Melanie Sykes-White

Two more days to submit your flash fiction/non-fiction for May publication! Tales up to 1K words welcome. All entrants receive a free copy of the 2025 flash anthology. Guidelines: shooterlitmag.com/shooter-flash #amwriting #flashfiction #shortstories #memoir #WritingCommunity

It's far from an ordinary school day in Angela Ball's "Techspeak", our winning Shooter Flash for April: shooterlitmag.com/2026/04/20/sho… #flashfiction #shortstories #tech #dystopia #amreading

Submissions are open for May Shooter Flash! Fiction and nonfiction tales up to 1K words welcome. All entrants receive a free copy of the 2025 flash anthology. Guidelines: shooterlitmag.com/shooter-flash #amwriting #flashfiction #shortstories #memoir #WritingCommunity

Marital infidelity starts small in Arthur Heardman's winning Shooter Flash for March, "Small Talk": shooterlitmag.com/2026/03/09/sho… #flashfiction #shortstories #marriage #infidelity #cocktails #amreading

Only one copy remaining of some of our back issues - browse the sale to snag Shooter at a reduced price! shooterlitmag.com/discounted-bac… #litmags #shortstories #nonfiction #poetry #amreading

An apt bit of comic romance for February's Shooter Flash, "Love Lessons from a Chameleon" by @Uksherka: shooterlitmag.com/2026/02/16/lov… #flashfiction #holidayromance #lovestory

First Shooter Flash of the year, the delightful "Sole Survivor" by Alexandra O"Sullivan: shooterlitmag.com/2026/01/12/sho… #flashnonfiction #creativenonfiction #guineapig #pets #family

It's the final print edition of Shooter... Order a copy (via the website) while you can! shooterlitmag.com/2025/11/28/iss… #printmag #litmag #publishing #shortstories #nonfiction #poetry

Small things become all-important in @finnegag's winning Shooter Flash for November, "Winter Camp": shooterlitmag.com/2025/11/17/sho… #flashfiction #shortstories #refugees #amreading

Clayton Lister wins October's Shooter Flash with "On the Rocky Shore", in which a different sort of fish gets hooked: shooterlitmag.com/2025/10/20/on-… #flashfiction #shortstories #ComingOfAge

Bethan Murphy and Sylvie Jane Lewis win 2025 Shooter Poetry Competition - both poems available to read at the website! shooterlitmag.com/2025/10/17/win… #poetry #poetrycommunity #litmags

Thrilled that @NathanBorn2010's story collection will be published next year with @RHP_Press - I had the pleasure of editing some of his work and can't wait to see these tales in print! #shortstories #crimefiction

Previous winner @lilysslave traces a classic arc of girlhood friendship in her winning Shooter Flash for September, "The Chemistry of Friendship": shooterlitmag.com/2025/09/08/the… #flashfiction #shortstories #girlhood #bestfriends #amreading

A teenager woos the object of his desire from the diving board in @billycraven2's "Sink or Swim, or Both", our Shooter Flash winner for August: shooterlitmag.com/2025/08/10/sho… #flashfiction #shortstories #adolescence #puppylove #amreading

A new graduate's plum job isn't all it seems in C Goth's winning Shooter Flash for July, "Quantum Choices": shooterlitmag.com/2025/07/21/sho… #flashfiction #shortstories #writingcommunity

A fitting tale after Father's Day of a dad whose magic tricks get old in Sherry Morris's winning Shooter Flash for June, "The Escapologist":: shooterlitmag.com/2025/06/16/sho… #flashfiction #shortstories #fathersday #magictricks #parenting #growingup

@EngelsbergIdeas @djtaylorwriter I just finished reading Restless by William Boyd - an enjoyable addition to those mentioned here, plus focuses on a female spy

The anatomy of the spy novel | @djtaylorwriter engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-ana…

Today's listing of the day is: Shooter Literary Magazine @ShooterLitMag duotrope.com/magazine/shoot… #WritingCommunity

The 2025 Shooter Poetry Competition is open to entries! We welcome any style/subject, up to 100 lines long. Cash prizes and publication in print + online. Deadline June 22. Guidelines at shooterlitmag.com/poetry-competi… #poetry #litmags #amwriting #writingcommunity

Save this post to make sure you have all the information you need to enter the Moth Short Story Prize! 🌟 Judged by Evie Wyld 🌎 Open worldwide ✏️ 3k word limit 💸 Up to €3,000 up for grabs 💌 €15 per story to enter ⏳️ Closing 30 June Rules here: bit.ly/mothshortstory…