Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Same! Guess I won’t be reading yours then… not till later anyway 110
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I 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!oddembers.comOdd Embers Writing ContestJoin the Odd Embers Flash Fiction Contest to spark creativity with strange prompts. Submit stories, receive feedback, and compete for prizes and publication. 000
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I discovered my favourite word when I was four - OBSTREPEROUS! 130
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I literally just signed up Odd Ember's next contest—join me? More info at www.oddembers.comoddembers.comOdd Embers Writing ContestJoin the Odd Embers Flash Fiction Contest to spark creativity with strange prompts. Submit stories, receive feedback, and compete for prizes and publication. 010
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Thrilled 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 050
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 21/04/2026writingbattle.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 Morewritingbattle.comWriting BattleThe league for creative writers. Join the largest writing competition and most supportive community for writers on the web. 050
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Thank you #notquitewriteprize for a most delicious start to the writing year! 010
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 13/01/2026www.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 Morewritingbattle.comWriting 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... 030
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 05/01/2026So pleased to share this adventurous rhyming story starts its next chapter today. Thank you @micromancemagazine.bsky.social 🐲🌸💪💕🧡🤍open.substack.comRainbow QueensBy Anthea Jones 000
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 15/12/2025The 23rd annual Screenwriting Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social kicks off on February 13th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/sccnycmidnight.comThe Screenwriting Challenge — nycmidnightThe 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 ... 030
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Excited my story 'First Fleet Fern' has found a home at Sci-Fi Shorts! ift.tt/V2kNph3ift.ttFirst Fleet FernAnthea Jones 020
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 04/12/2025It’s free to enter, only 100 words AND you get to choose an entry badge! 010
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 01/12/2025New writing contests will always be my Achilles heel. Who else is in? getwritehooked.com?raf=ref4252710getwritehooked.comWrite Hook - Weekly Writing Contests, Big PrizesWrite Hook is a weekly, fight night–style writing competition where storytellers square off for cash prizes, bragging rights, and a shot at the championship. 010
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Very pleased my demonic printer drabble found the perfect home! 010
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Thanks for another wild weekend #furiousfiction #writing 040
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 08/11/2025So I finished the novel, where do I collect my killing 😉 120
Reposted by AntheaNot Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 07/11/2025We'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 👇 6204
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Hmmm I feel like I know which team I’ll pick, but who knows, maybe I’ll go rogue! 110
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 06/11/2025It’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... 010
Reposted by AntheaNot Quite Write @notquitewrite.com · 03/11/2025Keep 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! 2192
Reposted by AntheaSmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Starting 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...smokelong.comReady for Promptember 2025? - SmokeLong QuarterlyJoin 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... 1104
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 25/10/2025This 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 010
Reposted by AntheaRat Bag @ratbaglit.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Today's story is "Jeanie with a "J" by Caro Robson. #ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros ratbaglit.substack.com/p/jeanie-wit... 061
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Aww... blushing... right back at you my friend and so happy to be in the Rat Pack alongside you! 000
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Quest 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...ratbaglit.substack.comTOWN GHOST COUNTRY GHOST (VILLAGE QUEST 2)By Anthea Jones 010
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 03/10/2025www.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 Morewritingbattle.comWriting 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... 010
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Excited to have 100 words in issue #50 of ScribesMICRO! www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/fairfieldscribes.comIssue 50* Managing Editor: Edward Ahern * * Associate Editor: Alison McBain * * Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas * * Poetry Editor: Mary Keating * ... 010
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Thrilled 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...micromancemagazine.substack.comTheoretical LoveBy Anthea Jones 000
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Thank 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 110
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Historical 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! 170
Reposted by AntheaKathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I 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/hotflashliterary.comWyoming - Hot Flash LiteraryIt’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... 14519
Reposted by AntheaAugur Society | Augur Issue 8.3 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 05/09/2025The 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! 19271
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I am so impressed with that stamina to keep submitting! You deserve all the accolades 🥳 110
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Pips #14 Hard 🔴 1:29 Scratching an itch I didn’t know I had 000
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Fangirl moment! This could not have happened to a more generous person - what goes around comes around. Huge congratulations to Christy. 010
Reposted by AntheaIntrepidus Ink @intrepidusink.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Wings out, engines on— @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social is cleared for Cycle 12. Huzzah! ❤️ 052
Anthea @writeranthea.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Yay! 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! 110