Are you working on the next big story? Don't miss out on The Novelry's latest competition. Submit 3 pages of your manuscript for the chance to win £75,000. Details here: bit.ly/3IikrqN #writingcomps #novels #iamwriting

Congratulations to this year's winners and to all the writers featured in the Volume 17 anthology. Read all their stories: bit.ly/4l0zhk8 @zoemeager.bsky.social @morrislau78.bsky.social #writing #shortstories #writingcompetitions

Local to Bristol? Don't miss the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Launch and Winners' Reception tomorrow, June 28th, at Waterstones, Bristol - Galleries. Get your free ticket here: bit.ly/3TIoQFU #writingprize #shortstoryprize

Hurt from tragedy and haunted by bullies, ‘Washing Instructions for Delicate Fabric’ follows a young girl as she tries to fit into a life that wasn't made for her. 📚 @annewilkins.bsky.social's story features in our upcoming anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

It wasn’t part of the plan. In fact, you didn’t even think it was possible… not at your age. But it happened and now an impossible decision sits before you. 📚 Catch Debra's affecting story in our 2025 anthology & meet all our shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

They’re back! They might not look the same, but that doesn’t matter. All that matters is the chance for more time. A compelling story about loss, reincarnation and letting go. 📚 Read Becky’s story in our anthology and meet all our shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

In the aftermath of a devastating fire, rescue crews search for survivors, while a young girl searches for hope in the darkness. 📚 Jillian’s story joins our next anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted authors: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

It’s the morning of the Olympic 100m sprint, a historic day in the making, and yet life goes on. ‘1992’ immerses us in the daily lives of a family just doing their best. 📚 Look for S-L’s story in our upcoming anthology and meet all our shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

Fran seems destined to a life running the family business – Dikes’ Gas & Goods – until a late-night customer makes her question everything. 📚 Louis’s mysterious story features in our upcoming anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted authors: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

‘How to Lose a Sister’ is a deeply emotional story about grief, learning to live with it and learning that life can still be beautiful. 📚 Read Issie’s story in our new anthology. Find out more and meet all our shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

Stuck. Trapped. Flattened. ‘The Weight of a Man’ is an exploration of family, love and the search to escape pressures outside our control. 📚 Read @morrislau78.bsky.social's story in our upcoming anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted authors: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

What if you had to let go of the things you love, one at a time, until you had nothing left? Could you do it? What if you didn’t have a choice? 📚 @zoemeager.bsky.social's story joins our next anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted authors: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

In this multi-POV story, we follow a mother and her daughter as they are forced to confront what it means to belong. 📚 @kerrymead.bsky.social‬’s heart-breaking story will feature in our new anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

Accidentally sharing a bed with a friend is one thing, but doing it with a coworker you hardly know... that's a disaster waiting to happen. Or is it? 📚 Check out @phoebhamiltonjones.bsky.social's laugh out loud story in our upcoming anthology and meet all 15 shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

‘Eggshell White’ brings us face to face with the oppressive darkness that lives beneath the walls, beneath the skin, beneath society’s façade. 📚 Catch @demimondaine.bsky.social's work in our upcoming anthology and meet all our shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

‘Memory Box’ paints a heart-wrenching portrait of life after earth and explores the beauty and sadness that comes with clinging to memories of things long lost. 📚 JR’s story features in our upcoming anthology. Learn more & meet all the shortlisted authors: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

This compelling and visceral vignette gives us a glimpse into the life of a teenager trying to live and love as the world crumbles around them. 📚 Emma’s story will appear in our upcoming anthology along with the other shortlisted writers. Learn more: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

‘Borderline’ takes us on a journey of self-exploration. In a divided Berlin, the main character must face the dangers of embracing all aspects of their identity or forever feel incomplete. 📚 Catch @redfernjon.bsky.social's story in our anthology and meet all our shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB

Check out the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 17 cover design and learn more about the artist at bit.ly/4kNjC78

The 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist is now live: bit.ly/4k7rSio A huge thank you to our incredible judging panel: @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social, Kate Johnson and @peacemedie.bsky.social for their time, commitment and enthusiasm. Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted authors!

Attention all: Only one more day until we announce this year's shortlist!

Congratulations to Jane Healey on her new novel, Crescendo, which was pre-empted by Harvill Secker and will reach bookshelves in spring 2026! We are elated for Jane, whose story 'Pool Boy' was shortlisted for the 2013 Bristol Short Story Prize.

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Congratulations to the authors of the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize longlist! Now live on our website: bit.ly/4bNzJi5

Update on Longlist After thorough consideration we have decided to push the longlist announcement back one week. We apologise for any frustration or disappointment this causes. Please visit our website for more details: bit.ly/4iHKKn8

Happy publication day to Kasia Jaronczyk, whose new novel, Voices in the Air, was published by Palimpsest Press last week! We are over the moon for Kasia, whose short story, Lemons, was shortlisted for the 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize.

Congratulations to Maureen Cullen on her debut novel 'Kitten Heels', published by Ringwood Publishing in Oct '24, and on her short story collection, 'Havoc Shore', coming out this June. We are elated for Maureen, whose story, Havoc Shore, was shortlisted for the 2018 Bristol Short Story Prize.

A big thank you to everyone who submitted to the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize! We were thrilled to receive entries from over 40 countries! The longlist will be announced on our website bit.ly/40MOdcW & socials by 15 March. Stay tuned and keep up the writing!

OMG there are 19 minutes left to purchase an entry to the prize, then you have till Friday 5 p.m. to upload your work! GET IN: bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

T-minus 1 hour! If you want your story to be considered for the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize, make sure you submit before 11:59 pm BST! Shortlisted entries get prize money and publication! Submit your short stories now: buff.ly/4gqxWA6 📣 Spread the word

You've got less than an hour to get your story in for the Bristol Short Story Prize--go, go, go! bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

T-minus 1 hour! If you want your story to be considered for the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize, make sure you submit before 11:59 pm BST! Shortlisted entries get prize money and publication! Submit your short stories now: buff.ly/4gqxWA6 📣 Spread the word

Sneaking into the @bristolshortstory.bsky.social with something have been tinkering on for ages, that may or may not feature a dragon.

Go on, you will, you will. And for the love of god, don't forget to *attach the story* as the last step...😳

You have six hours left to submit your story! Go, go, go! bsky.app/profile/bris...

What did you say? The Bristol Short Story Prize has reopened and you can submit until 23:59 TONIGHT? Go, go, go! bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

Submitted. And there's lots of time for everyone else too!

The clock is ticking! Only 12 hours left to get those entries in! BBSP closes for second chance submissions tonight (Feb 5) at 23:59 BST! Submit your short stories before time runs out: buff.ly/4gqxWA6 Share far and wide ✍️📚

but those are just two meteorites in this lake. For lack of a better term, the rest of 2025 looks to teem with a series of mic drops, and I celebrated the first last night with this lush Champagne given to me by a friend for Christmas. Let's go!

2025 is looking to be an insane year in terms of the birth and/or fruition of numerous developments, personal, writing, and and academic. The first were the publication of Cloudbreak: Haiku and Senryu, 1987-2018 by Red Ceilings and the promotion to senior lecturer last month... (1/2)

What did you say? The Bristol Short Story Prize has reopened and you can submit until 23:59 TONIGHT? Go, go, go! bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

The submission portal is now open! If you didn't get a chance to submit before, now is your chance. The portal is only open until 23:59 BST tonight (5 Feb)! Visit https://buff.ly/4gqxWA6 and submit your #shortstory for a chance to win! #WritingCommunity

Set your alarms! The submission portal will reopen in just a few hours! From 00:00 to 23:59 BST Wednesday 5 Feb you'll get a second chance to submit an entry to the 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize. Get those stories ready! Enter here: bit.ly/3ZjmdN8

Miss your chance to submit to the Bristol #ShortStory Prize? Don't fret... we're reopening for submissions for one day only. Register and submit your story at bit.ly/3ZjmdN8 between 00:00 and 23:59 BST on Wednesday 5 Feb for your chance to win! Spread the word 🖋️

Hello, all. Sorry for the delay in updating you on the reopening of the Bristol Short Story Prize (bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk). Our university finance team needs time to process the entry fees received before reopening, so the prize will reopen from 00:00 to 23:59 BST on Wednesday 5 Feb! Get in!

It's Monday, 3 February, and later this morning UK time, we'll reopen our prize for entries for exactly 24 hours! Read up on the details and get your story ready! bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk Watch this space for the announcement!!

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