Weโve heard just 4 places on this now!
@downith
Writer|Namesplainer|2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist|2022 Winner Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer|2020 Winner Saboteur Best Novella| Agent: Hilary McMahon @ Westwood Creative Artists www.damhnaitmonaghan.com
Weโve heard just 4 places on this now!
There's huge value in saying, fuck it, I'm just going to write what I want to write, the way I want to write it.
If you'd like to buy the book it's available now as a paperback & E-book.
troubador.co.uk/bookshop/con...
www.amazon.co.uk/Longshore-Dr...
We are pleased to announce the shortlist for our Microfiction Competition. If you are on the list, please feel free to celebrate on social media, but donโt reveal your title! Thank you to everyone who entered! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...
โค๏ธ
๐๐
๐๐
๐
๐๐
Bookings now open for the 2026 Flash Fiction Festival taking place at Trinity College Bristol, U.K. 17-19 July. Masses of workshops to choose from, readings, book launches, bookshop, bar, socialising and Fun! Meet flash friends and make new ones! More details
Flashfictionfestival.com
Photo shows me, a white woman with dark brown shoulder length hair, closed mouth but big ass smiling, nay beaming, holding in my hands my debut novel New Girl in Little Cove which came out during lockdown. Iโm standing against red brick of my house (lockdown!) wearing black top and pinkish coat and aforementioned big ass smile.
5 years ago today. Still smiling, still writing. ๐ฉต๐ฉต๐ฉต#persist
me: no my first person narrator is not me.
reader: oh good, I didnโt really like her.
me: well she doesnโt like you either
๐
I'm delighted that my first ever novella-in-flash Beautiful for You about the life of Princess Diana has been highly commended in the Bath Novella-in-Flash Award! Many thanks to judge Jude Higgins, and congratulations to all the other winners.
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/judg...
Happy birthday to my NIF โAn Inheritanceโ, published in Feb 2020 & shortlisted in The Saboteur Awards. Thrilled that @vpresslit.bsky.social will be publishing my latest NIF too! โBereft of Reasonโ will be out later this year ๐
It's back! Join @lunchontuesday.bsky.social and I for Submission (Im)possible online on Saturday, 18 April to focus on everything to do with getting your writing in the world, in a supportive community. It's free! Please share. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/submission...
Congratulations to the 3
Winners of our 2026 novella in flash award! 1st prize Victoria Melekian, runners up @bsherm36.bsky.social & @joannacampbell.bsky.social & highly commended @fionajanemack.bsky.social
@fionamckay.bsky.social & Bill
Merklee
www.bathflashfictionaward.com/category/win...
ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #microfiction and looking forward to reading your words #submissionsopen #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
Congrats!
Yay, so happy for you!
Love this!
A newly launched web platform offers independent Canadian bookstores in English Canada an opportunity to work together to reach for a greater market share. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4tYtlx8
๐
Congratulations to the 50 writers selected for our 32nd Award longlist and thank you to everyone who entered. www.bathflashfictionaward.com/2026/02/long...
๐
Hi Jason, I just came across We Who Hunt Alexanders, and I have to say it immediately grabbed me. Ameliaโs story is gripping, dark, and layered with emotion. The way you explore a monster who feels happiness, sadness, fear, and love in a world thatโs cruel and unforgiving makes this story compelling and unforgettable. Thatโs exactly why I wanted to reach out. I run a book review service through Super Lovers Book, connecting books with real readers who genuinely enjoy science fiction, dark fantasy, and emotionally rich stories. These readers donโt just leave stars they leave thoughtful, honest reviews that highlight what makes a story unique, powerful, and worth discovering. Hereโs why reviews are so important for We Who Hunt Alexanders: Build Trust: Potential readers often decide whether to pick up a book based on reviews. Authentic feedback signals that your story is worth their time. Increase Visibility: Platforms like Goodreads reward books with steady, genuine reviews, helping them appear in search results, recommendations, and โreaders also enjoyedโ lists. Generate Momentum: Each review encourages more readers to pick up the book, engage with the story, and leave their own thoughts, creating a snowball effect of attention. Reach the Right Audience: Reviews written by readers who love sci-fi and dark fantasy ensure your story reaches the readers most likely to appreciate and recommend it. I truly believe We Who Hunt Alexanders deserves this kind of engagement. A few honest reviews now can amplify your bookโs reach, help it gain visibility, and connect it with the readers who will love it most. Would you be open to having We Who Hunt Alexanders read and reviewed by genuine readers who are passionate about sci-fi and dark fantasy? No pressure at all I just wanted to reach out because your work deserves to be discovered by more readers. Warmly, Herry Sharp CEO, Super Lovers Book
if you continue to ignore my messages, I might do something you would regret for the rest of your life. I already have access to your book, and instead of giving it a positive review, I will leave a negative one and damage its reputation. It seems you have forgotten that I have a community of readers, and I can easily influence them to bring your book down. You can try me though. CEO | Super Book Lover Curator Helping brilliant books find their people, one honest review at a time.
Book club scams are now threatening authors who don't fall for their BS. In December, I received an email from Herry Sharp, so-called CEO of "Super Book Lover Curator" praising my novella We Who Hunt Alexanders.
Totally AI-generated and a scam so I didn't respond.
Now Herry is threatening me. 1/
๐ฅ
๐๐
We have the following international competition categories open for 2026:
Quarterly #flashfiction โ closes for entries 31 March
Annual #shortstory โ closes for entries 28 February
Annual #novels โ closes for entries 31 October
flash500.com
#writing #writers #writerslife
Still need inspiration for our micro comp or anthology? Why not read Dianeโs interviews with our editors & judges? If you scroll down in the link, you can read all five interviews. Subs are open till 23:59 GMT on Sunday 15th Feb.
www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/ne...