Another of my fav lit mags has returned - it’s definitely the year for it! The Cabinet of Heed has just released a new issue 🤩

Announcing the brilliant shortlists for this year's Welkin Genre Prize. Congratulations to the writers of these wonderful pieces. If you're on the list, please feel free to celebrate wildly, but don't say which title is yours as judging is still ongoing: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...

Appearing at some point today... ... the SHORTLISTS for the Welkin Genre Prize 2026!!!!! Who's excited???!!!!

A heads up! 👀 Northern Gravy will be opening for subs of Fiction, Poetry and Young Readers on 24th July ✨⛵️✨

A heads up! 👀 Northern Gravy will be opening for subs of Fiction, Poetry and Young Readers on 24th July ✨⛵️✨

Ah well, I didn’t make this one 🥹 Congrats and good luck to the longlisters!

We're so excited to announce our longlist! Congratulations to all the writers who have been selected for our summer longlist 2026 - check them out on the website now! Shortlist will be coming in ONE WEEK'S TIME... 😮 #WatchThisSpace #writing

Free micro fiction anthology. Download Ellipsis Zine Ten from our website here: ellipsis-zine.com/publications... 34 pieces of micro fiction 100 words or fewer.

Congratulations to Betty Firth on publication day of The Variety Girls! Mill girl Molly Clough joins ENSA's Forces Follies to entertain troops. But when crooner Jack Forrester joins the troupe, a secret from her past threatens their growing romance. amazon.co.uk/dp/1835984762

🦋💙📚 The Making of Marigold McGrath by Carrie Hayes is a moving WWII coming-of-age novel following a young photographer as she finds her place in wartime London. 📷 Available on #KindleUnlimited 🔗 maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... #HistoricalFiction #WWII #BookSky #KindleUnlimited

Deadline Day: send your poems by 23.59 on 15th July: newwriters.org.uk/poetry-compe... - £1,000 top prize - 10% to charity - head judge: JLM Morton #poetrycompetition

📝 Do you love writing about history/ mythology? Or do you know someone that does? The Ink of Ages Fiction Prize 2027 is open! See https://fictionprize.worldhistory.org for more details, inspiration and instructions on how to enter #WritingCompetion #Writing #WritingContest #Fiction

Add Ellipsis Zine to your phone with our free mobile web app. Skip the browser tabs and open your favourite flashes from your phone home screen. Install the app via our resources page: www.ellipsis-zine.com/resources

It’s 1 month since Dwell was launched. To celebrate I’m sharing the paper dolls of Albert & Edgar November made me. Albert with army uniform, gardener clothes & accessories including gun & spade. Edgar in school suit & lab coat. A beautiful souvenir, gorgeous & detailed @northodoxpress.bsky.social

A ‘new’ story from the @ellipsiszine.bsky.social archive which I’d not read before - really enjoyed how this unravelled, detail by detail ✨👏✨ www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/1912

It is commiserations and congratulations time as FFF announce with a drumroll please.. As chosen by Judge Emma Phillips @emmapwrites.bsky.social The FFF Competition Thirty-Four Shortlist! #flashfiction #writingcompetitions freeflashfiction.com/competition-...

August is not far off now and that means...Prompted Stories Challenge! 🦝 Blind choose prompts. Write and submit flash. All before the 21st, for a chance to be in another smashing Prompted Issue. Get informed here: trashcatlit.com/call-for-pro...

Our second anthology is open for submissions! We're after short stories on the theme of sorcery, from writers living in the North of England. Take a look, send us a tale - and if you could help spread the word, that would be magical 🪄 🔮 carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/

We warmly welcome applications to join the Fellowship of the Society. Next closing dates: 27 July and 5 October. Fellowship is open to those who have made a scholarly research contribution to #history in all sectors (within & beyond higher education) in the UK/worldwide bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians

I don’t think they post here, but the @bathshortstory.bsky.social longlist is now up 👀

We are open for submissions. sites.google.com/view/sundial...

🎤 Are you passionate about marketing and growing global brands? World History Encyclopedia is currently looking for a volunteer Marketing Expert to boost global brand growth, champion our printed books, promote our mobile app, and expand our educational reach.  #Volunteer #Marketing

‘Left Waiting’, from my new novella ‘Bereft of Reason’ is going to be played this evening (Thursday) and Saturday evening on BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio Somerset between 6-8pm. You can listen on your radio or via the free BBC Sounds app.

Free micro fiction anthology. Download Ellipsis Zine Nine from our website here: ellipsis-zine.com/publications... 34 pieces of micro fiction, 350 words or fewer.

DRUM ROLL!!!! Announcing the longlists for the Welkin Genre Prize 2026. Congratulations to the writers of these 50 wonderful pieces. Please feel free to celebrate wildly but don't reveal which piece is yours as judging is still ongoing! www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press...

✍🏼 The countdown is on! Our much-loved Ink of Ages writing contest is about to begin!  🔴 You can enter a story between the 14th of July and the 22nd of August. #InkOfAges #WorldHistoryEncyclopedia #Writing #WritingCompetition #HistoricalFiction #Mythology #History #Write #Stories #WritingContest

The Bridport Prize Memoir Award is open for entries. 📝 Judged by acclaimed novelist and memoirist Sarah Moss 📝 First prize £1,500 plus a mentoring package 📝 Your memoir does not need to be finished 📝 Open internationally to writers aged 16+ Find out more and enter: buff.ly/7H1jXlR

Website Update: Search functionality added, and author pages are linked from each piece. Click the author name to read their bio and any other work published. We have 150+ pieces uploaded from the archive so far, with new work published Mon, Wed & Fri. www.ellipsis-zine.com

We have the following competition categories open for entries: Quarterly #flashfiction Annual #shortstory Annual #novels More information here: flash500.com #writing #writers #writerslife

Ah, Sea Dance, one of my pieces from a good while ago is back! 🌊 💃 🌊 www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/sea-...

Ah, Sea Dance, one of my pieces from a good while ago is back! 🌊 💃 🌊 www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/sea-...

A kind decline this morning for the @welkinpress.bsky.social Genre Prize. Still, I’m glad I tried a micro - not my forte but a good little challenge!

I’ve written a piece for the Women’s Prize website about historical novels written by women about m/m relationships (like my novel Dwell): womensprize.com/five-histori...

Haunt us! flash-frog.com/submit/

Mega Congrats to our 5winners in the 33rd Award chosen by @ajwoodhouse.bsky.social 1st, @anneh23.bsky.social 2nd, David Swann 3rd,Cecilia Maddison Highly commended @sarahillswrites.bsky.social Highly commended @Katehorsleywriter.Bsky.social Read their fab stories on bathflashfictionaward.com

🎂 Today's the 4th anniversary of my book being published by Ad Hoc Fiction @bathflashaward.bsky.social (who did a beautiful job with it, including the design.)🎂 For one day only, the UK price is, a pound per year, just £4, inc P&P! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26752117... #amwriting #flashfiction #booksky

Free flash fiction anthology. Download Ellipsis Zine Eight from our website here: ellipsis-zine.com/publications... 28 pieces of flash memoir, non fiction and creative non-fiction, 1,000 words or fewer.

Congratulations Sara Hills Highly Commended In our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...

Comgratulations Kate Horsley highly commended in our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/high...

Congratulations Cecilia Maddison Third Prize in our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/thir...

Congratulations David Swann, second prize In our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/seco...

Congratulations to Anne Howkins first prize winner in our 33rd Award www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/firs...

Clang the bells! The @wigleaf.bsky.social Long List and Top 50 list is up www.wigleaf.com.🎈 Special thanks to Guest Selecting Editor, @andrewporter01.bsky.social. Gratitude also to our team who spent countless hours reading. And big 🙏 to Scott Garson without whom this list wouldn't exist! 🌷🌷

Last SIX hours to send in your 100-word gems. Currently at 589 entries and counting! Thanks to everyone who's so far trusted me with their glorious words.

You. Have. Less. Than. TWENTY-FOUR hours. Entries close at 3pm BST tomorrow 30th June. That's 3PM BST 30th JUNE. If I could underline and bold 3PM, I would!!! Those of you still scribbling, pruning, polishing, you might want to switch your settings to turbo mode.

TOMORROW WILL BE YOUR LAST CHANCE TO ENTER! Our international competition for stories up to 500 words (excluding title) closes for entries tomorrow (30 June). flash500.com Judge @scooterwriter.bsky.social Prizes: £300/£200/£100 plus publication #fiction #writerslife #writerscommunity

Here It is at last — How to Fold a World Map the 2025 BFFA anthology containing stories from the 3 2025 awards Copies will be posted to contributors soon. Thanks everyone for your patience www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/06/bath...

Free flash fiction anthology. Download Ellipsis Zine: Seven from our website here: ellipsis-zine.com/publications... 36 pieces of flash fiction, 1,000 words or fewer. #flashfiction #litmag #litmags #litfiction

Our 2026 Short Story Competition is ✨ OPEN ✨ for entries!

This year I’m looking to start work on a #histfic Middle Grade novel. Hoping to connect with other writers of this genre 👀