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New on #NewWriting: newwriting.net Flowers by Twishaa Tandon (@TandonTwis47452)

there are just 36 hours left to submit to our tenth issue, discursion! for more details on the submission window, head to our website below: themadrigalpress.com/submit-to-disc… all work must be submitted prior to 11:59pm, tomorrow, thursday 1 may!

LAST DAY TO ENTER! Prizes: €2000 or 1000€, residencies @civitellaitaly and (NEW) at DL in Madrid, manuscript assessment w/ @TLCUK, publication, salons, and more... For all the prize info, just check out: desperateliterature.com/prize

30 days left to submit your novel extract, poetry, flash fiction or short story to this years's creative writing competition. £20K prize pot! More info on word counts, eligibility and prizes at bridportprize.org.uk Believe in your words! Deadline day 31 May. #WritingPrize

✨GIVEAWAY TIME✨ Public tickets for our Dalloway 100 event at Charleston House are now SOLD OUT but don’t worry – the RSL is giving away two tickets to one lucky winner! To enter: 1.Reshare this post 2.Tag the friend you’re bringing with you CLOSING: THURSDAY 1 MAY, 11AM

UEA #CreativeWriting news newwriting.net/category/news Amaan Hyder (@hyder_amaan) & Gboyega Odubanjo shortlisted for the Jhalak Poetry Prize Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh (@johnpamchugh) Look at You by @AmandaSmyth8 Why I am Not a Bus Driver by @AHicksonLovence

New on NewWriting: newwriting.net Flowers by Twishaa Tandon (@TandonTwis47452) Life Hacks for a Little Alien by Alice Franklin The Corn Seller by Ashwaq Al Lawati

I wrote an essay about reading the work of Márquez in Nairobi! Read in @republicjournal

We start our annual #JhalakShowcase TOMORROW. Each day we will shine a spotlight on a longlisted writer with reviews, interviews, book #giveaways and exclusive readings! We can't WAIT! THREE longlists mean 36 AMAZING! writers to shout about! #jhalakprize25

Happening this Thursday 1st May, join @jamesliammcd at @TheHoltBookshop ⬇️

UEA #CreativeWriting news newwriting.net/category/news Amaan Hyder (@hyder_amaan) & Gboyega Odubanjo shortlisted for the Jhalak Poetry Prize Fun and Games by @johnpamchugh Look at You by @AmandaSmyth8 Why I am Not a Bus Driver by Ashley Hickson-Lovence (@AHicksonLovence)

Only one week remaining to submit to our Gods and Monsters Challenge! Topple the gods, show us the monsters, and wow us with your brevity and precision of language. Winner receives $500 + publication. Deadline: May 4, 2025, 11:59 PM Pacific Learn more: fracturedlit.com/fractured-lit-…

UEA #CreativeWriting news newwriting.net/category/news Amaan Hyder (@hyder_amaan) & Gboyega Odubanjo shortlisted for the Jhalak Poetry Prize Fun and Games by @johnpamchugh Look at You by Amanda Smyth (@AmandaSmyth8) Why I am Not a Bus Driver by (@AHicksonLovence)

More UEA #CreativeWriting news! newwriting.net/category/news Ferdia Lennon shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize Imogen McHugh & Olivia Tuck placed in the Disabled Poets Prize Katy Darby shortlisted for Writers & Artists Short Story Competition Children of Radium by @joedunthorne

UEA #CreativeWriting news newwriting.net/category/news Fun and Games by John Patrick McHugh (@johnpamchugh) Look at You by Amanda Smyth (@AmandaSmyth8) Why I am Not a Bus Driver by Ashley Hickson-Lovence (@AHicksonLovence) @bridget_walsh1 longlisted for CWA Gold Dagger

Today is publication day for Beast! 24 April. I’m reading at the Cambridge Literary Festival as the first in person reading, 4pm today! @BloodaxeBooks

Happy publication day to JP McHugh's stunning debut, FUN AND GAMES ⚽️⚽️ A novel following a teenage boy as he comes of age on the west coast of Ireland. Out now with @4thEstateBooks uk.bookshop.org/p/books/fun-an…

Yippie! You can now pre-order THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME in the USA! 📖Hardback: barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest-o… 💡eBook: barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest-o… 🎙Audiobook: barnesandnoble.com/w/the-forest-o… AND it's part of #BNPreorder - use the code PREORDER25 for 25% off!

"Complicity, courage and cowardice examined in a slippery marvel" - The Guardian says of @joedunthorne's memoir Children of Radium. He'll be with us 15th May discussing this book with Rachel Seiffert and her fine novel, Once The Deed is Done. Tickets: booksellercrow.co.uk/event/author-e…

More UEA #CreativeWriting news! newwriting.net/category/news Ferdia Lennon shortlisted for Walter Scott Prize Imogen McHugh & Olivia Tuck placed in the Disabled Poets Prize Katy Darby shortlisted for Writers & Artists Short Story Competition Children of Radium by @joedunthorne