@OpenPenLondon

Free short fiction magazine and publisher of novelettes.

 London
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Joined January 2011
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Open Pen Anthology: Volume Two - now available in bookshops everywhere. Featuring our roster of short story writers, both emerging and acclaimed, and always with something to say. Always choose your books from independent shops!
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We’re delighted to have a new stockist in East Dulwich - Chener Books. Our short fiction magazine is available in fine indie bookshops, so go get yours
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Issue 31 is all posted to bookshops and subscribers - available early next week. Get yours from your indie bookshop.
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If you are buying anthology 2 from an indie bookseller, choose one of our magazine stockists: openpen.uk/magazine-stockist… They’re venerable people fighting the good fight.

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Wendy Erskine, guest - author of The Benefactors, Sweet Home, Dance Move. B.B. Fitton Jacob Parker Josephine Bruni Olivia Dunnett Ian M MacDonald Rob True Fernando Sdrigotti Ben Stone Bonny Brooks Krystian Morgan James Hatton Louisa Adjoa Parker Sylvia Warren
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@WednesdayErskin @kmog @LouisaAdjoa
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Our new website is live! To celebrate, all our books are on sale until midnight on Sunday. - This includes our anthology (which will be in bookshops from July) - And our ‘novelettes’ openpen.uk/uk
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Anthology 2: Wendy Erskine - esteemed short story writer and author of The Benefactors B.B. Fitton Jacob Parker Josephine Bruni Olivia Dunnett Ian M MacDonald Rob True Fernando Sdrigotti Ben Stone Bonny Brooks Krystian Morgan James Hatton Louisa Adjoa Parker Sylvia Warren
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Must say, we’re rather happy with the authors we’ve lassoed over the years. Very proud to have them within the pages of our latest tablet. Openpen.uk/shop
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Open Pen Anthology: Volume Two is out now: openpen.uk/shop Wendy Erskine - Guest B.B. Fitton Jacob Parker Josephine Bruni Olivia Dunnett Ian M MacDonald Rob True Fernando Sdrigotti Ben Stone Bonny Brooks Krystian Morgan James Hatton Louisa Adjoa Parker Sylvia Warren
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Popped by the excellent Rare Mags in Stockport today. Leaders in the good fight for print magazines everywhere.
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Open Pen Anthology: Volume Two is out now: openpen.uk/shop Wendy Erskine - Guest B.B. Fitton Jacob Parker Josephine Bruni Olivia Dunnett Ian M MacDonald Rob True Fernando Sdrigotti Ben Stone Bonny Brooks Krystian Morgan James Hatton Louisa Adjoa Parker Sylvia Warren
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'There’s big trouble in the world of little magazines.' — Tristram Fane Saunders @TATFS on what makes 'little magazines' so fragile, why they matter and why they so often vanish without any fanfare. Read here: thelondonmagazine.org/articl…

Essay | Why Magazines Fail by Tristram Fane Saunders - The London Magazine

Drawing on recent literary magazine closures, Tristram Fane Saunders asks what makes 'little magazines' so fragile, why they matter and why they so often vanish.

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We’re finally going to print this week! Proud to publish this roster of writers. Order a copy: openpen.uk/shop
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Open Pen issue 30 - out now! Featuring author, @ricketywhite - a brilliant writer whose debut book was pulled due to the publisher folding. It needs to come out, one way or another… In the meantime, read some of his work here: openpen.uk/read.

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Open Pen issue 30. Great writers destined for great things between these covers: @GurnaikJohal Kim Chinquee Myles Zavelo @ricketywhite We’ll be sending these issues out to bookshops in the coming weeks.
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You can now pre-order the Open Pen Anthology 2 from our website! Featuring our guest author, Wendy Erskine. And our rag-tag band of contributing authors over the last 5 years. openpen.uk/shop
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You can now pre-order the Open Pen Anthology 2 from our website! Featuring our guest author, Wendy Erskine. And our rag-tag band of contributing authors over the last 5 years. openpen.uk/shop
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We’re setting up our web shop again, as soon as our new bank account from the fat cats comes through. You’ll be able to subscribe to our magazine and pre-order copies of our anthology. Until then, grab a copy of issue 30 from our roster of bookshops openpen.uk/stockists

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Open Pen issue 30. Great writers destined for great things between these covers: @GurnaikJohal Kim Chinquee Myles Zavelo @ricketywhite We’ll be sending these issues out to bookshops in the coming weeks.
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We’re open for submissions, as always. Send your work over to [email protected]. Our old email, [email protected], is now defunct. If you’ve submitted to us via this address recently, please resend it to our Gmail address. Taa!
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