DebraWaters
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DebraWaters
@DebAshWat
Writer, lifestyle journo. 2020 winner #BridportPrize (short story). Shortlist: @BathStoryAward; LISP/Bridport (flash). High commend: @Writers_Artists WCW Prize.
Brighton Katılım Haziran 2020
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This book is beautiful. If you haven’t read it I highly recommend it 🧡
Waterstones@Waterstones
Told over two decades, our Fiction Book of the Month is THE BOY FROM THE SEA, @garrett_carr's multilayered tale of happenstance, love and rivalry set on the West Coast of Ireland, as a fisherman's family adopts an abandoned baby found on a beach: waterstones.com/book/the-boy-f… #WBOTM
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“Most of the narrators and chief characters in my fiction are versions of myself that never materialized, potential versions of myself.” —Gerald Murnane buff.ly/GDOqLrF
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Delighted to have won 3rd place in WestWord’s Folk #Flashfiction competition for my 1 minute read, The Mermaid of Brockwell Lido bit.ly/4oawbMu
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It wasn’t part of the plan. In fact, you didn’t even think it was possible… not at your age. But it happened and now an impossible decision sits before you.
📚 Catch @DebAshWat's affecting story in our 2025 anthology & meet all our shortlisted writers: bit.ly/4dZRhIB
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What if you had to let go of the things you love, one at a time, until you had nothing left? Could you do it? What if you didn’t have a choice?
📚 @ZoeMeager's story joins our next anthology. Learn more and meet all our shortlisted authors: bit.ly/4dZRhIB
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Bit of prose about a teenage tragedy for you bit.ly/Griefowesusnot…
Thanks to @NorthGravy for publication 😘
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Joy of joys, the sun is shining and I'm on the @BristolPrize shortlist.
Bristol Short Story Prize@BristolPrize
The 2025 Bristol Short Story Prize shortlist is now live: bit.ly/4k7rSio A huge thank you to our incredible judging panel: @JanCarson7280, Kate Johnson and @PeaceMedie for their time, commitment and enthusiasm. Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted authors!
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Fascinating talk by @Nnedi Okorafor at @AfroriBooks yesterday regarding her new book Death of the Author. Loved what Nnedi said about AI.
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Very happy to have a piece included in this upcoming anthology of @uncensored_motherhood_stories
instagram.com/p/DFm80ZdNZ4B/…
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No one is having a better week than @ColinBarrett82
Wild Houses has won the @nerobookawards debut fiction prize and is on the longlist for the Dublin Literary Award 2025 - alongside Colm Tóibín, Paul Lynch, John Boyne, Sinéad Gleeson, Nuala O’Connor and Orla Owen.
Colin Barrett@ColinBarrett82
Wild Houses has been nominated for this award by @limklibraries - a massive thank you to them for the support!!
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I (and two others) won the Letter Review writing prize! My share is $333!! And here's my story, illustrated with a cat, which is a bonus obvs.
letterreview.com/on-leaving-new…
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Delighted to be one of three winners of the #LetterReview Prize for Short Fiction 2024. Congrats to the other winners and shortlisters :-)
letterreview.com/the-letter-rev…
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Thanks to @Oxfordflash for featuring In Bed with Tesla, my fever dream of a story! Congrats to the other contributors.
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Made the @Oxfordflash shortlist. Feels bloody great. Congrats to the other shortlisters
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We're thrilled to announce the short-list for the Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2024!
Join us for the anthology launch 26 October! oxfordflashfictionprize.com/news
All stories will be included in the next anthology & receive a Flash Cabin workshop!
@bodleianlibs
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@SarahHegarty1 @LizJensenWriter @theliterarypig @ReshmaRuia @electra_rhodes This looks right up my street 😀
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Happy publication day to Magpie and me! With big thanks to @LizJensenWriter @theliterarypig @ReshmaRuia @electra_rhodes for their generous support ♥️
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Big old boost this morning – I've been longlisted for the @Oxfordflash Fiction Prize. Now manifesting my story on the shortlist... ;-)
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