I love the different voices collaborating here

"The Secret to Aging Well" by Anika Carpenter @StillSquirrel.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity

Absolutely brilliant - thanks for flagging this, @stillsquirrel.bsky.social

It’s an amazing competition, not least because this year I won first prize - first time ever for my writing. I’ve learnt so much about the craft of writing from this wonderful resource

Feeling a bit weepy at he moment and this sent me over the edge - in a good way. Beautiful storytelling

Thank you for the wonderful support and encouragement. I learned so much from his wonderful competition and the workshops

Listened to this wonderful story this morning. So beautifully written.

“His old mother must be present, sitting in the chair to his left with a napkin to hand. If she is not present, he must go and find another one.” What a fantastic collaboration for a story

Particularly love this, by Beth Sherman ‘Is this a story about community, the zebra asks. He’s starting to get on my nerves, to be honest’

Amazing story!

Heartbreaking story by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in Raw Lit rawlit.weebly.com/7_3.html

Wonderful writing by @chriscottom.bsky.social and such great choices to share

Oh this is so gorgeous ‘At night, we would huddle in groups, arms winged over each other, a shoulder for every head.’

Me, ripe as a cherry. Ruby lips parted. He bends closer, closer. ‘If you touch me, I will rip your balls off.’ I just love this story

‘In every hallucination there has to be a full stop. Dawn was milking the sky when our bear became a flock of frantic blackbirds.’ Such gorgeous writing @oh-so-boatie.bsky.social

Congratulations to the Winners of our Charity Flash Competition, judged by @judehwriter2.bsky.social. Commiserations to our shortlisters whose stories weren't picked (they were all FAB!) and thanks to all who entered thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-...

Wonderful story by @beewish.bsky.social I am the Japanese knotweed of the acronym world, once I take root in my victim’s mind, there is no easy way to get rid.

Absolutely wonderful story. Every line carries so much

Thank you so much. Absolutely thrilled to have been selected for this wonderful competition

I ran up the stairs shrieking, then down again, then danced on the spot. Thank you so much, @nivenaudrey.bsky.social and @judehwriter2.bsky.social and @proppencil.bsky.social . Look forward to reading the other stories and also Flashflood stories today

‘I watch the deep, pink mystery unfold like a glistening. I read the silken folds for clues.’ Gorgeous, @pleomorphic2.bsky.social x

Laugh till you spit out your tea story in WestWord by Tony Bell open.substack.com/pub/westword... @retreatwest.bsky.social

‘I recognize obscenities, Mr. Airington, and I don’t even have a mother. Please apologize.’ Loving this story by Barry Yednvobnick and all the other quirky stories and illustrations in this issue

I bought this last year - a great read. Happy birthday, @judehwriter2.bsky.social

“at lunch you said that your sandwich was made with bdrown bdreabd today so I could have it since that made you bdarf.” I love everything about this story, but especially this bit

Brilliant how this swells and sucks at you - wonderful writing

Excellent online workshop on writing inspired by birds - thank you so much @electrarhodes.bsky.social and Kit Jewitt

Congratulations to everyone on the longlist! I think our judge, @avitusbcarle.bsky.social is going to have some tough decisions to make! westword.substack.com/p/hermit-cra...

I love the kindness in this flash by Nora Nadjaran newflashfiction.com/we-stutter-l...

Submissions open on theme: Resistance Fiction, CNF, Poetry, and Visual Art Open through March 31! Details can be found here: epistemiclit.com/submissions/

Such beautiful choices - thank you @mattkendrick.bsky.social and @pleomorphic2.bsky.social for these, especially The Flight of Swallows

Kit de Waal - amazing writer and all-round inspiration for and champion of older female writers

ICYMI: Kit de Waal will headline a new literary festival taking place in East and West Sussex, spotlighting the work of female writers over the age of 50 👇

Lovely to see my little story in witcraft.org/2025/03/10/d...

So helpful

Lovely

Thrilled to be on this list!

Sad that Witcraft is closing. Doug Jacquier has always been a very generous, fair and responsive (super speedy) editor and the magazine is great. We need more outlets for humour flash fiction. Best of luck and thank you, @witcraft.bsky.social

‘Because he briefs Mum to ‘go in hard’ and ‘take no prisoners’ when he drives her to Asda’ - so good, @chriscottom.bsky.social

Really happy to see my Halloween story here thehooghlyreview.com/trick-or-tre... thank you @thehooghlyreview.bsky.social

Terrifyingly brilliant - “It used to be safe in a car until the orcas observed how crows scoop up snails and drop them from a height to fracture the shells”

“A phalanx of storks flies overhead, each carrying a baby in a little blanket”

Just read this and wow! Ada’s one of the good’uns

I love this story and the pre story about writing it

Weatherglass Prize for a novella (rare in this day and age), with the wonderful Ali Smith as judge. International. Please share: weatherglassbooks.com/novella-priz...

This story shimmers throughout - just beautiful