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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 8h

Yesterday met up with best chum at Leonardslee Gardens to discuss/set monthly writing goals. A glorious afternoon for a walk and we met this handsome chap in the deer park. We quietly retreated down the hill, as he clearly OWNED this path 😁 #AutumnMagic #amwriting

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fabulous interview with Karen Jones @karjon.bsky.social — so many tips on submitting flash, particularly drawing on her experience as anthology editor for @natflashfictionday.bsky.social & her experience writing novellas-in-flash! Fab questions by Catherine Ogston!

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Final day to enter our 34th Award! £1460 in prizes Judge @jmgatford.bsky.social Double and triple entries reduced. Up to 300 words. Thankyou to all the last minuters! Bathflashfictionaward.com/enter

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Louise Mangos @louisemangos.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A great recommendation for one of my favourite flash writers from one of my favourite short story writers.

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It's a trotters up from me & LitPig for the wonderful 'Redshirts Sometimes Survive' by @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social (Off Topic Publishing). I laughed & cried a bit too. The final story begins "We are the Bridge Crew", it is a joyous anthem and one of my all-time favourite flash fictions.

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

So pleased you enjoyed Hoofbeats, Laura. Thank you for reading and sharing @laurabesley.bsky.social @theliterarypig.bsky.social #fiction #microfiction #writingcommunity

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"The click-clack of hooves on tarmac woke me after midnight. The ripe moon painted the room in a cold light;...." I love this extraordinary piece of writing by @theliterarypig.bsky.social in @fictivedream.bsky.social 💙💙💙

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Thrilled to be featuring Hoofbeats, Tracy. It's a gem and thank you for sending it our way @theliterarypig.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

ICYMI we're thrilled to welcome back Tracy Fells with Hoofbeats @theliterarypig.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #writingcommunity #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2026/08/17/m...

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

From hedgehogs and bats to butterflies and newts, the UK’s wildlife is disappearing fast – and our government is letting it happen. I’ve just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for urgent action. Add your name: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...

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Tell the government: act for nature before it’s too late

Add my name Did you know the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world? There’s less wildlife today than in living memory − and it’s still disappearing before our eyes. From hedgeho...

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

With thanks to @fictivedream.bsky.social for publishing my #microfiction Hoofbeats for #MicroMonday. For all the pony-mad dreamers out there. #writingcommunity #readingcommunity

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Anne Summerfield @summerwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Loved this micro by Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social 🐎 I may have been a pony girl in my youth

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Burnham’s failure to link the current heat, fires, drought (and maybe the Lewes train crash) to climate change very publicly does not inspire confidence. I doubt there’s anybody not feeling the affects it, by now, or doubt the causes. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Hot topic: why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis?

Extreme heat is harming wellbeing of ordinary people the PM champions, yet little has been said on the topic

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Nick Black @fuzzynick.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I've got a new story, just up on @ellipsiszine.bsky.social If you've got 2 minutes, I'm grateful for any reads, would love to hear your thoughts. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it! #amwriting #flashfiction #microfiction #library #libraries #shortstories

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Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

www.goodreads.com/book/show/25... Thank you Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social for this fab five star review of ‘Bereft of Reason’.

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Bereft of Reason

Diane Simmons is an accomplished writer with an excelle…

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Cranked Anvil *OPEN for submissions* @crankedanvil.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

CALL FOR AUDIO PLAYS for our ongoing competition. Open Internationally. ~ Cash Prizes ~ Professional audio recording, broadcast on UK Radio ~ Recording available on demand around the world from our website ~ plus more - see our website Details and entry: crankedanvil.co.uk/scriptcomp/

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Cranked Anvil *OPEN for submissions* @crankedanvil.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Our good friend Christopher Fielden runs the biennial To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition, and it is now open for submissions. Submission window: 1st July 2026 until 30th June 2027 Word limit: 2,500 words maximum, no minimum Cash prizes & more www.christopherfielden.com/to-hull-and-...

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Lots of negative #writing news this week, so I turned to an enjoyable afternoon of #art, playing with abstract images / colours / mark making #Watercolours.

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Closes tomorrow 25 April 23:59 BST! Hurry, Hurry!

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Flash 500 Writing Competitions @flash500.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The long list for the first quarter 2026 flash fiction is up on the website: flash500.com/category/ann... Good luck to all for the next stage of judging. #flashfiction #writers #fiction

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Announcements Archives - Flash 500

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Thinking of submitting to NFFD’s FlashFlood (opens on Sunday for a week. Up to 300 words), why not have a read of last year’s stories? You can see the full list here: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com?m=1

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

My first acceptance & publication of 2026 is up on @paragraphplanet.bsky.social for today only! LOST is my homage to Sunday drivers & all map haters. Read it today. #WritingCommunity #FlashFiction #ShortStory #AmWriting

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

FlashFlood opens for submissions on 19 April till 25 April. Flashes up to 300 words. Stories will be published on NFFD. Pre 2023 previously published considered. Reserved slots for unpublished writers. For more details see our submission guidelines: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...

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Paragraph Planet @paragraphplanet.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I did a short interview all about Paragraph Planet for The @failingwriters.bsky.social Podcast. Check it out here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... and check out their other episodes for an entertaining and inspiring look at #writing

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S6 Ep1: Setting Targets (or 'Own Goals' as Jon likes to call them)

Podcast Episode · The Failing Writers Podcast · 6 April · 1hr

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

LitPig is delighted that the @bathshortstory.bsky.social picked pink for the #BSSA 2025 Anthology cover. Now if you want to get a #shortstory (<2200 words) into this year's anthology then the deadline for entry is 27th April. All shortlisted stories are published!

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Night Shades ⏾ @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🛸big week in night shades world 🛸🛸it’s the first week of the new $75 flat rate. only 2 stories this month! 🛸🛸we’re still open for subs! 🛸🛸i’ll be lurking awp with stickers! 🛸much to consider

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

2026 Writing goals - FEBRUARY: 1 submission / week ✅(8 in total) write new stuff ✅ make progress on new novella-in-flash ✅(tiny) write new short stories for 2nd collection ❌ 🎉Finalist - Globe Soup Short Story Comp🥳 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Spotted my #ShortStory collection (published @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social) out in the wild yesterday at Storrington (West Sussex) #library. Remember, you can support authors by borrowing their books from UK libraries! #AmReading #WritingCommunity #Books

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National Flash Fiction Day @natflashfictionday.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

It’s the final day to sub to our Anthology & Micro Comp. Thanks to everyone who has subbed so far 😊 Submissions are open till 23:59 TODAY, Sunday 15 Feb!

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I've just sent my micro to the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social micro competition. Guess I must love #FlashFiction more than my Valentine 🐷💕📚

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

2026 Writing goals - JANUARY: 1 submission / week ✅(6 in total) write new stuff ✅ make progress on new novella-in-flash ✅(small, but still progress!) #AmWriting

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

LitPig has his trotters crossed for my entry, subbed this morning, for the 32nd (!) Award @bathflashaward.bsky.social. Good luck to all 🐷💕📚

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Today and tomorrow to enter our first £1460 prize fund award of 2026. Today’s the day you can guess the colour of The Last Minute Club badge which entrants tomorrow receive. Reply here with guesses & read all about it in Jude’s post www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/01/everybody-loves-a-badge/

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Everybody loves a badge

It’s the final day of our 32nd £1460 prize fund Award tomorrow, Sunday 1st February at midnight GMT. In case you didn’t know, we issue Last Minute Club badges to everyone entering on th…

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Bath short story award (BSSA) is open for entries up to 2200 words. So you stay very short for BFFA or go longer or enter both. There’s a post below about the local author BSSA prize & @joannacampbell.bsky.social who won it last year www.bathshortstoryaward.org/2026/01/26/b...

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BSSA Local Prize

The 2026 Bath Short Story Award is open for entries now and closes on 27th April. We have five different prizes and one of them is the local prize. For several years, Mr B’s Emporium of Books…

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bathflashaward.bsky.social @bathflashaward.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Have a look at all the BFFA anthology covers since 2017. The 10th anniversary 2025 anthology Is a little late but will be out soon. Pictured here the 2024 cover picture Inspired by a story by @theliterarypig.bsky.social www.bathflashfictionaward.com/news/

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

One of my favourite covers for the @bathflashaward.bsky.social BFFA anthologies, but then I maybe a bit biased... as this is the title of my longlisted story featured in the 2024 anthology. What a terrific cover painting too! 🥰

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

DRUM ROLL!!!! 🥁🥁🥁 It gives me great pleasure to announce the SPARKLING longlist for the Welkin Writing Prize 2026. Congratulations to all the writers on this list. And commiserations to everyone else. The standard was incredibly high: www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

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Welkin News | MattKendrick.co.uk

A writing prize open to all forms of narrative prose, be that flash fiction, short-short, vignette, haibun, hermit crab, prose poem or work that sits outside such labels.

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

That's it folks!!!! Entries are now closed for another year! An INCREDIBLE 1277 (!!!) entries have been received. A record. I have some tough choices ahead. The longlist should hopefully be coming your way on the 8th January. That's next Thursday! Good luck!

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The Welkin Press @welkinpress.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy new year from the Welkin Writing Prize!!! Just 30 trombones, 5 clarinets and 7 piccolos until entries close at 3pm GMT 2nd January! www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

"Your BMI is concerning. We recommend you consume healthy snacks while airborne..." Cancelling Scrooge by Damhnait Monaghan @downith.bsky.social #flashfiction #Christmas #readingcommunity #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/12/14/c...

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I'm excited, and nervous, to be reading from my wip at this NIF Special on 18th Dec. Such a brilliant line-up ... gulp! Get your ticket below.

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Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

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

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Northodox Press 📖 @northodoxpress.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🚨RELEASE DAY🚨 The Blue of You by the wonderful Amanda Huggins is available everywhere now! A literary Christmassy romance, this tale of ghosts, memories and letting go is not to be missed! Order yours now: share.google/jYN3BwYQWUAn...

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Amanda Huggins @troutiemcfish.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

LAUNCH DAY!!!!!!!!! Now available from @northodoxpress.bsky.social, Amazon, Waterstones etc etc! Thanks to everyone who has taken their time to write such generous advance reviews!

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Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

I painted this bookmark & decided to keep it for myself, then realised it was the ideal match for @sudhab.bsky.social's 'Nose Ornaments' @adhocfiction.bsky.social. The irony is I didn't need a bookmark; I read this gem in one sitting. I loved all 3 narrators, 82 pages of perfection. #art #AmReading

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