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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Planning writing workshops is one of my favourite things, that mix of pieces to read and discuss & writing exercises to get the writing muscle warmed up! Join me tomorrow night on Zoom for Sounds Inspired!, 7-9pm UK - concession & pay-what-you-can places left: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

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Buy tickets for Sounds Inspired! Writing Workshop & Fundraiser – Unbox Your Words: Sounds Inspired! Writing Workshop & Fundraiser – Zoom

Unbox Your Words: Sounds Inspired! Writing Workshop & Fundraiser – Zoom, Tue 6 Oct 2026 - Join me for an interactive writing workshop buzzing with inspiration, exploration and play - inspired by sound...

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Submissions for issue 23 (spring/summer 2027) are now open until 31 October! We’re looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays 🎃 bansheepress.org/submit

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Submit — Banshee Press

Submissions are open from 1\u201331 October 2026 for issue 23 (spring/summer 2027)

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The Poetry Kiosk @thepoetrykiosk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We’re very pleased to bring you Issue 3 of The Visual Poetry Times! So many great contributors including Lemn Sissay, @chrissywilliams.bsky.social, @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social, @leiabutler.bsky.social, @gregchthomas.bsky.social & @alecfinlay.bsky.social! Order your copy via www.thepoetrykiosk.com 🗞️📨

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InkandescentUK @inkandescentuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Inkandescent's inaugural & international award for fiction THE GREEN LIGHT PRIZE is now open. We are looking for an exceptional novel by a writer whose voice remains unrepresented. Is that you? Full entry details here: bit.ly/4dixIMN. Please share far and wide. Ten years. Still burning.

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Need a writing boost? Join me on Zoom next Tues for my Sounds Inspired! writing workshop - you’ll leave with 4 new pieces inspired by sound-related topics, from music and environmental soundscapes to what ‘noise’ means, the sound of silence and more! Book here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Nine Arches Press @ninearchespress.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Nine Arches' @taniahershman.bsky.social is raising funds to offer a free place on an Arvon #poetry course to an underrepresented writer. Tania will teach with James McDermott & @kymdeyn.bsky.social Snap up a Mystery Poetry Book Bundle worth over £100 for just £50 taniahershman.com/product/fund...

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Fundraiser – Nine Arches Mystery Poetry Book Bundle worth over £100! (UK only)

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Dr Carrie Etter @carrieetter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The National Association of Writers in Education has launched its first flash fiction competition in conjunction with its annual conference, details: bit.ly/4gS0OTZ

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join my special fundraising Zoom writing workshop, 'Sounds Inspired!' on October 6, 7-9pm UK time www.tickettailor.com/events/tania... and/or snap up one of 10 @ninearchespress.bsky.social Mystery Book Bundles worth over £100 – for only £50 (UK only)! taniahershman.com/product/fund...

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'd love your help to raise funds to be able to offer a FREE place for someone from an underrepresented community who wouldn't otherwise be able to come on the @arvonfoundation.bsky.social queer poetry course I'm tutoring w James McDermott & guest @kymdeyn.bsky.social : www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If the price would still be a struggle, for the next 24 hours you can use the code FREETIME to get the book for free, you just pay postage. Please do, I'd love 'It's Time' to find new homes! taniahershman.com/product/new-...

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

My book, 'it's time: a chronomemoir', turns 1 today! And since it's also my birthday, if you fancy something new & slightly odd to read 🕰️, you can buy a copy with a 20% discount using the code BirthdayTime20: taniahershman.com/product/new-.... Happy to sign it and also to post worldwide! 🎁🎉

Picture of person with short red hair smiling and holding a book with a cream cover and purple design, title "it's time: a chronomemoir', with a red wall and a green plant in the background.

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Delighted to stumble slightly late on the lovely news that the first very short thing I've written for several years (due to Total Immersion in Very Long Thing) has been shortlisted for the new Crannog mag Pushbike Prize for Flash Fiction! Congrats to my fellow shortlistees, go well, little flash!

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These are the shortlisted stories for the Pushbike Prize for flash fiction. The three winners will be announced mid-August. Each winner will receive €500 and will be published in Crannóg 65, the autumn/winter issue, in September.
10,000 Steps a Day
A Road Trip with an Iberian Wolf
Achill
Belief
Certainly, Sorcha
Corpsing
Darkened Clarity
Denial.
Faux
Frankincense in the rain
Hedgehog Ambulance
If I Met You Over Coffee in Starbucks…
Inheritance
Last of the fruit
Mice
Re-hearse
Rich Person’s Orange
Russian Doll
Surrender
The Pool
We Asked Ourselves and Asked Ourselves
What She Dropped
White Lies
Winkles

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Still time to join us at 7pm UK tonight on Zoom - I've come up with my maddest writing inspiration yet, come along and see where it takes you! Some free & pay-what-you-can places left, details here: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania... If you can't join us live, you'll get the recording afterwards!

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Whimsy @whimsyfiction.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

And the theme for the very first Whimsy is… Monster Problems. Writers have a week to whittle together a 300-word tale of whimsy based on one of our five whims and whatever unique object landed in their inbox. We can’t wait to see where your whims take you! 🦙🪶

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Comma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

THE BOOK OF DAMASCUS LAUNCH 📚 📅 Wed 22 July 📍 Rethink Rebuild Society (SK4 5BH) Join Comma Press & Rethink Rebuild Society to launch The Book of Damascus, an anthology of ten stories set in the Syrian capital. 🎟️ Just £5 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-book-o...

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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

We are open! The WordSmitten Writing Workshop offers writers from across the country the opportunity to workshop projects from page one to publication. Reach out to me if interested. This is a free, monthly virtual workshop. #writers

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

What does it say about me that I dreamed about a new writing exercise to use in my upcoming Writing Muscle Workout??! If you want to find out what it was, come join us this Sunday, whatever word-shapes you write in! Free and pay-what-you-can places available: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

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Buy tickets for Unbox One-Hour Writing Muscle Workout July 2026 – Unbox 1-Hour Writing Muscle Workout July 2026 – Zoom

Unbox 1-Hour Writing Muscle Workout July 2026 – Zoom, Sun 12 Jul 2026 -

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Tonight!! Still time to grab a spot and join us on Zoom, 7pm UK, it’ll be fun! www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

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European Writers Salon @saloneurope.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Join us tomorrow evening. It is fun and friendly and FREE and you can hear from @susannacrossman.bsky.social @jamesgwriter.bsky.social @donalconaty.bsky.social and many more brilliant writers Plus quiz! Join us 😊

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I also woke up this morning knowing how to actually end the novel I've been working on for five years, instead of the ending I wrote a few weeks ago where I tied it all up neatly and told the reader everything. As a short story writer i know that urge. I needed to write it, for me, and now I cut it!

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

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Buy tickets for Unbox One-Hour Writing Muscle Workout July 2026 – Unbox 1-Hour Writing Muscle Workout July 2026 – Zoom

Unbox 1-Hour Writing Muscle Workout July 2026 – Zoom, Sun 12 Jul 2026 -

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Very much looking forward to running this online masterclass for @arvonfoundation.bsky.social on July 7 for academics in any field who want permission to spread their writing wings in new directions. Come play with word-shapes & find new ways to use your research! www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

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Masterclass: The Journey from Academic to General Readership | Permission to experiment | Arvon

Academics encounter fascinating stories in their research and archival work, but don’t often have the storytelling and writing tools to share these stories in creative and playful ways. Whether you’re...

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Bella DePaulo @belladepaulo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

@singlesfoundation.bsky.social Have an idea for an educational or creative or other kind of project for empowering single people? The Foundation is accepting proposals. Deadlines are September 1 and March 1. belladepaulo.medium.com/a-new-founda...

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A New Foundation for Empowering Single People

Standing up for single people with more than just words

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Sean Lusk @seanluskauthor.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This will be fabulous, and @taniahershman.bsky.social the perfect tutor, too!

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Fox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Our first chapbook is now published and launched! You can read more about and buy June Wentland's Factory of Light at our website: foxandstarbooks.org -- it's a beauty!

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SJ Groenewegen @sjgroenewegen.co.uk · 19/06/2026

I'm delighted to say that I will on a panel about generative AI in the creative sector with the amazing Barbora Gáborová and Heather Parry, chaired by @seanluskauthor.bsky.social

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Robert Vaughan @rgvaughan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

New @bendinggenres.bsky.social weekend workshop with @cardewjcardew.bsky.social on July 17- 19: Found, Broken, Remade: A Transformative Hybrid Writing Experience: bendinggenres.com/writing-grou.... Come play with us in this safe, exciting online turf!!!

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Writing Groups

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Enormous congratulations to @katehorsleywriter.bsky.social - my fellow Micro Madness judge Tim and I absolutely adored her brilliant story!

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Huge congratulations to Timothy, chosen as the second prize winner by me and my co-judge - a fantastic flash story!

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Dr Helen Williams @drwilliams.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Join the wonderful Tania Hershman for an evening Zoom masterclass with Arvon: The Journey from Academic to General Readership Permission to experiment 10/10 recommend: see you there! www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

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Masterclass: The Journey from Academic to General Readership | Permission to experiment | Arvon

Academics encounter fascinating stories in their research and archival work, but don’t often have the storytelling and writing tools to share these stories in creative and playful ways. Whether…

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Congratulations Catherine, we loved your story so much, brilliant to find out who wrote it!

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June Gemmell @junegemmell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Love, love, love this use of metaphor by @taniahershman.bsky.social ❤️

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

👀Novella-in-Flash Writers! I've been invited by London Writers Salon to deliver this w/shop. If you want to add your/a NiF to my Recommended Reading list drop title & publisher in the comments. A great way to promote your work to a new audience. community.londonwriterssalon.com/c/interviews...

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✍️ WORKSHOP: Get Started w/ Novella-in-Flash w/ Kathryn Alderidge-Morris | LWS Community

How can a series of very short pieces gather enough force to become a single, cohesive book? The novella-in-flash is one of the most exciting and flexible forms in contemporary fiction. Built from co...

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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Interestingly, the intuition I felt and spoke from -- that embodied knowing -- is precisely the kind of thing AI, for all of its performative anthropomorphic gesturing at the simulacrum of personhood, can't do. Tech billionaires want us to believe that our embodied/human ways of knowing are useless!

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

One thing I'd especially love to see for anyone who's wrangling an entry over the next few days is an effective 100-word extended metaphor, something similar to this gem from the wonderful @taniahershman.bsky.social : fictionaut.com/stories/tani...

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"My Mother Was An Upright Piano" by Tania Hershman

My mother was an upright piano, spine erect, lid tightly closed, unplayable except by the maestro. My father was not the maestro.

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Anika Carpenter @stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Thank you to the @natflashficdaynz.bsky.social team and judges @taniahershman.bsky.social & Tim Saunders for giving my micro a place on the short list 🙏

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I think I might have just written the final scene of my book! There is going to be an epilogue, but I think that, in epiloguey fashion, I will need to wait a bit to write that. IT FEELS GOOD!

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Kathryn Aldridge-Morris @kazbarwrites.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I'll be in conversation with Annie Maconochie for the launch of her brilliant short story collection 'Diamond Life' at East Bristol Books next Wednesday 10 June, so why not join us for an evening of words and reading? Doors open at 6.30 Tix from Headfirst www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/eas...

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Anna Maconochie: *Diamond Life* at East Bristol Books

The launch of Anna Maconochie's second short story collection: *Diamond Life*, published by Héloïse Press. The author will be in conversation with local writer Kathryn Aldridge-Morris. *Diamond Life*...

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Very few things in life, I've found, bring me greater joy than when I write and it comes out even better than I had imagined it might because I was in the "zone" or the flow or whatever you call it. That energy, oh wow! I'm so so happy - two and a half more scenes and my novel is done. Nearly there!

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DIAGRAM @eldiagram.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

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beestung @beestung.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Humid nights & caring madly. Ghost tails & Zoom sex. Broskis & deleted archives. Smoking in the sun. beestung #27 is here! w/ Sora Anindya, Birch Wiley, Christian M. Ivey, Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey, Kyla-Yến Huỳnh Giffin, Lavanya Arora, KB Brookins, & Stevie Subrizi www.beestungmag.com

Floral background in purples and oranges. Text reads beestung #27. What remains but the upload? The viral response? Naked, Posthuman adjusts the lighting, assumes a provocative pose, filters personhood into pornography. A predictable shift between states. A biological response to modernity. By Esme Kaplan-Kinsey.

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