DG Herring - Dithering Chaps submissions open!!

Nine days left... As part of the poetry-judging team at @DitheringChaps I'm looking forward to reading your verve-acious words. Top tip: you can send in three poems (or one short story) for each £10 entry fee. #poetic #and #literary #immortality!!

A great start to the new year - Dithering Chaps featured in Rob Mclennan's periodicities... periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/01/david-…

Less than two weeks to get your entry in for the Bournemouth Writing Prize... #poetry #shortstories #CashPrize #literaryfame @DitheringChaps are judging the poetry element

Lovely shout out for Splonk in @IrishTimesCultr today and specifically for Allingham Flash Prize winner #partridgeboswell. Thanks to #KevinPower & @MartinDoyleIT #splonk #splonk12 #allinghamprize #literarymagazine #irishliteraryjournals

Great to see @the4facedliar included in this stellar line-up!

Thrilled to have a poem up in The Inflectionist Review today! Link below.

Helen Kay's poetry is gameboard-perfect - each carefully-crafted line is sure to triple-word-score with her readers. Out next year from ditheringchaps.com/it-was-never-a… Pre-order your copy now! @DitheringChaps

This is me reading from my trans(formation) anthem, 'The Sheliand' at the central location of my poem. ditheringchaps.com/the-sheliand

Just under a month to go...

Here's Helen Kay reading another extract from her poem, It Was Never About the Kingfisher, from her chapbook of the same name. You can pre-order your copy of this beautiful poetry collection here: ditheringchaps.com/shop/p/it-was-… #poetry #kingfishers

I just asked Grok 'Who are Dithering Chaps' - and AI has us down...

Helen Kay's 'It Was Never About the Kingfisher' will be published next month. To celebrate: Fact No. 2 - The largest #kingfisher in the world is Australia’s laughing kookaburra! If you haven't pre-ordered it yet, you can get your copy here: ditheringchaps.com/shop/p/it-was-… #poetry

Not much time left to get your best short story, or up to three poems, to the judges of the Bournemouth Writing Prize! All the details can be found on thebournemouthjournal.com webpage Best of luck everyone! #poetry #shortstory #competition

Here I am at Glastonbury Tor, reading the central poem from my #trans (figuration) anthem, 'The Sheliand'. Available from ditheringchaps.com/the-sheliand

Unusual Fact No. 1 - Kingfishers inspired Japanese bullet trains! We're publishing Helen Kay's stunning poetry collection, It Was Never About the Kingfisher, in January. You can pre-order Helen's chapbook here ... ditheringchaps.com/shop/p/it-was-…

With the holidays in mind, you might need a little stocking-filler from our shop ... ditheringchaps.com/shop

This post is for all #poets and #shortstory writers who like a close deadline to motivate them! In a month, the Bournemouth Writing Prize will close its doors to entries. Get a wriggle on! Go to thebournemouthjournal.com & click on the link to the Bournemouth Writing Prize...

We've just published our blog, where we interview Nicole Durman, nurse, wife, mother and poet, and the poet we'll be publishing in 2025. You can find out what makes her tick, here: ditheringchaps.com/blog/meet-nico… #poetry #nurse #NHS #poetrycommunity

"To write is human, to edit is divine.” (Stephen King) The Bournemouth Writing Prize is now open for entries. You can find out more here: thebournemouthjournal.com and by watching our video, below. We can't wait to read your work. #poetry #shortstories #competition