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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

We are the Wordcraft Collective, a community of Brussels-based authors writing in English. Find us: Web: www.wordcraft-collective.eu Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/word... Insta: @wordcraft_collective Happy writing!

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Attention, novelists! There are many competitions out there that could help you put your foot in the door. The Exeter Novel Prize is receiving subs until 1 Jan 2026 from anywhere in the world. Rules and entry:

wordkitchen.org.uk

Exeter Novel Prize — Word Kitchen

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

In one week! Join the conversation with Colin Walsh, a bestelling novelist. We are proud to partner with Waterstones for this event, so you can get the book on the spot! Details and sign-up: buff.ly/TbRYS1b . #amwriting #writingcommunity #novelwriting #Brusselsevents #creativewriting #booksky

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

'Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) ' Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

A gorgeous paragraph from Colin's 'Kala'. The novel was such a pleasure to read, we cannot wait to ask Colin all about it! Join us n 3 Dec at Pianofabriek. Doors open at 19:00, we start at 19:30: bit.ly/4r8NUFu #amwriting #brusselsevents #booksky

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

'It was the golden time of year. Every day the leaves grew brighter, the air sharper, the grass more brilliant. The sunsets seemed to expand and melt and stretch for hours, and the brick façades glowed pink, and everything got bluer. How many perfect autumns did a person get?' Elif Batuman

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Let me sit in a flowerpot, The spiders won't notice. My heart is a stopped geranium. Sylvia Plath #poetrysky

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

If you lack writing discipline or live in less-than-ideal conditions to create, come join us every third Saturday of the month for 3 hours of quiet productivity: we meet and we write together. (In November, it's exceptionally on the 22nd because of a holiday) Read more:

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Are you a funny woman? Of course you are. Funny Pearls is accepting short stories, true stories and even cartoons, by women. You can submit anytime, and without fees. Check out the details:

funnypearls.com

Submit to Funny Pearls - funny pearls

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

A rare local writing competition - Full Circle’s Ideas Festival is accepting pieces by authors based in Belgium writing in English. Theme: RESIST. Deadline: 20 November. Details: fullcircle.eu/writingcontest

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Full Circle - OPEN CALL: Creative Writing Contest: Resist

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

In exactly one month! Join us on 3 December for a conversation with Colin Walsh, a bestselling Irish author with a Belgian address. He will talk about his debut Kala, adapting it for film, his writing process and inspirations. The event is free of charge. buff.ly/qWqlIBM #booksky #litsky

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Closing on 31 Oct! The Hope Prize is open to writers from all countries. They are looking for short stories that shine a light on humanity, and that, in subtle or direct ways, touch on the themes of hope, courage, and resilience as you’ve lived or imagined them. www.thehopeprize.com #writersky

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The Hope Prize

A global short story prize calling for submissions about hope, courage and resilience in 2025. The prize boasts a $13,000 cash prize pool and publication in a Simon & Schuster anthology.

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

What autumnal read are you enjoying? Share it with us! Once a month, we gather to enjoy each other's company... kind of. We sit and read, each their own book. Afterwards, we exchange on what we thought and felt. Next up: 8 November! bit.ly/4hxagw8

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

'Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.' Brené Brown

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Tomorrow (and every third Saturday of the month): spend time in the company of other writers putting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard. Work on your current project or start something new. Join us for three hours of creative peace at Write Together!

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

'I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce precisely the sound he hears within.' Gustave Flaubert

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

!WORKSHOP ALERT! Get your kids ready for the Halloween through an exciting writing afternoon! Led by our inimitable Carol, your 6-8 year-olds invent their own spooky world and discover the power of stories by creating a dark, dark tale in words and art work. More details: bit.ly/4nHmtAw

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

27 September 2025 saw us celebrate our 2nd birthday: with sun, poetry, free writing, a mysterious #book giveaway and a magical workshop for children! Thank you for being there! A lot is coming up this autumn and next year. Check it out: bit.ly/4nXyZfD and subscribe to the newsletter: bit.ly/42uO2Vt

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

'Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. ' Rumi

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

'If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.' Charles Darwin

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Two more days until our annual Open day! Join us on 27 September and discover writing activities (for kids and adults alike), a poetry pharmacy, tombola, open mic and a lot more! You can drop in and out as you like. More details and sign-up: bit.ly/4049MG9

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

'We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.' Kurt Vonnegut

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Cherry Tree, Washington College's literary journal, accepts submisions from all over the world. Deadline for the annual 2026 magazine edition: 1 Oct 2025. bit.ly/3VyKf5o #writersky

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Have a pile of poems that you don't know how to connect? You see the trees, but not the forest? We know how you feel and we've hired a poet to help you! Paul Stephenson, an experienced published poet, shows you how to structure a body of work using meaningful organising principles: bit.ly/484fPzg

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

On 27 Sept, only the best event of the rentrée happens - our annual Open day. There will be free books, free drinks, tombola, poetry pharmacy and prompts, writing troubleshooting, a workshop for kids... You can drop in and out throughout the day. Discover the full agenda and join us: bit.ly/4049MG9

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

'There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.' Marta Graham

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

@mslexia.bsky.social's competition deadline is 22 Sept. You submit 5k words, and they announce winners in February 2026, which means you have 5 months to finish it. Our Novel Accountability Group starts on 25 Sept. Coincidence? I think not! Join us and finally finish that novel: bit.ly/4ppr6Ay

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

'To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ' e e cummings

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

'You want weapons? We're in a library. Books are the best weapon in the world. This room's the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm yourself!' Doctor Who

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

'The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over the horizon.' Will Self

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Starting in a month! A brand new Novel Accountability Group - let us NAG you and may this be the year you finaly write. That. Book. bit.ly/4kGUm2V #amwriting #booksky #novelwriting

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

'Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?' Mary Oliver

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

'Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows.' Jim Jarmusch

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

18 to 20 Sept 2025, on the island of Lopud, a special literary festival takes place - the Book Bridge festival. Immerse yourself in breathtaking nature, transformative conversations and memorable dinners. We could not recommend it more - see the glimpses of last year and join us: bit.ly/3ZyYhX3

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

What will Wordcraft’s NAGging look like over the course of ten months? We will meet in the Novel Accountability Group and receive clear craft lessons, directions, tips and feedback. Swipe through the gallery to discover and join us: bit.ly/4kGUm2V #novelwriting #amwriting #booksky

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

This year's Book Bridge festival has a special writing competition that can win you a free stay at the island. The deadline is 15 August. Read more and sign up: pontalopud.hr/book-bridge-...

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Alia Papageorgiou @eurocentrique.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Great conversation on writing in another tongue, journalism, #Brussels

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

It's not too early to start making autumn plans when they are this fabulous - join us at WCC's annual Open day: bit.ly/4049MG9

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Writing a novel? Need structure, support, and a reason to keep going when motivation dips? Join our Novel Accountability Group (NAG)—a monthly gathering for writers serious about finishing their manuscript, one page at a time. Sign up: bit.ly/4kGUm2V #amwriting #novelwriting #booksky

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

'A perfect balance of plot and character,' says our co-founder Carol, who is having a chill crime-summer-read. What is your go-to summer genre? #booksky

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

'Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.' Franz Kafka

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

‪@mslexia.bsky.social‬ has a number of competitions (Short Story, Poetry, Novel) for women writers. They are tough and popular, but it is always good to put yourself out there. See details:

mslexia.co.uk

Competitions : Mslexia, a magazine for women's writing and women who write.

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

On 27 September 2025 at Pianofabriek we are celebrating our second anniversary by having an Open Day: a day full of literary games, writing activities and bookish exchanges. Here is a glimpse of the atmosphere from last year. Join us: bit.ly/4049MG9

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Wordcraft Collective @wordcraft-bxl.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

'There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.' Maya Angelou

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