I'm having a 24 hr flash sale on my upcoming zoom w’shops: *20% OFF*bird illustration & mental health w’shop this Sat AND botanical illustration w’shop 7Nov: Learn to draw plants/birds &how creative activity is like taking 3 different meds for mental health: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/collections?...

Next sessions - Oct 19 & Oct 21 ✍️ Expect werewolves, ex-boyfriends, crazy club nights and a neo-baroque ballroom. #writingprompts #contemporaryart Booking link: www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Anika Carpenter@stillsquirrel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Join me once a month for an hour of art appreciation and writing time, and come away with 3 - 4 new drafts. Sign up here eepurl.com/i1v4GA for reminders, free writing prompts & art-related recommendations. #ekphrastic #writingworkshop #shortstories #flashfiction #poetry

I’ll be listing a collection of necklaces in my Etsy shop this Thurs eve (9 UK time) I’ll be making using these Victorian & Edwardian silver stamp holders,lockets, charms, converted brooches (THE OWL) & a tiny 18th C whistle.To enquire/reserve a piece click 💬 on my page: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

Loved this micro by Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social 🐎 I may have been a pony girl in my youth

Fictive Dream@fictivedream.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"The click-clack of hooves on tarmac woke me after midnight." Hoofbeats by Tracy Fells @theliterarypig.bsky.social #microfiction #MicroMonday #writingcommunity #readingcommunity. Please follow the link and enjoy. fictivedream.com/2026/08/17/m...

We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1

Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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Many thanks to @rgvaughan.bsky.social for publishing my story, “Employee Complaint Form” in this issue of @bendinggenres.bsky.social. It features a Pegasus. What can be better than that!? #writesky #flashfiction #writing

Employee Complaint Form

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‘Left Waiting’, from my new novella ‘Bereft of Reason’ is going to be played this evening (Thursday) and Saturday evening on BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire, BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio Somerset between 6-8pm. You can listen on your radio or via the free BBC Sounds app.

'The Hyena’s Daughter', @weatherglassbooks.bsky.social Novella Prize winner by @jupiterjonz.bsky.social is having a Zoom launch! Sat Aug 1st 8pm. Tickets at link, where you can also buy, & read what judge Ali Smith had to say #nif #historical #novella #sensuous www.tickettailor.com/events/dubli...

Block booking for Art & Flash is open! Book for July, Aug & Sep for £30 or July - December for £60. And/or see you in-person at @flashficfestuk.bsky.social July 17 -19 #Bristol UK 🤩 #ekphrastic #writingworkshop #flashfiction #poetry #creativewriting 🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...

Two days to go till National Flash Fiction Day! Read with us! Write with us! Publish with us! Celebrate with us! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

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Amended post: Clear your diaries! Saturday is National Flash Fiction Day! Read with us & write with us! FlashFlood will publish a flash every five or ten minutes and our Write-in will publish a prompt on the hour every hour!

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📰 Deadline approaching! Enter the @bigfinish.bsky.social Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity before 23:59 (UK time) this Thu 11 June 2026. Propose a #DoctorWho First Doctor story that can be produced as an audio book for release later this year. Details: www.bigfinish.com/news/v/big-f...

Reminding you that the £1470 prize fund 33rd BFFA ends TODAY, 7th June at midnight BST. In 7 and a half hours time. Entries so far from U.K. Ireland US, France, Spain Italy Germany, Denmark, Australia, India, Indonesia New Zealand, Finland, Chili, Canada Thank you bathflashfictionaward.com:enter

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‘Bereft of Reason’ was shortlisted in the Bath Novella-in Flash Comp which was a terrific boost & helped me believe in the novella. You can buy signed copies from my website. Copies also available from V.Press.

V. Press@vpresslit.bsky.social · 5mo ago

“It’s a quarter of an hour since Wilfred, his face ashen, walked in the front door. And after his initial outburst, his mother’s learnt nothing new[…]” From Bereft of Reason by Diane Simmons @scooterwriter.bsky.social vpresspoetry.blogspot.com/p/bereft-of-...

FlashFlood is open & has reserved spots for unpublished writers. For more details please see our guidelines: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...

FlashFlood is open! We’d love to receive your subs 😊 Flashes up to 300 words, pre 2023 prev published considered, reserved spots for debut writers. You have until 23:59 on 25 April: flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/p/submission...

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FlashFlood opens tomorrow (19 April). Flashes up to 300 words. This year’s editors are: @lunchontuesday.bsky.social @coffeeandpaneer.bsky.social @sarahillswrites.bsky.social @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social @kazbarwrites.bsky.social @scooterwriter.bsky.social @judiwalsh.bsky.social & Cassandra Parkin

Today would have been Paul Spragg’s 50th birthday. In his memory, @bigfinish.bsky.social audio competition winner #DoctorWho Short Trips “The Wednesday That Wasn’t” by Luke Hollands is FREE, along with the studio script, original entry, behind-the-scenes interviews, and music suite. bgfn.sh/st25

I’ll be listing a last minute collection of necklaces made using Victorian & Edwardian lockets, an acorn chatelaine thimble holder, charms & writing slope/tea caddy keys in my Etsy shop 8.30 this evening. Pieces will be sent special delivery tomorrow within UK if the item is a 🎄gift 🗝️ Pls repost, ty

Our early bird discounts close today. 1 entry £7.50. 2 entries £12.00. Buy now via PayPal. Save receipt & send stories up to 300 words by 1st Feb. £1460 in prizes. Results out end of Feb. Anthology. Bathflashfictionaward.com

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Check it out!! Hodder & Stoughton have an open submission window for all fiction genres. Get in quick. Details in link. Please share :)

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Submissions to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of BRIDGES) & our Microfiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme) are now OPEN until 15 Feb. Our anthology editors & judges are poised ready! You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

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Submissions open tomorrow to our anthology (up to 500 words on the theme of bridges) & to our micro fiction comp (up to 100 words, no theme). You can read more here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

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We are very excited to reveal our guest editor & theme for our 2026 anthology! Submissions open on 1 Dec & close on 15 Feb 2026. Our microfiction comp judges will be announced next week! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/an...

Just added to my Etsy shop: 🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars 🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers) 🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos 💐tiny posy mental health kits Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

NFFD will open our MicroFiction Comp ((up to 100 words) & subs to our new anthology (theme to be announced) on 1 Dec. More details coming soon!

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Many congratulations to you all!

bathflashaward.bsky.social@bathflashaward.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Many congratulations to our winners! 5 brilliant stories selected by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social 1st Adam Brannigan, 2nd @emilyrinkema.bsky.social 3rd @debdanthewriter.bsky.social Highly commended @dawnsteffler.bsky.social All stories published bathflashfictionaward.com

Things are happening in NFFD land! We’ve got our anthology guest editor & our 4 microfiction comp judges lined up & we’ve decided on a theme for our next anthology!Watch this space!

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You’ll be able to enrol on my early ‘26 courses from this evening & buy spaces as gifts 👇🏼

Emma Mitchell@silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Tmrw eve. at 8 I'll be launching my new early '26 creative & mental health workshops: botanical & bird illustrations,small museums & casting nature finds in silver. I trained as a molecular cell biologist,have taught creative w'shops on BBC Countryfile,Victoria & Albert & Bronte Parsonage Museums...