Get your subs ready, Raw Lit takes the best care of your work! @delgeo14.bsky.social

Rob Reiner (1947–2025)

I’ve been seeing this cover over and over and I just… In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.

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Freelance writers! The deadline for my new editorial series is fast approaching - get your pitches in before noon tomorrow! freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/call-for-p...

"We are currently looking for: Crime & thrillers Psychological thrillers Cozy crime Historical fiction Romance & romantic comedies We currently don’t accept non-fiction, science fiction, YA, children’s books, literary fiction, poetry or short stories."

Belgrade Irish Festival Residency 2026 Belgrade Irish Festival Residency Application Deadline: 18th December 2025 The Belgrade Irish Festival and Literature Ireland are seeking applications from creative writers for a residential bursary in Belgrade, Serbia. This is an opportunity for an Irish…

So nice to read about a company fueled by something other than insatiable greed. Well done, Imbibe ☕

A Newsletter With a View of One’s Own-08 Good morning, friends! We are officially into the last month of 2025--how utterly unbelievable is that! We're also at the eighth edition of this newsletter--and 8 is an auspicious number in my culture, so I'm rather happy we've come this far. Let's get…

‘The readership might not be quite ready for a heroine who was deciding whether to push a romantic interest off a roof.’ Loving Margaret Atwood on her unpublished first novel in her memoir, ‘Book of Lives’.

Great to see @samwindrim.bsky.social on this list, such a wonderful writer and person. Congratulations to all the winners!

* ANNOUNCING * Wild Hunt Books are seeking short stories in Jan 2026 for our upcoming anthology, Modern Decadent, which embraces the fin de siècle literary & arts of the decadents, along with 19th century symbolism and aestheticism. We also welcome stories with a good dash of proto-Weird 🖤

❛ I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you might nudge the world a little or make a poem that children will speak for you when you are dead. We're sorry to hear of the passing of Tom Stoppard. #RIP

Wow! We’ve been blown away by the incredible entries already sent in for our First 500 Novel Competition! With the deadline fast approaching – midnight GMT, Sunday 30 November – this is your final chance. Entries submitted after this will not be accepted, so don’t miss out! zurl.co/RRhRz

I may have got a little over-excited and opened entries a little early. I'm not going to start reading until Monday, but if you want to send something over the weekend, you are welcome to do so: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

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ICYMI we're open for submissions of #microfiction. Please click on the link for our guidelines #MicroMonday #callforsubmissions #submissionsopen fictivedream.com/submission-g...

LITERARY MAGAZINES FOR EVERY READER at the #DublinSmallPressFair2025 Nov. 28-29 at Pearse St. Library dublinsmallpressfair.com for full details!

Lovely post by @jmcm.bsky.social about UL Winter School in Doolin. It really is a special experience

If you’ve never seen it, this:

Applications are open for the third year of the Paul McVeigh Residency! This is an amazing opportunity for fiction and non-fiction writers living in the UK and Ireland. Get more info here: paulmcveighwriter.com/2025/10/17/t... Application deadline: 30th November, 2025

Submissions Call: New Isles Press Anthology Issue 5 ✨Deadline: 30th Nov 2025 'Will be part of Nth Belfast Festival '26...a wonderful opportunity to have your work published, shared with a growing readership, & performed live at a major festival event' www.writing.ie/resources/ne... #writersky

This will be terrific 👌

How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.

Save the date! Submissions open for HOWL New Irish Writing 26 in February 2026 🐺 🖤

Somebody in Cork REALLY loves Chrisrmas

At the

Wore my new bright yellow raincoat to work. "Good morning Captain Birdseye"

There’s another wave of author impersonators offering consultations/mentoring for a price. (I got one from “Claire Keegan” telling me I’m very promising!) I’m sure you are great, but I didn’t email to tell you how swell you are. Here’s info on book scams: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/prh-fraud/

when the bouncers have reluctantly let me into the club but immediately realise they’ve made a horrible mistake

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We’re open for submissions until the end of the month thelonelycrowd.org/submissions/

Bursary time! Please apply if you're eligible and join me and @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social in January. 👇

Submissions Call for Tintreach, January 2026 Tintreach publishes creative work from across the artistic spectrum ✨Submissions are open until capacity is reached, or until midnight on Sunday, 30 November 2025 Read more: www.writing.ie/guest-blogs/... #Writingsky @smashingtimes.bsky.social

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

Want to up your POV game? Uncover the mysteries of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and use of multiple POVs to deepen your reader experience. Come join my 4-week online course in November through @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/flas...

Of course. Can't not have the Welkin. I've even been updating the Welkin website 😀 Had to find a solution to my website having too many pages without deleting stories 😬

Another Starter Pack for #IrishBookWeek: Literary Journals. Again, if I've forgotten anyone please let me know in the comments go.bsky.app/EdG3Ruv

Seeing as it's #IrishBookWeek, I've put together a Starter Pack of bricks 'n' mortar bookshops. Terrified I've forgotten someone obvious so please let me know of additions go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq

Submissions for Tolka Issue Eleven are now open until 6 November. We publish all kinds of non-fiction – essays, memoir, reportage, autofiction and the things that fall in between. Full submission guidelines here www.tolkajournal.org/submit

A wonderful opportunity for a creative writing & poetry one day workshop

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

We're holding a month-long write-in in the awkward time between November and December, and we'd love for you to join us. It's free. Tell your friends. www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...

The older I get the more I appreciate when people say "oh I don't know the answer to that" or "actually I was wrong". It's probably the biggest shortcut to get me to trust you tbh.

Oh no - lovely Diane Keaton RIP

*Submission reminder* We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual. More info below🐐 www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...

Such a pleasure to do this Q&A for the Word Herding blog. @anneoleary.bsky.social is so supportive of other writers. Her blog is a great resource for Irish writers seeking info on opportunities, competitions, etc.

New blog post: an interview with author @sylvialeatham.bsky.social about her debut novel #ChaosTheory. Touching upon fear of failure, carving out writing time and robot social skills! anneolearyblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/c...

Lads, there’s a new magazine in Belfast - coming soon. Give a follow (insta or blusky) to our new friends, Sci Fi Ireland 🪐 #WritingCommunity #SciFiCommunity