Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026So sorry folks, we've had to suspend submissions due to major tech faults in our system. Please do not submit until it's fixed. If you haven't heard back from us about your submission, please be patient. We'll get back to you as soon as we can. 034
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Welcome to Issue 8 - Thin Skin % % share.google/HRasb4ieJnsx...share.googleWelcome to Issue 8 - Thin Skin % %Thin Skin Welcome to Issue 8 We present, with a flourish and a fanfare, the Issue 8 authors, with a couple of repeat offenders and a total newbie. Enjoy. 1113
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 11/07/2026We're closing to submissions for Issue 8 at midnight wherever you are on Tuesday 14th. After that we won't read submissions till early August. So get your masterpiece to us now! 041
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Delighted that David Henson, one of our authors, is on the Wigleaf 50 longlist! Congratulations David! thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...thin-skin.comThe Garden of Our Dreams - Thin SkinYou sit up and stretch your arms as I fumble for the alarm. I had the strangest dream, you say through a yawn. We had this luscious garden and grew all our own vegetables. 141
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Apologies if we've confused you. For a while our submissions page said we couldn't take poetry due to a technical glitch but our posts said we could. All is now resolved and we are now definitely open to poetry. So get going! 031
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026We had a technical glitch for poetry submissions but it's all fixed, so...open to poetry! (But please read the submission guidelines first) 021
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Yes, we've done it again, bang on schedule (you may not care about that but we do). Delighted to present Issue 7. thin-skin.comthin-skin.comWelcome to Issue 7 - Thin Skin % %Thin Skin Welcome to Issue 7 % 0105
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Just a quick reminder that we're closed to submissions till May 1st. If you (accidentally) submitted after April 14th, your work will not be considered until May. We're being lenient this time. Next time we'll be strict! 010
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026One week left to submit for Issue 7! Closing on the 14th, reopening on 1st May. And don't forget, people, we'll be taking poetry from then too. Guidelines up shortly on thin-skin.com. In the meantime, if you haven't read Issue 6, you're missing out on some great work! 012
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026And still looking for just a couple more readers for our wonderful and worthwhile magazine. We publish short stories and flash fiction, and will soon be adding poetry. For more details contact info@thin-skin.com 023
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026And still looking for just a couple more readers for our wonderful and worthwhile magazine. We publish short stories and flash fiction, and will soon be adding poetry. For more details contact info@thin-skin.com 032
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026We've recruited three lovely new readers but we'd like three or four more, particularly if you consider yourself underrepresented in the literary world. Not essential though. We just want good readers. Get in touch at info@thin-skin.com 045
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Exciting news! (For us, at least). From Issue 8 in July, we'll be taking poetry. More details to follow. 040
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026There's still time for you to join our reading team. We'd particularly welcome applications from male and ethnic minority/global majority people. Get in touch to find out more at info@thin-skin.com 034
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026And we're looking for new readers! If you'd like to join our reading team or just want to know what it entails, please get in touch at info@thin-skin.com 052
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Looking forward to the rest of 2026? No? Then console yourself by reading a cracking good collection of stories. Welcome to Issue 6.share.googleWelcome to Issue 6Yup, writing can be a slog, an uphill climb, a walk in the dark - choose any cliché you want. Endless editing, self-doubt, rejection, more editing, more self-doubt, more rejection. But committed write... 090
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Still not too late to submit for Issue 6 - but hurry, submissions close on the 17th Jan! 042
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Oops! Meant Saturday 17th. Still not recovered from the festive season... 010
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Where does the time go? It's January already and we close to submissions for Issue 6 on Friday 17th. So 14 days to send us your masterpiece! (But do read the submissions guide first) 024
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 31/12/2025May the New Year be fruitful (Photo by Emilio Sánchez Hernández: www.pexels.com/photo/ubeda-...) 050
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Delighted to announce our nominations for the Pushcart Prize. All can be read at thin-skin.com 0134
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Fancy reading for Thin Skin? Drop us a line on info@thin-skin.com to learn more. All you need is a couple of hours a week and an enquiring mind. Look forward to hearing from you! 021
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 03/11/2025How are you doing, writers? Submissions to Thin Skin for Issue 6 are open till Jan 17th. Why not make submission your pre-Xmas goal or your New Year's Resolution. We look forward to reading your work. 042
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 30/10/2025It's here! thin-skin.comthin-skin.comWelcome to Issue 5 - our 1st anniversary issue! - Thin SkinWell, who'd have thought we would make it this far. And what a journey. Thin Skin was born after an impulsive tweet in December 2023, and within months we had five editors, ten readers and hundreds of... 081
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Are you a last-minute sort of person? You've got till midnight (in your time zone) to submit. 011
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Countdown. 24th October. Deadline for submission. Short fiction and flash. Thin Skin is waiting... 034
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 14/10/202510 days to go until submissions for Issue 5 close. Get those literary gems to us ASAP! 043
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 01/10/2025It's October 1st. Know what that means? It means sending your submissions to Thin Skin. Closing date for Issue 5 October 24th. Make our first anniversary issue special 🥰 032
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Just to let you know our website is down. We hope to have it up and running again ASAP. 010
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025News! (Sort of). We're recruiting readers for Thin Skin. If you'd like to learn more, contact us at info@thin-skin.com. 025
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 09/09/2025And please read the guidelines! We're going to be much stricter - no personal details on your submission! 021
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Hello authors! A word to the wise: if you're submitting to us now, you'll find the process a little different. Please remember to choose flash or short story in the dropdown menu, or else your story may end up who knows where. 031
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 01/09/2025It's September 1st. What does that mean? It means submissions to Thin Skin are open for our first anniversary issue end October. Send us something special! 0115
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 31/08/2025We did it. Enjoy. (No idea how the % % gets there, so please don't judge.)https://thin-skin.com/thin-skin.comWelcome to Issue 4 - Thin Skin % %Thin Skin Welcome to Issue 4 % 0102
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Counting down! Issue 4 coming out in 3 days' time. Just working on the last little finishing touches... 020
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Update: submissions close 15th August for Issue 4, but we're updating our submissions procees after that so PLEASE DON'T SUBMIT until it's in place (probably end August). 000
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025One week to go! Submissions for Issue 4 close at midnight in whatever time zone you're in. After that, we're accepting submissions for Issue 5, in October - our first anniversary issue! 0107
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 01/07/2025What should you do today? Why, submit to Thin Skin, of course! 025
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Submission window opens tomorrow! Get your work to us by Aug 15th for Issue 4 and by Oct 15th for Issue 5! 0198
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Hooray! We're reopening to submissions for Issue 4 from 1st July, with a view to putting it out mid-end August. We'd love to make up the lost time and put out issue 5 in October as planned, so FLOOD US WITH SUBMISSIONS (but do read the guidelines first, please) 0104
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Not long till submissions reopen. Sharpen your quills and watch this space! 0101
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Call out for one more (at least) follower please 😬 😱 🤣. 1104
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Not yet I’m afraid. In the future if we manage to establish ourselves perhaps. 020
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 11/05/2025A bit of bump in the road. We're going to close to submissions for a few weeks. Nothing terrible, but one of our editors will be absent for a while and the other editors can't pick up the slack because of 'real life' commitments. We'll let you know as soon we're open again. 2211
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 03/05/2025It's a week since Issue 3 came and we're now working on Issue 4. Send us your best short stories and flash NOW! 2144
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 26/04/2025We did it! It's out! thin-skin.comthin-skin.comWelcome to Issue 3 - Thin Skin % %Thin Skin Welcome to Issue 3 % 094
Thin Skin magazine @thin-skin.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Are you excited? We're excited! Issue 3 of Thin Skin will be out tomorrow. Don't miss it. 030