ANMLY is now open for new work! We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org/ap40

Love a good crow 👍☺️

ONE WEEK LEFT! Our two-week writing intensive for this summer is open for applications until May 18th. We offer a robust scholarship program, so everyone is encouraged to apply. Learn the building blocks of storytelling (plot, characters, etc.) with The Common staff! buff.ly/vT8I5ba

Our August magazine issue is open for submissions! We publish poetry, short prose poetry, visual art, art photography, and music. Please use our Submittable: redogrereview.submittable.com/submit Reposts welcome! 💙📚 #PoetrySky #ArtSky #MusicSky

Submissions are open. Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/F9Eewzp #writingcommunity

We have a new Submission Call!

Funny how folks like to say that humanities degrees are “useless” while the world is being actively destroyed by people not knowing about history, ethics, media literacy, or how to think critically. But sure, tell me again how STEM alone will save us.

– Mary Wollstonecraft, born #OnThisDay in 1759, in A Vindication of the Rights of Men.

What a lovely post! And so perfect for #selfpromoThursday. Thanks @orlaowenwriting.bsky.social

One of the amazing speeches yesterday was by Diana, a woman who has had her GRC for 20 years. One fact she shared is that there are only 8,000 people with a GRC in the UK. All this vitriol, all the money for the court cases, space in newspapers, time in parliament, to target 8,000 people. Of course>

Looking for a short story to ease you back into work after the long bank holiday? Just read a brilliant one on the @crankedanvil.bsky.social website. Here's 'Observation' by EJ Taylor: crankedanvil.co.uk/2024/07/16/o...

On a walk through the hills this morning... "Language is like a road, it cannot be perceived all at once because it unfolds in time, whether heard or read. This narrative or temporal element has made writing and walking resemble each other." - Rebecca Solnit (from Wanderlust: A History of Walking)

STARTING TODAY! My new online course… Pendle & Salem: Witchcraft in 17th-Century England and Colonial America You can follow ‘live’ or at your own pace. There’s still time to sign up (£40) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pendle-sal...

Good morning, Hopper

This could be a great opportunity for the right person. Please share.

We are open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction #flashfiction #shortstories and #translations #callforsubmissions. Please follow the link for our guidelines fictivedream.com/submission-g...

Just signed. Thanks for forwarding @stuartaken.bsky.social

Reading the English translation of the French book Double Room by Anne Sénès in France has a different flavour. Thank you so much @orendabooks.bsky.social for the proof copy. I’m loving it so far. Please… pre-order now! It’s simply brilliant! Love, loss and #synesthesia #BookSky

I may be the 7 millionth person to share this but it really hits home as I stare at a screen all day analysing data for my day job then stare at a screen all evening and all weekend as I write my books. But we’re dancing animals. You know, we love to move around… #kurtvonnegut #BookSky #envelope

Do consider signing the @SocietyofAuthors.bsky.social open letter to Lisa Nandy demanding that #Meta be held to account for #pirating our work. We shd be fairly remunerated for our work & our consent sought for all uses. @uklabour.bsky.social eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

London Wildlife Trust updates website for people to help nature insidecroydon.com/2025/04/03/l... #Croydon #Volunteers

Book Signing Changes! Quick update on a my schedule. There's two signings coming up, and a third is postponed to June: jendia-gammon.ghost....

The Polari Prize is open for submissions One for all you #LGBTQIA+ writers. Check it out and please share. Queer fiction! www.polarisalon.com/submissions-...

Well the proof copies are here - that’s got to be a good sign.

The BBC's Memories channel, aimed at helping people with Alzheimer's and similar conditions by airing past programmes, is currently showing a 60s documentary about the archiectural development of London: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

A very happy "gotcha" day to Charlie, who came into our lives four years ago today. She is a delightful menace and we're glad she's part of the family. Also, she wants to know if you are going to eat that.

It’s #FridayReads time! Today we boost all signals and celebrate books. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Sharing my latest, which Meta used to train their AI. Read books by humans. Read real, soulful stuff. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316... bookshop.org/p/books/hous...

There are three signed copies of WHERE RAVENS ROOST at Foyle’s Bookshop (Charing Cross Road) in London! Get them while you can! @hqstories.bsky.social

Painting created c.1960s, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital in Surrey, by an individual who was compelled to live there, whose identity is currently unknown to us. I’m fairly sure this work depicts the main road & turning off which spirals up the steep hill towards Netherne

What a tragic loss! Alex Wheatle was a great writer and an inspiration. #booksky www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

Just discovered #ShamelessSelfpromoThursday! So here's my collection of stories, Uncertain Terms. It's about uncomfortable, isolated people in the last century. The humour's dry. It's had good reviews. A bargain at only £3! You'll find it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Uncertain-Te...

Can't celebrate #stpatricksday without recommending this amazing dramatisation of #Ulysses from @rte.ie

Happy #stpatricksday. Here's the #history of his life, thanks to @rte.ie www.rte.ie/lifestyle/li...

Another #OnThisDay, 60 years ago in March, a golden eagle evading capture captivates London www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#OnThisDay in 1933, the first King Kong film was released in New York. What an amazing success it turned out to be en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Ko...

Submissions are already rolling in! Here’s a quick breakdown of our categories and word limits (minus the typo in our last post, whoops)

They voted to raise your Council Tax, then to increase their pay insidecroydon.com/2025/02/27/t... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis #CouncilTax @rosslydall.bsky.social

A vacancy has recently opened up at the Big Green Bookshop for a new customer. The ideal candidate will have a regular urge to buy lots of amazing books. Please email [email protected] with a list of books you'd like to buy. The position is available straight away.

My grateful thanks to the stellar @fictivedream.bsky.social for publishing my flash about the extraordinary but troubled Mary Pickford today. One in my series of pieces about women in the silent film era. #flashfictionfebruary 🎥🎞️🎬

🎨 Istanbul, 19th Century #Painting #City

Please include your social media handles in your submissions! In this political climate, we want to/ need to know who we are publishing, especially after a horrible experience last year. #SubmissionGuidelines #Transparency

Bright kids.

Jane Fonda in SAG Awards speech: "Woke just means you give a damn about other people" cnn.it/3XdUSvy

The Salmon of Knowledge, Belfast A.k.a The Big Blue Fish #BlueskyMonday #EastCoastKin #Photography #Belfast

The world looked so pretty yesterday! Please comment more of the pretty world that you've seen lately. I want to see more!!! 💙 #booksky #photography #world #nature #beauty