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The Shape Of Your Story
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Retreat West / WestWord
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All about writing great stories. Courses, competitions, workshops and a friendly online community. WestWord literary journal. Spread love with your words 💙 https://www.retreatwest.co.uk https://westword.substack.com
This is such a good idea for a workshop! Join @dublinwriter.bsky.social as you navigate tough times through the prism of creativity www.tickettailor.com/events/retre...
Book here for £10 – Writing Our Way Through Negative Times – Zoom
Negativity and hardship come at all of us from different directions, and affect us all in different ways. In this workshop we w...
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Have I mentioned our brand new flash contest? For folklore inspired stories up to 400 words. Closing tomorrow 23:59 westword.substack.com/p/folktale-f...
Folktale Flash Contest
This annual competition is for flash fiction stories inspired by folktales, myths, legends, fables and fairytales.
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ICYMI - start your week right with this stonking story!
Eleanor Luke @eleanor-luke.bsky.social · last yr.I’m so thrilled to see my quiet little story, “Handle with Care”, out in the world! A thousand thanks to @rfpress.bsky.social for believing in it. Thanks also to @retreatwest.bsky.social for giving me the prompt and to @ruralunease.bsky.social for helping me get it polished! 💕🙏
I’m so thrilled to see my quiet little story, “Handle with Care”, out in the world! A thousand thanks to @rfpress.bsky.social for believing in it. Thanks also to @retreatwest.bsky.social for giving me the prompt and to @ruralunease.bsky.social for helping me get it polished! 💕🙏
Roi Fainéant Press SUBS ARE OPEN, BAYBEE!@rfpress.bsky.social · last yr.Gooooooooooooood morning! Guess what time it is? Four Score & 84 is live right now. Tell the first person you see in a powdered wig or somethin'. www.roifaineantpress.com/blog
I hope lots of you are using this final weekend to polish your modern takes on fairytales and fables for our brand new competition westword.substack.com/p/folktale-f...
Folktale Flash Contest
This annual competition is for flash fiction stories inspired by folktales, myths, legends, fables and fairytales.
westword.substack.com
I hope lots of you are using this final weekend to polish your modern takes on fairytales and fables for our brand new competition westword.substack.com/p/folktale-f...
Folktale Flash Contest
This annual competition is for flash fiction stories inspired by folktales, myths, legends, fables and fairytales.
westword.substack.com
See our Hermit Crab Prize judge in action!
Avitus B. Carle@avitusbcarle.bsky.social · last yr.Looking for a virtual workshop all about how the body transforms or disconnects depending on our character’s needs in flash? Well I’ll be teaching that workshop over at Blue Stoop! When: Thursday, May 1, 2025 Time: 4 - 5 PM (EST) Register here! www.bluestoop.org/events/tots-...
I've just made my submission? Who else is getting a last minute entry in today?
National Flash Fiction Day@natflashfictionday.bsky.social · last yr.An update on countries FlashFlood has accepted flash from this year so far: UK, Netherlands, Italy, Canada, South Africa, UAE, France, Australia, India, New Zealand, Spain, Bangladesh, Greece, Germany, Ireland, US, Japan, The Channel Islands, Switzerland & Hong Kong. Can we add any more today?
Each edition of Westword is free to read but did you know as a paid member there is so much more to access? From free competition entries to craft articles and Zoom workshops, there's a plethora of inspiration to keep your writing the best it can be! westword.substack.com/p/subscripti...
Memberships
Commit to your writing and become a paid member of WestWord and you can get submissions to all of our editions, prize categories and competitions included, plus workshops and craft articles to help yo...
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And we're really excited to be hosting our first poetry workshop this month! Join Pauline Sewards whatever experience you have. Sunday 27th April 1pm - 3pm (BST) www.tickettailor.com/events/retre...?
Book here – Ways into Poetry – Zoom
Join us to get started, or continue, on your poetry journey. This interactive workshop is suitable for experienced and beginner...
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Each edition of Westword is free to read but did you know as a paid member there is so much more to access? From free competition entries to craft articles and Zoom workshops, there's a plethora of inspiration to keep your writing the best it can be! westword.substack.com/p/subscripti...
Memberships
Commit to your writing and become a paid member of WestWord and you can get submissions to all of our editions, prize categories and competitions included, plus workshops and craft articles to help yo...
westword.substack.com
Wonderful news for our longlisted writers! Congratulations to everyone who recognises their title www.retreatwest.co.uk/blog/opening...
Opening Lines Spring 2025 Longlist
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Wonderful news for our longlisted writers! Congratulations to everyone who recognises their title www.retreatwest.co.uk/blog/opening...
Opening Lines Spring 2025 Longlist
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The shortlist for @retreatwest.bsky.social’s 2025 Hermit Crab Prize is here! Congratulations to all the writers listed! I can’t wait to read your words 😍 open.substack.com/pub/westword...
Shortlist: Hermit Crab Prize
The finalists are...
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Congratulations to the talented writers on the shortlist! westword.substack.com/p/shortlist-...
Shortlist: Hermit Crab Prize
The finalists are...
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Last day to enter your opening lines for a chance to win an editorial report from a professional editor. www.retreatwest.co.uk/opening-line...
Opening Lines Competition
Annual competition to win an editorial report on your novel manuscript.
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Yay, I have a short story in this by @retreatwest.bsky.social alongside these fabulous writers!
Retreat West / WestWord@retreatwest.bsky.social · last yr.Edition 8 of WestWord has arrived. Six beautiful stories by Lucy Stubbings Lorraine Collins Cole Beauchamp @nomad-sw18.bsky.social JoAnneh Nagler Susan Wigmore and Sharon Boyle @sharon54.bsky.social westword.substack.com/p/edition-8-...
What is your favourite twist ending? Have you ever tried writing one? www.retreatwest.co.uk/blog/gotcha-...
Gotcha! Twist Endings
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What aspects of writing craft would you like to see covered over the next few months?
And we're really excited to be hosting our first poetry workshop this month! Join Pauline Sewards whatever experience you have. Sunday 27th April 1pm - 3pm (BST) www.tickettailor.com/events/retre...?
Book here – Ways into Poetry – Zoom
Join us to get started, or continue, on your poetry journey. This interactive workshop is suitable for experienced and beginner...
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We're excited to be running a new generative workshop this weekend. 90 minutes of weather related prompts to add tension and electric passages of descriptions to your writing. 🌦️⛈️❄️ www.tickettailor.com/events/retre...?
Book here – Red Sky at Night – Zoom
In this workshop we'll work together to explore how the atmospheric conditions of your stories can really work for you. Patheti...
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Deadline extended! Due to technical difficulties over the weekend, we are giving you an extra week to submit your opening lines for a chance to win an editorial report from a professional editor. New deadline: 13th April www.retreatwest.co.uk/opening-line...
Opening Lines Competition
Annual competition to win an editorial report on your novel manuscript.
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Excited to have my story "Dancing into the Fire" published in WestWord's @retreatwest.bsky.social ILLUSION edition. I wrote it after a trip to the Swedish Arctic circle - no surprise it features extreme cold ❄️ open.substack.com/pub/westword...
"Music strums through him, the tapping foot of the banjo player like his glorious heart." I love all the amazing sensory details (and perfect last lines!) in this story by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @retreatwest.bsky.social 💙💙💙
Cole Beauchamp 🏳️🌈 📖@nomad-sw18.bsky.social · last yr.Excited to have my story "Dancing into the Fire" published in WestWord's @retreatwest.bsky.social ILLUSION edition. I wrote it after a trip to the Swedish Arctic circle - no surprise it features extreme cold ❄️ open.substack.com/pub/westword...
Edition 8 of WestWord has arrived. Six beautiful stories by Lucy Stubbings Lorraine Collins Cole Beauchamp @nomad-sw18.bsky.social JoAnneh Nagler Susan Wigmore and Sharon Boyle @sharon54.bsky.social westword.substack.com/p/edition-8-...
Edition 8 - April 2025
Six short fictions
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Deadline extended! Due to technical difficulties over the weekend, we are giving you an extra week to submit your opening lines for a chance to win an editorial report from a professional editor. New deadline: 13th April www.retreatwest.co.uk/opening-line...
Opening Lines Competition
Annual competition to win an editorial report on your novel manuscript.
retreatwest.co.uk
Deadline extended! Due to technical difficulties over the weekend, we are giving you an extra week to submit your opening lines for a chance to win an editorial report from a professional editor. New deadline: 13th April www.retreatwest.co.uk/opening-line...
Opening Lines Competition
Annual competition to win an editorial report on your novel manuscript.
retreatwest.co.uk