Writers of historical fiction, check out our new comp: newwriters.org.uk/historical-f... Deadline: Wednesday, 5th November 2025 Top Prize: £500 Word Limit: 300 words Charity: 10% of proceeds to First Story & the Funzi & Bodo Trust Get involved! #writingcommunity #historicalfiction

Thank you Goldfinch Novel Award 2025 & James Mustelier for picking my novel as a runner-up. Congrats to the winner Anna Kemp, & @dorit-dscarlett.bsky.social & Jess Fitch. Thanks also to my writer buddies @delgeo14.bsky.social & @juliusolofsson.bsky.social for your brilliant thoughts & advice.

We're delighted to present the inaugural New Writers Anthology: newwriters.org.uk/anthology-is... It features a selection of prize-winning and shortlisted stories, poems and book reviews from the competitions we ran between 2022 and 2024. We hope you enjoy it! #newwriters #writinganthology

Massive thanks to @thecoloredlens.bsky.social for nominating my kooky story for the @pushcartprize.bsky.social - much appreciated! And big congrats to the other nominees. #writingcommunity

Band of the day for me: melinmelyn.bandcamp.com Check 'em out.

Here's a dark little villanelle I wrote that's gained an honourable mention in the recent Dark Poets Prize: www.darkpoets.club/post/the-pas... #poetry #writingcommunity

Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops. They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities. Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish . Thank you.

The New Writing Flash Fiction Competition 2025 is open for entries: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio... - Top prize: £1,100 - Head Judge: Shreya Sen-Handley (@shreyasenhan on Insta) - Donating £1 from each entry to the brilliant creative writing charity First Story #flashfiction #writingcommunity

“A flower blossoms for its own joy.” ― Oscar Wilde

Fancy a free writer's retreat in Dorset with a fee plus travel? The Bridport Prize have got 2 on offer for working class and/ or LGBTQIA+ writers, unpublished & self published authors or published writers of individual stories. Please share - closing date is 13th!! More details on their website.

We're pleased to announce the winner of our free-to-enter Autumn Micro-fiction Comp: 'The Thing About Bonfires Is' by Heather Haigh Check out the winning entry and a couple of the honourable mentions here: newwriters.org.uk/autumn-micro... (And sign up for our newsletter for more free comps!)

Highly recommended. As well as 'big', it's rather enlightening and very funny! #poetry

Here's a poem I wrote in response to Larkin's 'This Be The Verse': rawlit.weebly.com/issue3_8.html published in the third issue of Raw Lit - rawlit.weebly.com/issues.html (Accompanied by artwork from Dr. Vass Geo.) #poetry

A little poem I wrote a while ago (accompanied by a photograph by Sreelekha Chatterjee): rawlit.weebly.com/issue2_16.html #poetry #nationalpoetryday

“I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so fuckin' heroic.” ― George Carlin

Here's a sweary poem of mine that's been published in the brilliant online mag, Raw Lit: t.co/6v5IDRH2MI There are loads of beautiful poems, stories, artworks and hybrids that are worth checking out. #writingcommunity #authors

Hello Blue Sky. I'm hoping to connect with other writers. Anyone else working on their first novel? (I'm in the fun-and-not-at-all-arduous editing stage.) #author #WritingCommunity