Competition Twenty-One Shortlist    A Kintsugi Heart by Jude Potts Bees Fly by Shirley Bunyan Coming Home From the Mill At Least Is Certain (After LS Lowry) by Emma Phillips Land Girl by Alison Wassel...

Current Free Flash Fiction Competition

Current Free Flash Fiction Competition

Current Free Flash Fiction Competition

The day she became a tree her husband planted her in their garden. From the Royal Horticultural Society website he learned it’s important to dig your hole deep enough for the roots of your tree to set...

I meet the werewolf at a noodle bar in Soho. Chain Reaction’s playing on the radio, and he’s using chopsticks to drum the beat, a tangle of beef chow mein in a bowl.   I’ve been drinking, but t...

Eve, Observed  Joen is not vain enough to look at his reflection. He follows the flow of the summer crowds at the museum until his nose is almost touching the security glass but never raises his...

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AN POST IRISH BOOk AWARDS Public Vote 2023 Vote for your favourite books of the year here and win €100 of National Book Tokens Scroll down and vote for the book you would like to win each award cate...

London Independent Story Prize 2023 Creative Writing Competition Winners, Finalists and LISP 23 Anthology Selections LISP 2023 Winners and Finalists: LISP 2023 Short Story Winner: Before the Gale by J...

Over the last few weeks, my health has decided to explore a new dimension. Which is the most positive way I can find of saying it has tumbled over another cliff. It isn’t worse necessarily just diff...

WestWord submissions are open for one month for each edition. September 2023 Submissions Theme: HOPE Submissions will be open from 1st to 30th September. We charge a small submission fee (£5) in orde...

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Photo by Giulia May on Unsplash Hi friends, UPCOMING WORKSHOPS First a bit of business: I’m soon to announce the upcoming round of workshops. If you’re interested and are not already on my Mailchi...

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Martha Lane is a writer by the sea. She writes extensively about grief, love, and all things unrequited. Many of her stories can be read online at marthalane.co.uk. Her novella, Lies Over the Ocean is...

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We are The Failing Writers Podcast. So, for this year's flash fiction writing contest we thought it would be apt to go with "Failing" as the theme! As well as our biggest ever prize of £500 the winne...