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A couple years back, Litopian Annie Summerlee started workshopping and huddling a new writing project. It's now known as The Book of Blood and Roses, Penguin (UK) and Happer Collins (US). All Litopians are welcome to join this special book club...

Great idea for a thread! I'd never written a short story until last year, and now I've done quite a few and had some published. I'm useless at flash, but somewhere between 2,000 and 5,000 words is about right for me. My best resource for...

Here's two. What's in your toolbox?

Most people on here concentrate on novels tho we do work on FF, short stories and poetry esp for competitions. So I thought a thread where people can bring competitions or what they use in writing short stories.

Here's two. What's in your toolbox?

Most people on here concentrate on novels tho we do work on FF, short stories and poetry esp for competitions. So I thought a thread where people can bring competitions or what they use in writing short stories.

https://bathnovelaward.co.uk/the-bath-novel-award-international-writing-prize/ I am loosely defining literary as non genre here-but have a look at previous winners. If you are writing similarly - then this is worth taking a swing at.

And a follow on.

To me genre is just today's pulp fiction so if you want to sell it.....

BUT, BUT, IT"S HAARRDDDD TO DO WELL. This is the other thing I have a real problem with in first drafts.

A helpful short:

Librarians diversify collections to resist bans School librarians across the United States are expanding collections with bilingual titles, books on diverse cultures and student‑curated displays to ensure children see themselves reflected and to...

Daily Book News Tuesday, 27th January 2026 Publishing Industry News Insight Partners buys GEMA stake in Zebralution, raising digital distribution concerns The German collecting society GEMA sold its stake in Zebralution to Insight Partners...