DLC Hanson
@dlchanson.bsky.social
Writer of novels, stories & poems. Editor: newwriters.org.uk Musician.
Big congratulations to the winners of the New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2026. Full results here: newwriters.org.uk/flash-result... 1st place: Chris Cottom @chriscottom.bsky.social 2nd place: Jay McKenzie 3rd place: Teodora Vamvu Thank you to everyone who entered! #flashfiction
Yet another dismissive, party-political answer by the PM at PMQs. The disparity between the UK's wealthiest and poorest is growing every day, with millions struggling with cost of living. When will the PM accept that the problem in our country is inequality, not immigration?
Writers of historical fiction, check out our new comp: newwriters.org.uk/historical-f... Deadline: Wednesday, 5th November 2025 Top Prize: £500 Word Limit: 300 words Charity: 10% of proceeds to First Story & the Funzi & Bodo Trust Get involved! #writingcommunity #historicalfiction
Thank you Goldfinch Novel Award 2025 & James Mustelier for picking my novel as a runner-up. Congrats to the winner Anna Kemp, & @dorit-dscarlett.bsky.social & Jess Fitch. Thanks also to my writer buddies @delgeo14.bsky.social & @juliusolofsson.bsky.social for your brilliant thoughts & advice.
We're delighted to present the inaugural New Writers Anthology: newwriters.org.uk/anthology-is... It features a selection of prize-winning and shortlisted stories, poems and book reviews from the competitions we ran between 2022 and 2024. We hope you enjoy it! #newwriters #writinganthology
Massive thanks to @thecoloredlens.bsky.social for nominating my kooky story for the @pushcartprize.bsky.social - much appreciated! And big congrats to the other nominees. #writingcommunity
Here's a dark little villanelle I wrote that's gained an honourable mention in the recent Dark Poets Prize: www.darkpoets.club/post/the-pas... #poetry #writingcommunity
THE PASSIONLESS AND THE DAMNED
By DLC HansonBedraggled and spent, the passionless and the damnedscrambled south through febrile grume,hemmed and steered by sleight of hand. Burnished brambles mocked atrophic blancheas busted guts g...
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The New Writing Flash Fiction Competition 2025 is open for entries: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio... - Top prize: £1,100 - Head Judge: Shreya Sen-Handley (@shreyasenhan on Insta) - Donating £1 from each entry to the brilliant creative writing charity First Story #flashfiction #writingcommunity
Fancy a free writer's retreat in Dorset with a fee plus travel? The Bridport Prize have got 2 on offer for working class and/ or LGBTQIA+ writers, unpublished & self published authors or published writers of individual stories. Please share - closing date is 13th!! More details on their website.
We're pleased to announce the winner of our free-to-enter Autumn Micro-fiction Comp: 'The Thing About Bonfires Is' by Heather Haigh Check out the winning entry and a couple of the honourable mentions here: newwriters.org.uk/autumn-micro... (And sign up for our newsletter for more free comps!)
Highly recommended. As well as 'big', it's rather enlightening and very funny! #poetry
Brian Bilston@brianbilston.bsky.social · 3y agoMy book Days Like These publishes in paperback today. It contains a poem for every day of the year and has been described by some readers as ‘big’. If you could all buy at least three copies of it, that would be much appreciated.
Here's a poem I wrote in response to Larkin's 'This Be The Verse': rawlit.weebly.com/issue3_8.html published in the third issue of Raw Lit - rawlit.weebly.com/issues.html (Accompanied by artwork from Dr. Vass Geo.) #poetry
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Dr. Vass Geo is an untroubled, non-traumatised artist who loves colours.
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A little poem I wrote a while ago (accompanied by a photograph by Sreelekha Chatterjee): rawlit.weebly.com/issue2_16.html #poetry #nationalpoetryday
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“Life thrives in the midst of boundless, sea-like difficulties, scorched by the sweltering heat of pain, agonies—sailing on with indomitable spirit, perseverance, and gaining strength along the...
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“I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It's so fuckin' heroic.” ― George Carlin
Here's a sweary poem of mine that's been published in the brilliant online mag, Raw Lit: t.co/6v5IDRH2MI There are loads of beautiful poems, stories, artworks and hybrids that are worth checking out. #writingcommunity #authors
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Dr. Vass Geo is an untroubled, non-traumatised artist who loves colours.
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Hello Blue Sky. I'm hoping to connect with other writers. Anyone else working on their first novel? (I'm in the fun-and-not-at-all-arduous editing stage.) #author #WritingCommunity
