Apologies for half a post last week! Hopefully that was better than nothing. I'm still in Scotland. As you can see, there are plenty of distractions.
Free to enter writing competitions.
Thanks to Fiona for this poetry and spoken word competition. We're asked to write pieces using some of the items from 'the extraordinary collections of renowned British architect Sir John Soane' as prompts. As Fiona says 'it's a bit different, but might be of interest to some'. There's a total prize pot of £2,000 and shortlisted entrants get a digital certificate.
And here's the link to the Scottish castle retreat she mentioned in a comment to last week's post. It's currently closed to submissions. I'll do my best to post a link when it re-opens.
Calls for submissions
Thanks to Marguerite for sharing the link to Flame Tree Publishing. They regularly open to fantasy type submissions. Do check the website for details, as they're very specific and decidedly niche in their requirements.
The People's Friend are looking for more pocket novels. The requirements are –
37,000 - 38,000 words.
Single or dual VPs.
Present or past tense.Any genre, but PNs still to contain PF tone.Payment is £300.Email synopsis and first chapter to Tracey Steel: tsteel@dcthomson.co.uk
My news
All of my Slightly Spooky Stories short story ebook collections are currently on sale for 99p.
5 comments:
This is just a quick thank you to Marguerite for the information about ALCS. My work was accepted when I followed your advice to include it in Books rather than Magazines.
Good :) Result! Now we await what March might have in store...?😉 We can always hope! I repeat what I've said already, I was stunned by the payout from stories printed in Secret Attic, simply because they had the ISSN number.
Thank you, Fiona and Patsy for the comps and ideas. I have been waiting... and waiting... for this one: https://weirdchristmas.com/2025/10/30/announcing-the-eighth-annual-weird-christmas-flash-fiction-conthology/ but now it's changed! They are doing an anthology and each included piece will receive payment. I try each year, but hey... Disappointed not to have featured in the Crowvus ghost story list but I have had good luck twice with them already this year, so can't complain. Ups and downs... that's life. Currently trying for 'Best' and also Toasted Cheese.
Thanks for all the info and comps. As I don't know what they mean by a weird Christmas, I'm hesitant about trying it.
Just a reminder that the large print publishers don't pay the £300 fee any more with PN's.
I've also entered the best Xmas comp and I'm waiting for the results from Scribble.
I'll try and write some new Xmas stories in the run up to Xmas, for next year. It's better to write them in November and December!
Great pics Patsy, hope you've been sampling those nice whiskeys to keep the chills at bay 😀. No news here, plodding along nicely
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