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Dilys Wyndham Thomas

@dilyswt.bsky.social
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British-Belgian writer and poet. Words in Chestnut Review, Mslexia, New Flash Fiction Review, Shooter, X-R-A-Y, etc. Was assistant poetry editor at Passengers Journal. Almost always accompanied by two very clingy cats. (Haarlem, Netherlands)

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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@Insurgebt Press was amazing helping edit my poem. Thank you.
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A huge thank you to @saloneurope.bsky.social and the American Book Center in Amsterdam for having me. Such an honour to read at one of my very favourite bookshops ever.
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Next up @dilyswt.bsky.social ❤️
Dilys
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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Excited to see you @dilyswt.bsky.social, @kplumhoff.bsky.social, @terryholland.bsky.social, @amadolaila.bsky.social, @cariwriting.bsky.social, @amalkc.bsky.social, @misdonnacolta.bsky.social & everyone else I've forgotten to tag My EWS family 🧡❤️🧡
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
‪For anyone just joining us, here's a roundup of our values, community and plans✨ Although we value meeting in person, we also host quarterly online open mics so anyone can take part, wherever they are💛 #writingcommunity #europe
On beige background with royal blue text: EWS logo, a circle with an olive branch around the letters EWS. Bold, across top: What is European Writers Salon? To right of logo: A traveling salon where writers across Europe can meet and connect on and off social media. 
The main event will be an annual salon with opportunities for writing, attending panels and talks, networking, and exploring the cultural and literary life of our host city. Across bottom: saloneurope.org.
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Here we are in our online salon again and our first reader is @dilyswt.bsky.social
Smiling faces in the salon
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Last call for our online salon tomorrow. Come for fantastic readers including @susannacrossman.bsky.social, @dilyswt.bsky.social @nancyfreund.bsky.social @kplumhoff.bsky.social and many more Stay for the super serious quiz....
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
After spending most of winter dealing with some health issues, I'll be coming out of my creative hibernation by reading a few poems and a flash piece at the next @saloneurope.bsky.social Online salon, run by @kiklodge.bsky.social. Book a spot at l1nq.com/p3ujhqq
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I'll be reading at Published! Online alongside nine other writers from Women Who Submit, including writer friends from the WWS Europe chapter, Barbara Diggs (@bdiggswrites.bsky.social) and Augustine Blaisdell. Use the QR code below for info and tickets. Hope to see you there.
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Thank you to @xraylitmag.bsky.social for giving "Bellybutton Baby" such a great home! I was told not to start a story with a dream sequence, so naturally, the contrarian in me had to give it a go. "Bellybutton" was also a winner of the Summer 2025 City Writes competition (@citystgeorges.bsky.social)
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Thank you @chestnutreview.bsky.social for publishing my poem "a museum of waxwings." I am told all poets have a poem about birds, and this is mine. It's also a poem for my mother, who has dementia. Working with @michaelimossan.bsky.social on edits was a joy. chestnutreview.com/dilys-wyndha...
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Thank you @mlmcguinness.bsky.social‬ for sharing this poem. You are all kinds of wonderful.
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Laila Amado @amadolaila.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Little poems to start the day at the @saloneurope.bsky.social in Brussels 😊 This was such a fun, nourishing session. Thank you @dilyswt.bsky.social 🙏
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Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Someone needs to start a literary prize for short story collections. It seems really odd to me that we don’t have one in Ireland or the UK. Before everyone shouts about the Edgehill Prize, it doesn’t seem to be happening this year.
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I'm so grateful that my golden shovel, “Titan[ic),” appears in issue 107 of @mslexia.bsky.social. It's an elegy to the victims of the Titanic and Titan, and I hope reads as a tribute to lives lost at sea. I also found out that today marks forty years since the wreck of the Titanic was discovered.
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
A huge thank you to the team over @chestnutreview.bsky.social for making my Monday brighter, and accepting one of my poems for their upcoming Autumn Issue. The poem is a favourite of mine, so I'm beyond grateful and excited! I'll share more once the issue comes out in October.
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Too many amazing presenters to name, but we've got great sessions from @kitdewaal.com @desperatelit.bsky.social @dilyswt.bsky.social @drpragyaagarwal.bsky.social @kiklodge.bsky.social @mlmcguinness.bsky.social @norami.bsky.social @markabowles.bsky.social & so many more.
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I've been selected to read a new story @citystgeorgesucu.bsky.social's City Writes Summer Reading tonight. It's online. It's free. There will be some amazing writers there. Join us. blogs.city.ac.uk/cityshortcou...
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City Writes – City St George's Short Courses
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
There really is something in the drinking water in Haarlem. For centuries, writers, poets, painters and sculptors have gathered here. I keep bumping into the most generous, creative people. Here's a sketch of me writing in Haarlem library gifted to me this weekend by the painter Walter van Dieren.
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I found out that I'll be running a haiga workshop at @saloneurope.bsky.social's annual conference this September. I'm so grateful! Haiku photography and haiga reignited my creative spark during the pandemic, and I'm hoping this fun morning workshop will help others find (even more) creative joy.
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
@wildroofjournal.bsky.social being one of the most supportive journals out there! Thank you.
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Thank you to everyone ‪@nffr.bsky.social for publishing "A Self-Portrait of Someone Else" in their Summer issue, alongside my audio. Full disclosure, the NFFR editors suggested I shorten the ending, and I think the piece is so much stronger thanks to their input. newflashfiction.com/self-portrai...
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Self-Portrait of Someone Else by Dilys Wyndham Thomas | Issue #37
When Jill’s eyes adjust to the light, she comes face-to-face with a life-sized painting of a naked, spread-eagled woman. It takes her a full minute to recognise herself.
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Syd Shaw and I are publishing ekphrastic poems written in response to art by Andreea Ceplischi in the latest issue of Beyond Words. We only realised last week. The three of us worked together at Passengers Journal, so today feels like an unexpected reunion. www.beyondwordsmag.com/online-store...
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Kate Mosse @katemossewriter.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Once more with feeling and a dollop of frustration … Taking our work without permission or payment is theft. thttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/british-novelists-criticise-government-over-ai-theft#img-1
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British novelists criticise government over AI ‘theft’
Richard Osman and Kate Mosse say plan to mine artistic works for data would destroy creative fields
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Rust & Moth @rustandmoth.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
It's been a minute since we sent these out to Wainscott, NY, but if you're snowed in today, warm yourself by the light of our 2024 Pushcart Prize nominees! (2/2) rustandmoth.com/work/4094/ rustandmoth.com/work/cabbage... rustandmoth.com/work/paper-b...
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Rust & Moth @rustandmoth.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
It's been a minute since we sent these out to Wainscott, NY, but if you're snowed in today, warm yourself by the light of our 2024 Pushcart Prize nominees! (1/2) rustandmoth.com/work/elegy-3/ rustandmoth.com/work/pomegra... rustandmoth.com/work/meditat...
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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
A few more places left for our Berlin salon 27 March. Please don't feel you need to know people to come. We will create opportunities to hang out together and explore. We're a friendly bunch. 🇩🇪🧡🇩🇪 Prices from €0!
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Thank you so much to the editors at @rustandmoth.bsky.social , not only for publishing "Elegy" in their 2024 spring issue, but also for nominating it for a 2025 @pushcartprize.bsky.social. I'm deeply touched and honoured, and I'll be crossing my fingers and toes for all the nominated poets.
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
The very last issue of Passengers Journal is here! Thank you to all the poets, writers, editors, readers and voice artists who have made the past 5 years so special, and happiest of pub days! www.passengersjournal.com/volume-5-iss...
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Volume 5, Issue 4 — Passengers Journal
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Dilys Wyndham Thomas @dilyswt.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Any writers, poets, journal and lit folk out there? I've had this account for a while, but recent events mean I want to hang out here rather than other platforms, but I miss the lovely creative bubble I had going on. I follow back. I try my best to be supportive.
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Rust & Moth @rustandmoth.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
Bluesky gets the cover a day early! Tune in tomorrow (2/1) for the unveiling of our Spring 2024 issue.
Rust and Moth's Spring 2024 cover, featuring a golden-colored quadruped with an exposed and stylized circulatory system in its abdomen, set against a textured blue background.
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