Having reached our cap, we will be closing our Prose & Poetry submissions this evening at 7p.m. GMT Thank you so much to all who submitted, it’s an honour to read your work.

Ok, @trashcatlit.bsky.social its here! You’re the first read for 2026! 🥂 I can see: @iridescentwords.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social @joycebingham.bsky.social @bronwengriffiths.bsky.social @mikepiero.org @lucimcummings.bsky.social @youcanandyouwill.bsky.social @leighloveday.bsky.social

I have a new story out in @trashcatlit.bsky.social today! You can read it here, or listen to me read it to you! Many thanks to @therelphian.bsky.social, and to @smokelong.bsky.social, where this piece was born. #flashfiction trashcatlit.com/she-calls-hi...

Front cover of Issue 4 of Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social. We'll be launching the issue in nine days time, on the morning of January 11th, and wow, it's going to be a great issue! Back cover coming tomorrow!

Before we take time off to celebrate Christmas, @jmcm.bsky.social and I want to spread some cheer with a festive @frazzledlitmag post. Cosy up to the fire, and read brand new poetry from Emily Cullen, myself, and a flash fiction story from Jennifer. www.frazzledlit.com/p/festive-fr...

Before we take a couple of days off to celebrate Christmas, Laura @lozzawriting.bsky.social and I want to spread some seasonal cheer with a festive @frazzledlit.bsky.social post. Featuring new poetry from Emily Cullen and Laura, and a flash fiction from me. www.frazzledlit.com/p/festive-fr...

This beautiful #poetry anthology from @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social not only celebrates Christmas and other seasonal events but crystallises the beauty of winter in the mind My piece "A Northern Blur of A Winter Streetscape" juxtaposes the misery of weather and warmth of a festive event.

Lots of people doing yearly round ups, and tho tempted, I'm not going to. I've had a great year. The publications, nominations, the litmag, and the people. If you want to know about it, check my website, chillsubs, or my various feeds. Keep going! Write. That's all that matters.

At Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social we’re celebrating the end of our second successful year in acoustic style, by posting twelve of our favourite readings from Issues 1-3. Go, listen, and give your ears a treat! www.frazzledlit.com/p/the-frazzl...

Our contributors for the Christmas-Winter anthology no 6! 🎄🤶❄️☃️🎁 blackboughpoetry.com/news #poetic #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #poet

omorrow opens the season of forced smiles: #PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave. Unwrap the wrong thing. Write the heaviness behind the ribbon. Post from Friday. Use Alt Text. Tag it. Saturday prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

Check my book Motherbunnet out here. If you're looking for something honest and different about parenthood for your friends who know it's brilliant but also hellish, might nearly kill you and will definitely destroy your brain... but is also moreish and shit... look no further.

Laura -- How exciting. Congratulations🎉🎉🎉

3 books from The Book Bag Christmas Gift List if you’re looking for inspiration…🎅🎄 Moon Base One by Jemma L. King Becoming Altar by @luaz.bsky.social Motherbunnet by @lozzawriting.bsky.social Read the Full List Here: shorturl.at/z8lgH

Anthologies I'm in recently: Soots and Boots, @thebrokenspine.co.uk Christmas & Winter Volume 6, @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social Glasgow City of Poets '25 @fromoneline.bsky.social Volume 7 I can't afford hard copies these till after Xmas, but I've read. Amazing! All avaliable on Amazon.

Highly recommend!

Looking for a seasonal read or a gift for a book lover? Soot & Boots is ready for December nights. #SootAndBoots

Editing Soot & Boots reminded me how short fiction can cut straight to the bone. #SootAndBoots

This is the kind of stuff that excites sad lil editors like me! It's why I continue doing what I do. Wait till y'all read this work!

Congrats, @ronanmurphymusic.com, @lozzakidwriting.bsky.social and @belrimmer.bsky.social !

Still taking this in! Thrilled and honoured beyond belief. Congratulations to @lozzawriting.bsky.social and @belrimmer.bsky.social , and massive thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk . It's an absolute privilege, and a dream come true. So grateful 🙏 #poetry #poetrycommunity

I could NOT be more delighted to share the news that I am one of the few winners of the @thebrokenspine.co.uk Summer Pamphlet Competition. My God, it feels like Christmas early! Watch this space for my pamphlet Polyrythmic Cake Mix, GETTING PUBLISHED by one of the most respected publishers around!

Went to see Santa today. Wow, did he deliver! At 3, I got an email from @thebrokenspine.co.uk ❤️ saying my pamphlet was being published! And then, at 4, I discovered I was nominated for a Pushcart by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social ❤️ Two of the most respected publishers I can think of. What a day!

This award is a gift from writers to writers. A prize that exists only because the poetry community believes in it. Facilitated by @AlanParry83.bsky.social, but funded by you. Let’s cross the finish line. 🔗

Thank you so much to @alanparrywriter.co.uk, @thebrokenspine.co.uk, for choosing my novella-in-flash as one of the three winners in the Summer 2025 Competition. I've been working on The Knack of Gaining Entry for years and have never given up on it. Now it has found a perfect home. I'm thrilled.

#PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave starts Friday. Write the unwanted gifts. The fake thanks. The "I saw this and thought of you" that cuts deeper than expected. Tag it. Use Alt Text. Don’t post early. For more prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

Went to see Santa today. Wow, did he deliver! At 3, I got an email from @thebrokenspine.co.uk ❤️ saying my pamphlet was being published! And then, at 4, I discovered I was nominated for a Pushcart by @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social ❤️ Two of the most respected publishers I can think of. What a day!

The BLACK BOUGH @pushcartprize.bsky.social nominations for this year. Ashley Linkletter @lozzawriting.bsky.social @andyperrincycling.bsky.social @poetbex.bsky.social Guinevere Clark Jude Brigley Well done to all!

I am overwhelmed with this news. Thanks so much to @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social at @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for this much appreciated support of my work. I really cannot express what this means to me, honestly lost for all the words. ❤️

I could NOT be more delighted to share the news that I am one of the few winners of the @thebrokenspine.co.uk Summer Pamphlet Competition. My God, it feels like Christmas early! Watch this space for my pamphlet Polyrythmic Cake Mix, GETTING PUBLISHED by one of the most respected publishers around!

Thanks Paul! @paulwritespoems.bsky.social

Have you read @lozzawriting.bsky.social book Motherbunnet yet? As recommended in The Book Bag Christmas Gift List as an excellent gift for parents… Read the full list here: shorturl.at/cfrWb #poetry

Reading Soots & Boots and Rites &Trials (I have a poem in this excellent book) from @thebrokenspine.co.uk over the next few days. I’ve already cried at @lozzawriting.bsky.social short story. Outstanding work.

Teamwork, that's what me and Laura have. Frazzled Lit works because we work so well together. Dream team, @lozzawriting.bsky.social, that's what we are!

Delighted to see the buzz over @frazzledlit.bsky.social, even the people who have been rejected are happy because they know we respect and take care of every piece we receive. What a great experience running this mag with @jmcm.bsky.social Thanks again to all who came through the door!

The Dirigible is my go-to resource for encouraging poetry and reading poetry when I'm in school. A fantastic compendium of some of the best children's writers we have! @northernjim.bsky.social

Black Friday Sale! Get your copy of Motherbunnet for only £7 including UK postage, until 00.00 on 29th Nov DM for details Review by the very kind @helenlaycock.bsky.social

We'll be sending out all responses to submissions for Issue 4 of Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social on Saturday 6th December. And yes, it will be me pushing the Big Red Button, same as usual!

Shine is wonderful for sharing so many diverse voices from around the world 🙌

In today's rather frank Frazzled Lit @frazzledlit.bsky.social post, I consider the importance of taking risks with our work, and writing about what makes us uncomfortable. www.frazzledlit.com/p/lets-talk-...

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Delighted to see your name joining our Frazzled Fam @kiklodge.bsky.social

Absolutely thrilled that my very 1st piece of CNF has been accepted by the good folk at @frazzledlit.bsky.social & will be published in Jan 2026. I've been so embroiled with noveling and editing that I had no short work published in all of 2025. Looking forward to sharing this piece with you all!

Delighted to have 3 pieces (flash fiction/short story/CNF) coming soon in @frazzledlit.bsky.social Issue 4. Thank you @jmcm.bsky.social 🥰

Delighted to have you join the family Delphine! @delgeo14.bsky.social

This morning, I'll be sending out all responses to submissions for Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social Frazzled Lit. Of necessity, there'll be rejections, but please don't be disheartened if you receive one. Read my article about rejections at the link below. www.frazzledlit.com/p/however-on...

This is a gentle reminder to cast your vote in the Chill Subs Best Lit Mags 2025 poll. And hey, it'd be sweet if you voted for @frazzledlit.bsky.social Frazzled Lit! www.frazzledlit.com/p/you-guys-l...

Please do!

I want to shout out the lit mags and others who have published me in 2025: @welkinprize.bsky.social , TL;DR Press, @frazzledlit.bsky.social , @trashcatlit.bsky.social , @mrbullbull.bsky.social , @natflashfictionday.bsky.social , and @doesithavepockets.bsky.social .

Delighted to have a couple of pieces in December’s The Candyman’s Trumpet @dreich.bsky.social and great to be among fabulous work from friends, @helenlaycock.bsky.social @rburrows.bsky.social @hool415.bsky.social @lawrencemoore.bsky.social @lozzawriting.bsky.social Huge thanks to Jack Caradoc