Phil Olsen

Back for a second year! I’m teaching an 8-week Flash Fiction course, ‘Short Shorts and Restrictive Briefs’, as part of University of Liverpool’s Continuing Education programme. Taking place on Tuesday evenings (6-8pm), the course will run from 3 Feb - 31 March 2026

Join me in the @nycmidnight Flash Fiction Challenge on May 1st! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ffc

To find out more or to book, visit the Continuing Education website: liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-edu… (Linktree link in bio: linktr.ee/liverpolsen )

while also responding to prompts and writing exercises. I had a great class last year and am sharing a few of their kind comments here.

Back for a second year! I’m teaching an 8-week Flash Fiction course, ‘Short Shorts and Restrictive Briefs’, as part of University of Liverpool’s Continuing Education programme. Taking place on Tuesday evenings (6-8pm), the course will run from 3 Feb - 31 March 2026

I’m running a new creative writing evening course as part of University of Liverpool’s Continuing Education programme. 6 Tuesday evenings (6-8pm) from 30 Sept - 4 Nov 2025. Find out more and book online: bit.ly/4oAciyC (website & Linktree in bio)

A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words – Writing short stories inspired by art If a picture is worth a thousand words, what might those thousand words be? Fancy writing a 1,000-word piece of flash fiction inspired by artworks and visual prompts?

Find out more at polsen.co.uk/liverpoulipo or book via linktr.ee/liverpolsen

LiverpOulipo will feature prompts, puns and writing exercises. Imposed restrictions will mean you won’t be able to write whatever you like, but hopefully you will like whatever you write. Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 July 2025 (11am - 4pm, both days) on campus.

LiverpOulipo { word [ play } by the rules ] I’m running a 2-day creative writing workshop as part of University of Liverpool’s Continuing Education department’s Summer School.

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Submissions are open! Please send your novel, novella, short story collection or memoir to CONDUIT BOOKS via our website below. Subs close May 31st 2025. Looking forward to reading. Please RT to spread the word. conduitbooks.co.uk

My latest cartoon for @newscientist

To celebrate the release of Björk: Cornucopia, we've got a film poster and book signed by @bjork herself to give away to one lucky winner! 🌀 Follow us, retweet this, and tell us your favourite Björk song to enter

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Dr Sophie Oliver From @LivUniEnglish has discovered two previously unknown poems by Virginia Woolf in the archives of the @ransomcenter @UTAustin. The poems, “Angelica” and “Hiccoughs,” were composed for Woolf's niece and nephew. Read them here👉news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/01/16/poe…

Apparently it’s 15 years since I joined Twitter and I’ve been invited to celebrate with a post, so here is where you can find me on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/liverp… Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

while also responding to prompts and writing exercises. To find out more or to book, visit the Continuing Education website: liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-edu… (Linktree link in bio: linktr.ee/liverpolsen )

The emphasis of this short course will be on working within restrictions to bring about creative solutions and original story ideas. No more staring at a blank page! Each week, we will look at universal story elements (character, dialogue, structure etc),

I’m teaching an 8-week Flash Fiction course, ‘Short Shorts and Restrictive Briefs’, as part of University of Liverpool’s Continuing Education programme. Taking place on Tuesday evenings (6-8pm), the course will run from 4 Feb - 1 April 2025 (with a 1-week gap, half-way through).