Penstricken
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Penstricken is an online literary journal featuring short fiction and poetry from new and established authors. 📚✍️ www.penstricken.com
Time’s running out to win our biggest ever prize of £100 + your #flashfiction published in our 1,000-Word Story Competition. We still(!) haven't reached the 100 entry cap and MUST close this competition 30th Aug, meaning your odds of winning are actually pretty darn good – but only if you enter.
It's free to submit your #writing to Penstricken, and always will be. However, if you include a donation of £2 or more with your submission, we'll give you a faster response + an optional critique as a thank you for helping us to claw back some of our running costs. 🙏😊 Penstricken.com/submissions
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions Open Submissions for our Winter 2026 issue, Journeys, are open now! Please note we are presently unable to provide monetary compensation for contributions to our magazine. Our Winter 20…
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Our 1,000-Word Story Competition closes THIS MONTH, whether we get enough entries or not. There's a £100 (or equivalent) prize for the winner, and since we're capping this competition at 100 entries, you'll only be competing against 99 others max. This is our biggest prize ever, so better be quick!
Did you know you can read all our issues for free on our website? Because you can. Or, if you want to help us stay afloat financially, you can buy one of our frankly gorgeous paper issues. 📖👀 #fiction #poetry #writersky
Our AI policy in brief: we don't use it. We also ask all our contributors to promise they haven't used it in their submissions and – unless we have a GOOD reason not to – we believe them, because publishing involves an agreement based on mutual trust. We think that's important. 🤷♂️
Want to win £100 and get your writing published in our next issue? Then you should enter our 1,000-Word Story Competition. Better hurry though, competition closes when we reach 100 entries or on Aug 30, whatever comes first! ⌛ #writersky
We're passionate about providing an ad-free platform for writers to freely share their #fiction, #poetry, and #writing but we rely heavily on donations from our supporters to stay afloat. If you like what we do, visit penstricken.com/support-us to see how you can help us to keep going. Thank you 🙏😍.
Have you got your copy of Descent yet? What was your favourite story/poem? 📉⛷️ Hard to pick just one, we know... 🤷♂️ #fiction #poetry #writersky
Our 1,000-Word Writing Competition ends next month, or possibly earlier if we get entries. Get your entry in now for a chance to win £100 (or equivalent via PayPal) + your story published in our winter issue. 👉 penstricken.com/competitions #writersky
Competitions
Competitions The Penstricken 1,000-Word Story Prize Update: We have added a deadline to this competition. See below for full details. Can you tell a story in 1,000 words? Fancy winning £100? The Pe…
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Quiiiick! Enter our 1,000-Word Story Competition before we hit the 100 entry limit or the 30th August deadline for your chance to win £100. Full deets on our website. ✍️🏆#writersky
Time is running out to win £100 in our 1000-Word Story Competition. This competition will close at 100 entries or on 30 Aug, whatever happens first. 👉 penstricken.com/competitions #flashfiction #writersky
Competitions
Competitions The Penstricken 1,000-Word Story Prize Update: We have added a deadline to this competition. See below for full details. Can you tell a story in 1,000 words? Fancy winning £100? The Pe…
penstricken.com
Send us your short #fiction, #poetry and articles about #writing for our winter issue, Journeys 🗺️✈️. We're open to submissions from new and established writers, and we're dead nice. 🙂👉 penstricken.com/submissions
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions Open Submissions for our Winter 2026 issue, Journeys, are open now! Please note we are presently unable to provide monetary compensation for contributions to our magazine. Our Winter 20…
penstricken.com
