Photo by Clare Hawley All this Movement by Caroline Reid Writer/Poet/Performer, Caroline Reid wrote her first commissioned work for theatre twenty years ago. Her plays, stories and poetry have been widely performed, broadcast and published. In 2016 she discovered the thrill of performing her own poetry and has been hard at it, qualifying as one […]
Talking Under Water by Ian Jamieson Ian lives in Picton, a small rural town outside of Sydney. He has a PhD in literature and has spent his working life teaching English. Having spent so much time looking at the writings of others he now feels it is time that he got on with trying to […]
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We run a free to enter short story writing competition. This is an ongoing monthly competition. Deadline: Last day of every month Prize: $30 We’re looking for short stories of up to 3,000 words. Open theme. Competition Rules This competition is open to all writers aged 18 or over, regardless of nationality or country of […]
Crooked by Colette Coen Colette Coen has most recently been published in Chroma, Structo and Crannog Magazines. Her novel All the Places I’ve Ever Been and short story collections are available on Amazon. She lives in Glasgow, Scotland with her husband and their two teenagers. She is also Mum to a university student who has flown […]
The Young Writers’ Award is open until December 17, 2018. Free to enter. The award has two categories: 1. The Children’s Picture Book category A short, structured story to 250 words, fiction or non-fiction. Story only, no illustrations required. The winning story will be professionally illustrated and produced as a 32-page hard copy book and […]