Event 8/11 THE HEAT IS ON. Short story event run by @JohnHolland52 for Gloucestershire writers. Founded 2011. https://xitter.cf/t.co/HjA90xO2Vs
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TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE for the Stroud Short Stories 31st event THE HEAT IS ON on Sunday 8 Nov at 7.30 (doors 7.00). Part of @BookStroud Festival. Tickets from Lansdown Hall website lansdownhall.org/events/stro…
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Submissions for Talking Tales 🗣️ #43 – an event taking place at The Robin Hood, St Michael's Hill, Bristol on 29th October – close soon! 👻 - mailchi.mp/4ce8811c6383/talk…
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Halloween is coming...
Step into a world of ghosts, folklore, magic and storytelling at our online Halloween Fiction Workshop.
🖋️ Creative writing prompts
💻 Online workshop
📅 22 October | 8pm
🎟️ £10
Perfect for writers of all experience levels.
thephare.com/events-2
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TICKETS for 'THE HEAT IS ON' on Sunday 08/11 - part of @BookStroud Festival - are now on sale from the Lansdown Hall website. Ten Gloucestershire authors read their stories. Don't miss it! lansdownhall.org/whatson
More info on Stroud Short Stories website - stroudshortstories.blogspot.…
TICKETS for 'THE HEAT IS ON' on Sunday 08/11 - part of @BookStroud Festival - are now on sale from the Lansdown Hall website. Ten Gloucestershire authors read their stories. Don't miss it! lansdownhall.org/whatson
More info on Stroud Short Stories website - stroudshortstories.blogspot.…
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This will be our penultimate Shooter Flash, as the comp will stop running at the end of this year. If you'd like to be included in the 2026 anthology you have til the end of November to submit!
Guidelines: shooterlitmag.com/shooter-fl… #amwriting #flashfiction #shortstories #memoir
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Submissions are open for November Shooter Flash! Fiction and nonfiction tales up to 1K words welcome. All entrants receive a free copy of the 2025 flash anthology. Guidelines: shooterlitmag.com/shooter-fl… #amwriting #flashfiction #shortstories #nonfiction #memoir #WritingCommunity
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We’re open for submissions until 27.11.26. Looking to read #poetry #FlashFiction #ShortFiction #creativenonfiction
We’ve already had some fabulous entries, and we want to read yours!
See thephare.com/submit for guidelines
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Stroud Short Stories is now closed for submissions for the 8 Nov event THE HEAT IS ON.
HUGE thank you to everyone who submitted stories.
The WINNING writers and stories will be announced on Wed 7 October
All info - stroudshortstories.blogspot.…
Stroud Short Stories is now closed for submissions for the 8 Nov event THE HEAT IS ON.
HUGE thank you to everyone who submitted stories.
The WINNING writers and stories will be announced on Wed 7 October
All info - stroudshortstories.blogspot.…
IT'S DEADLINE DAY HERE AT STROUD SHORT STORIES. The heat is definitely on. We close for submissions tonight Sun 27 Sept at 23.59.
Free to submit. Gloucestershire writers. Published or unpublished stories. Winners announced 7 Oct.
All info on SSS website -stroudshortstories.blogspot.…
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Online writing workshop. 17.9.26 8pm - 9.15pm
We’ll be using news articles as creative springboards for flash, micro and short stories. There’ll be time to write, share and discuss your news-inspired work.
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Submissions are open for the 31st Stroud Short Stories event, THE HEAT IS ON. It's free to submit. Gloucs and S.Gloucs writers. Part of @BookStroud festival. Subs close on 27 Sept. All info about rules and submissions is on the Stroud Short Stories website stroudshortstories.blogspot.…
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Abergavenny writer Ben Ferguson has been crowned the winner of the 2026 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for ‘Piedmont’, an ‘extraordinary’ story of love and loss #BookTwitter #booklovers buff.ly/Fa8frj8
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Submissions are open for October Shooter Flash!
Fiction and nonfiction tales up to 1K words welcome. All entrants receive a free copy of the 2025 flash anthology.
Guidelines: shooterlitmag.com/shooter-fl…
#amwriting #flashfiction #shortstories #nonfiction #memoir #WritingCommunity
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Are you entering our competition?
THE DEADLINE is TONIGHT, midnight.
See our website for all the details.
crankedanvil.co.uk/flashcomp…
#iamawriter #writerslife #writingcompetition #newwriting #writingcommunity #writing #critique #write #anthology #writer #flashfiction #writers
Submissions are open for the 31st Stroud Short Stories event, THE HEAT IS ON. It's free to submit. Gloucs and S.Gloucs writers. Part of @BookStroud festival. Subs close on 27 Sept. All info about rules and submissions is on the Stroud Short Stories website stroudshortstories.blogspot.…