too

We Want Another World “Fight for another world, write for another world!” or “How an individual can make a change” short story competition is open until 31st May 2026. 25,000 words. Free to enter. Top prize is one year of writing guidance. wewantanotherworld.nu/short-story-...

Some fabulous flash fiction here

"I’d like to forget what happened to Javi but he’s more inescapable since his deportation than when he lived three miles away. Can you be haunted by someone who isn’t dead?" Ghosted, my story of infatuation, heartbreak, consequences, activism & deportation in the US forgelitmag.com/2026/01/26/g...

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Today's tip is in answer to @markpatricklynch.bsky.social who asked "Col, I have a great idea for a novel but no time to write it. If I share the idea with you and you write it, we can share the millions it will make 50/50. How does that sound?"

My new flash fiction collection, Hymn, Incantation, Lullaby, comes out this Sunday!! These twisted tales cover many of my favorite subjects: insanity, questionable life choices, the collapse of civilization, and lesbians. Stay tuned for the big drop

f you read that Guardian article about writing retreats, please don’t panic. You can absolutely write your novel in short snatches of time and you don’t need to bankrupt yourself going on repeated super fancy writing retreats 🧵

For #HolocaustMemorialDay www.thehouseofcorrection.com/writings/for...

YOU WILL NEVER STOP ME

Inspired by @garethlpowell.bsky.social, I made miniature books of my OWN books or the latest book nook. Words cannot express how enormously pleasing this is to me!!

Today's shortlisted story is "If we'd said yes when you rang home to borrow four hundred dollars" by @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social. A one-sentence marvel full of so much sadness and yearning: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

A sad & dark moment to release a story about deportations & activism (as well as infatuation & betrayal) but ‘Ghosted’ was written/scheduled 5 months ago and is still horribly pertinent. I’m so grateful to The Forge for publishing this and interviewing me. My website & newsletter: jaimegill.com

Back in November, I performed a specially written monologue for Roots at York Theatre Royal and the Stephen Joseph theatre (@thesjt.bsky.social) for Queer Spaces: Climate Pride. It was filmed at York, and here it is. www.rootstouring.com/queer-spaces...

3-Minute Arts is looking for original plays, stories and songs that last approximately 3 minutes. Deadline is 15 Feb 2026 Winning plays, stories & songs will receive a cash prize and be performed at the Mini Arts Festival, Glaisdale, 29–31 May 2026 3-minutearts.uk/writing-comp...

Stark, beautiful and bittersweet story by @jaimegill.bsky.social.

✍️ Time for a bit of editing today #snoopy #editing #writer

Walking 100 miles in Feb to raise money for improving #breastcancer treatment - for friends & my late mum Also - planning a book about breasts & people's relationships with them, whether good, bad, indifferent, fond or funny - the perfect way to kick the project off socialsync.app/fundraiser/c...

I will be at the Jupiter Cloud Book Festival in York on 28 February 2026 at St Saviourgate Venues "A multi-genre book event for everyone; featuring authors, bookish gifts, talks, workshops and competitions" Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/jupiter-cl...

Epic venue, epic host. Really excited for this!

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Alex Francis, author of Spidercat and member of the Reconnecting Rainbows Press family. Read more: reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/rememberinga...

Join us for the launch of the new book from @kestr.al - The Boy From Elsewhere - hosted by Heartstopper's Tobie Donovan at the British Library on February 15th. It's time to find out why everyone’s talking about this epic Young Adult sci-fi fantasy story! #Booksky #Books #YA #Heartsky #Author

A reminder that my strip took over Dilberts vacant spot in the Washington Post after they dropped his ass. 😎 www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...

Join us later for the launch of @leatrice_write's debut poetry collection. 7 P.M. Curio Bookshop, Oxford. See you there! www.outsavvy.com/event/32469/...

Young writers (16-25), enter the Young Writer Award! 🖋️ Win £500 & have your work in the Bridport Prize anthology! 👉 Enter now: bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room-categories/young-writer-award/ #YoungWriters #ShortStoryCompetition #CreativeWriting #NovelWriting

Anyone in #York heading to the #JupiterCloudBookFestival? Looking forward to it. 28th of February 2026. 11am to 5pm. St Saviourgate Venue, York jupitercloudbooks.co.uk/jupiter-clou...

Half and Half by Adele Evershed @adlibby.bsky.social #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction freeflashfiction.com/fiction/half...

Should you edit as you go or just get it down no matter how rough? Writing guru Col Newton shares his thoughts. (For more of Col's insights, see my novel Cover Story.) www.amazon.co.uk/Cover-Story-...

Sixth of the #writingcompetition list New Year updates completed ✍️ This one is #book and #novelcontests. 78 active competitions plus details of 4 other list providers. 🎉 www.christopherfielden.com/short-story-...

I'm looking for UK queer and women's literature festivals in the UK that would be open to performances and workshops - any good suggestions? #queerwriters #Womenwriters #litfests

One town. Two worlds. No way home. My new book, THE BOY FROM ELSEWHERE, is out in early February. #BookSky #Author #ReadBooks #NewBook #YA #Fiction #Book

Catching up today - just posted four stories for Christmas and New Year, all set in North Yorkshire www.thehouseofcorrection.com/writings/cat...

Thank you to Charlotte Prior at Whitby Foghorn Magazine for the review of Dancing in Heaven @reconnectingrainbo.ws

On my first day back at my desk for 2026, planning my medical writing work for the week and plotting an outline for a new book (two actually), this has made the transition from sofa to office so much easier www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #1980s

Dancing in Heaven celebrates the voices of the women who were there during the #HIV/AIDS crisis. While the monologues are fiction, the stories are real, drawn from interviews, the media & the archives of Switchboard, the national LGBTQIA+ support line. www.thehouseofcorrection.com/dancing-in-h...

The wonderful Bob Hughes of Switchboard LGBT+ Support Line was kind enough to host the launch of Dancing in Heaven on #WorldAIDSDay in December, and he has created a lovely review on his book channel on YouTube. Thank you Bob! www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Pb...

The wonderful Bob Hughes from Switchboard hosted my book launch in London - and here he is with a lovely review www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Pb...

Dancing in Heaven by the amazing @suzannewriter.bsky.social is out TODAY! Filled with women's voices from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and with a donation being made to @switchboard.bsky.social for each copy sold, we're proud to bring this to readers on #WorldAIDSDay. reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/dih/

Join us on #worldaidsday to celebrate the launch of Suzanne Elvidge's new book 'Dancing In Heaven' and hear the stories of the women affected by the AIDs crisis, who cared, cried and campaigned. A powerful tribute to the women whose stories continue to inspire. www.outsavvy.com/event/31655/...

It's the launch in Battersea on Monday and I would love to see you there. Tickets are free and the event will be hosted by Bob Hughes from @switchboard.bsky.social

Want a sneak preview of #DancingInHeaven, launching on 1 Dec (#WorldAIDSDay)? Read the story of the 18-year old nurse stepping onto her first ward in 1984 to face patients with a new disease www.thehouseofcorrection.com/writings/dan... #WomensVoices #HIV #AIDS @reconnectingrainbo.ws

Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are on the uptick. Here’s the latest list of scammers. Don’t click on their email; do send it to spam: Bello.B Suliton Maya From Victory A. Peace Ojo preciousolutoye11 Sophia Ayomide #marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction

Pre-orders for @suzannewriter.bsky.social's incredible upcoming book 'Dancing in Heaven' are now live! Find out all about the book, the launch events, and how to order on our website. reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/book/dih/

Preorders are now live store.reconnectingrainbows.co.uk/product/danc...

Ever seen someone scribbling in a notebook on the train? Check out this new collection of poems by Kestral Gaian, out now. Who knows, perhaps they wrote a poem about YOU?

Coming February 2026, The Boy From Elsewhere by @kestr.al is a book filled with queer joy, Strong role models, and a gripping story that transcends reality itself. You can find Kestral this weekend at #YALC #YALCuk to find out more!