When it comes to getting your work noticed, there’s little better than winning or being shortlisted for a writing competition… and the odds of that happening aren’t as long as you think. Every competition listed here produces one or more winners every year, as well as numerous honourable mentions and shortlisted writers. But in order…
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How to Recognise a Vanity Publisher
A concise guide to identifying and avoiding vanity publishers…
Every Little Helps
I have never felt so comfortedas I have at the grocery store. I have been soothed by creme-filled cakes,by the gaze of gherkins in their jars. Bad feelings — I have left out in the carto overheat and die in the gorgeousJuly weather; among weatherless aislesI wander in serenity and ease. For I have seen…
Last Meals
1 The last unenriched food on Earth is a tin of dog meat. Like the chew toys that decay too slowly, this tin long outlasts its purpose. No more dogs in the world to call back to their dinner bowls. Few creatures survived the heat of those summers. It is a rich man who buys…
Delicious Life
I want to eat delicious life,Be able to bite rocks like breadAnd butter buns with glaze of marl,Munching mountains,Crunching cliffs;A lovely creamy lava drippingHotness of volcanic curry,Poured over whole fried islands, spiced,And after, cold, a shake — iceberg delight.My wine: a glass of glacier milkWhisked-in with freshing waterfalls,A generous lick of sprinkled stars,Finished with a…
How to Submit Your Writing to Literary Magazines
A complete guide for anyone who is interested in having their short story or poem published in a literary magazine…
Excel Submissions Tracker
When sending out your work for possible publication it can sometimes be difficult to keep track of what has been sent where. To help with this, we’ve put together a simple Excel spreadsheet which you can download and use to track submissions…
The Horse From Pit 91
We pulled you from the ageless darkand embraced your bones in plaster—a hasty sacrament to noteyour restoration to the world of light.Now you stand in tribute to your kind:a breathless monument of when you lived.I hope you had some peace, a sip of cool,dark water before your hooves got stuck.You must have panicked, alerting wolvesto…
The Shadow Man Travels
At the time, he’s sick of it, the heavinesssettling in his shadow limbs. All those nightsmixing with the same old spirits in New Orleans,or rattling chains in windowless European castles.He’s tired of strangers who call themselves expertson him, then walk through his body on the stairscall out with cold hearted threats. So the Shadow Man…
The Best Online Writing Tools
Here’s our list of online tools you can use to help improve your writing, find a home for your completed works, boost your inspiration when it’s lacking, and keep track of your burgeoning career. Best of all, most of these are either free or very inexpensive. Take a look and bookmark the ones you might find handy…