Some unexpected good news 😮

Atlantic Puffins — Jessica Eggers, 2026 Pen & ink, watercolor and gouache on paper www.instagram.com/p/DVh52RyiKs...

Our last day of micro spotlights and we have a triplet of treasures 🦝 We loved @stuartcavet.bsky.social 's take on parasitic behaviour, the surreal nature of this tight micro and how this unexpected parasite contemplates choice. Read and listen: trashcatlit.com/parasite/

Thrilled to be included in this fabulous edition of @trashcatlit.bsky.social ☺️

She is compact and gorgeously bijou - our March Mini Bin full of microfiction is now live 🦝 Dip in and out and enjoy sixteen tasty morsels. We'll be spotlighting each in the coming days. trashcatlit.com/march-mini-b...

Teasing our upcoming March Mini Bin micro issue with these two crackers 🦝 @catherinebuck.bsky.social follows two boys into the woods and has us question who the monsters are @stuartcavet.bsky.social shows us what happens when something that should help us, chooses to help itself More teases later

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Our next submission call is for the popular Prompted Stories. Get a set of prompts, chosen blind - write up to 500 words - all done within one month. The Prompt Generator is fired up on 1st April. Stay toooned 🦝 trashcatlit.com/prompted-pop... #submissioncalls

A tight drum roll, please... FFF and Free Flash Fiction are pleased to announce the FFF Competition Thirty-Two Longlist... #flashfiction #writingcompetitions freeflashfiction.com/competition-...

Lots of last minute entries this evening! Well done to all those still subbing! Just under 3 hours to go!

Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

Are you 16–25 and love writing? Enter the Young Writer Award for a chance to win £500 and get published in the Bridport Prize anthology! Don’t forget to tick the age box when you submit. Enter now: bridportprize.org.uk/writers-room-categories/young-writer-award/ #YoungWriters

📝 Writers aged 60+, this is your moment! 📝 Win £500 as the highest-placed writer aged 60+ in our novel, short story, poetry, or flash fiction competitions—no separate entry needed. Just tick the box when you submit! Find out more: https://ow.ly/BMII50Y5k3r #NeverTooLate #WritingOpportunities

We have winners! The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest was a bear this year. So many excellent micros. These are our top 7 and will be published Monday in Issue 90! www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Just a little sketch from a visit to Southampton in 1998. I wandered around looking for something to draw and settled for a quick seascape of the docks with gulls. A cold wind coming off the water. #art #watercolour #drawing #seagulls

The long list for The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025 is here! Congratulations and thank you to all who entered. The judging has been and continues to be extremely tough. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Longlisted and it feels so good! ☺️https://www.smokelong.com/the-smokelong-grand-micro-contest-the-long-list-2/

If you write or read flash fiction ( or entered Comp 30 ), FFF recommend you read the brilliant... FFF Competition Thirty Judge's Report by Nish X. Hegde. @nishxhegde.bsky.social #FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #writingcompetitions freeflashfiction.com/fff-competit...

We are currently open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction. Please click on the link for our guidelines #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions fictivedream.com/submission-g...

Honoured that @nishxhegde.bsky.social saw something commendable in my submission, and my thanks to Ian at @freeflashfiction.bsky.social for hosting this terrific competition and sharing my piece with FFF’s readers 🙏

Light after rain. 📷 #photography

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Woohoo! Longlisted … ☺️ bsky.app/profile/free...

Happy Friday!🥳🙌 I'd better go and make sure that my coffee and wine stay away from each other.🤭☕️🍷 #GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #TGIF #CoffeeTime #WeekendVibes

‘I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.’ #RalphWaldoEmerson #Booksky #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #Bookworm 🎨 Not mine

Enter our flash #fiction competition to win a cash prize + your story published in our winter issue. We're open to entries from anyone and we're awfully friendly so don't be shy 😊. Deadline for entries is 26th October. See link for full competition rules and to enter: penstricken.com/competitions

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Thrilled to have my entry long listed by the Farnham Flash Fiction Competition! ☺️ www.flashfiction500.com/2025-flash-f...

Muted in an array of greys and browns, Edward Seago's picture (1952) was painted from the north bank of the River Thames in London, on the mud flats of Chelsea Reach looking towards Lots Road Power Station, Fulham Power station is on the left.

What should you do today? Why, submit to Thin Skin, of course!

I no longer believe art can save the world, but I believe still that it can save me. So in the face of chaos, misinformation, hatred & ignorance, I'm going to make more art, experience more, share more, pay for more & publish more. I started this in darkness & it'll continue to be my light. 🖤🤍

We're enjoying Summer with our brilliant new JUNE ISSUE 😎 Enjoy it at our website: buff.ly/M9YTorb All the love to our contributors! WORDS: Amelia Valasek, Jack Barrie, Ella Harrigan, Alex Bortell ART: Jasper Glen PLUS: @taniamalik.bsky.social interviews Esinam Bediako

It's OKD newsletter day! Our July issue features reflections and advice from @norami.bsky.social on writing in a new language, plus our usual roundup of shoutouts and our June recap. Read it now:

Our July issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/volume-14-issue-7/ Words @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social @kimchinquee.bsky.social RENESHA DHANRAJ WYLEY FROHLICH JUNGERMAN TROY ANDERSON @danbillyc.bsky.social @theresegleason @claudiamonpere.bsky.social BRITTANY REDD TARA SHEA BURKE Art JACELYN YAP

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Let's act now to ban generative AI being used in all creative sectors. Add your name to the petition and join the fight to protect genuine creativity #Writers #readers #authors #books #literature #music #cinema #poetry #art 💙📚 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Psyched that submissions are already trickling in. Already snagged some amazing pieces from @atlascorpus.bsky.social, @seangmeggeson.bsky.social, R.P. Singletary, James Callan. Keep 'em coming!

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