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Anthea

@writeranthea.bsky.social
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Writer | Screenwriter Into words, play, playing with words, wording with play she/her www.antheajones.net

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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You’ve got this!
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks JJ! I love the graphic 😊
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Same! Guess I won’t be reading yours then… not till later anyway
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Which team are you?
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I literally just signed up Odd Ember's next contest—join me? More info at www.oddembers.com This contest is fast becoming one of my faves - looking forward to a little rhyming!
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Odd Embers Writing Contest
Join the Odd Embers Flash Fiction Contest to spark creativity with strange prompts. Submit stories, receive feedback, and compete for prizes and publication.
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Oh, I hadn’t made that connection - thank you!!
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I discovered my favourite word when I was four - OBSTREPEROUS!
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I literally just signed up Odd Ember's next contest—join me? More info at www.oddembers.com
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Odd Embers Writing Contest
Join the Odd Embers Flash Fiction Contest to spark creativity with strange prompts. Submit stories, receive feedback, and compete for prizes and publication.
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Thrilled to have my story, ‘More Than Double’ published in DENIZEN’S DIGEST #5, launched today at Netherworld Arcade. Such a great bunch of stories and writers! #writingcommunity #zine #brisbanewriters
Denizens digest zine, netherworld coaster and mocktail
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
writingbattle.com/join-battle/... I joined the upcoming Verdant Raven Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on May 8, 2026! @writingbattle.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky Join the Battle and Learn More
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Writing Battle
The league for creative writers. Join the largest writing competition and most supportive community for writers on the web.
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Thank you #notquitewriteprize for a most delicious start to the writing year!
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
www.writingbattle.com/join-battle I joined the upcoming Tempest Owl Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on Jan 13, 2026! @writingbattle.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky Join the Battle and Learn More
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Writing Battle — Write. Read. Win.
Write. Read. Win. A competitive writing platform for storytellers around the world. Receive oodles of feedback. Join the most supportive writing community on the web. You up for the chal...
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
So pleased to share this adventurous rhyming story starts its next chapter today. Thank you @micromancemagazine.bsky.social 🐲🌸💪💕🧡🤍
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Rainbow Queens
By Anthea Jones
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The 23rd annual Screenwriting Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social kicks off on February 13th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scc
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The Screenwriting Challenge — nycmidnight
The Screenwriting Challenge is an annual screenplay competition that challenges writers around the world to create short screenplays based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as ...
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Excited my story 'First Fleet Fern' has found a home at Sci-Fi Shorts! ift.tt/V2kNph3
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First Fleet Fern
Anthea Jones
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
It’s free to enter, only 100 words AND you get to choose an entry badge!
Supernova of scribbling Welkin Prize Entry badge. Have you entered yet? Once a scribbler, always a scribbler!
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
New writing contests will always be my Achilles heel. Who else is in? getwritehooked.com?raf=ref4252710
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Write Hook - Weekly Writing Contests, Big Prizes
Write Hook is a weekly, fight night–style writing competition where storytellers square off for cash prizes, bragging rights, and a shot at the championship.
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
And we write on…
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Very pleased my demonic printer drabble found the perfect home!
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Thanks for another wild weekend #furiousfiction #writing
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Killing's for all!
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
So I finished the novel, where do I collect my killing 😉
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Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 07/11/2025
We've been hinting for a while, but now the secret is out! The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is changing in 2026, and you'll hear all about it in this special announcement of the podcast! Please like and share to help us get the word out, and let us know what you think in the comments 👇
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
😅🤣😂
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Hmmm I feel like I know which team I’ll pick, but who knows, maybe I’ll go rogue!
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
It’s not always easy to find a forever home for the joyful stories so I’m thrilled The Lit Nerds have published ‘Wise Women Wanted’ the cozy fantasy that started life @writingbattle.bsky.social thelitnerds.com/2025/11/06/w...
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Wise women wanted by Anthea Jones
My happy story found a home and I couldn’t be… happier
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Not Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 03/11/2025
Keep your eyes and ears peeled this Friday (Sydney Time) as we announce the new prompt format for the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction in 2026 and beyond... We hope you'll embrace the new format - it promises to be lots of fun!
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Starting Nov 8! That's this coming Saturday! Promptember is free. Yep. A huge number of write-in and open mic events Nov 8-Dec 14, and this one is on us. Come write with us. Events are planned for various timezones. Do one a week, three, or all if you never sleep. www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
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Ready for Promptember 2025? - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong community for Promptember, a mysterious intermonth happening between November and December of live write-in events designed to light a fire under your writing life. Participate in o...
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
This was one of those once a year occasions where I went from idea to draft in 30 minutes and not much changed. Now to figure out how to tap that secret story vein more often… thanks @notquitewrite.com for all the anti-prompt fun, can’t wait for 2026 #writingcontest #writingcommunity
Not quite write prize for flash fiction. Congratulations on submitting your story. “They saved the best anti-prompt for last! I had fun with this one.”
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Rat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Today's story is "Jeanie with a "J" by Caro Robson. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/jeanie-wit...
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Aww... blushing... right back at you my friend and so happy to be in the Rat Pack alongside you!
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Quest stories are so playful and definitely one of my writing happy places. I had so much fun writing this drabble and it's found the perfect home @ratbaglit.bsky.social Dive into the Rat Pack and come play with all the weird little stories! ratbaglit.substack.com/p/town-ghost...
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TOWN GHOST COUNTRY GHOST (VILLAGE QUEST 2)
By Anthea Jones
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
www.writingbattle.com/join-battle I joined the upcoming Fear Flash Fiction Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on Oct 5, 2025! @writingbattle.bsky.social #flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky Join the Battle and Learn More
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Writing Battle — Write. Read. Win.
Write. Read. Win. A competitive writing platform for storytellers around the world. Receive oodles of feedback. Join the most supportive writing community on the web. You up for the chal...
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Excited to have 100 words in issue #50 of ScribesMICRO! www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/
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Issue 50
​*   Managing Editor: Edward Ahern    * *   Associate Editor: Alison McBain    * *    Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas    * *    Poetry Editor: Mary Keating   * ​...
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Thrilled to have this little piece in @micromancemagazine.bsky.social today! So many flashbacks to my own high school days while writing this one. micromancemagazine.substack.com/p/theoretica...
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Theoretical Love
By Anthea Jones
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Thank you! This is the one contest where I do feel like I've won the prize just by getting to the end... so hard to make it even kind of work
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Historical fiction for the second contest in a row… why? Thank you @nycmidnight.bsky.social for bringing this pleasure/pain into my life. Good luck everyone scrambling in the last few hours!
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I was thinking recently about how much I missed writing dialogue. This piece I wrote for the "my body, my choice" inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary uses lots of dialogue and is very short. I'd love for you to read it and the whole amazing debut issue! 💙 hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/
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Wyoming - Hot Flash Literary
It’s the time of the Great Evacuation. That’s what my friend Jess calls it. I’ve been bleeding all over the place. My body is emptying itself out. It’s undignified. And painful.  Out for coffee with J...
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Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 🏆 until Sep 30! THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows! More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
A purple background with a galaxy and birds flying in front of it. A four pointed star is on the top of the image with text below. The text reads: "augur society, Microfiction Contest, stories for the futures we need." A purple bar beneath the text has a symbol of an arrow inside a circle with the text "swipe for guidelines" to the right of it. A darker purple bar at the bottom of the image reads "Enter by September 30, 2025"
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I love this audio so much! Thank you foofaraw 🥳
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I am so impressed with that stamina to keep submitting! You deserve all the accolades 🥳
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Pips #14 Hard 🔴 1:29 Scratching an itch I didn’t know I had
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Yes. All of the yeses. I love Erin’s brain so much.
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Fangirl moment! This could not have happened to a more generous person - what goes around comes around. Huge congratulations to Christy.
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
😂 gotta love a buffet
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Which category?! Can you share that?
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Intrepidus Ink @intrepidusink.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Wings out, engines on— @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social is cleared for Cycle 12. Huzzah! ❤️
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Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Yay! I made a very last minute submission and greatly enjoyed myself - zero pressure. So glad to hear it's got you back on the writing train!
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