National Flash Fiction Day Anthology
Is it that time of year already? Apparently it is. A week tomorrow (June 25th) is National Flash Fiction Day, 2016. I […]
Category: Placings
Fish Poetry Shortlist
And so this year’s Fish campaign draws to a close, with longlistings in the short story and flash categories and (yay!) a […]
Shortlisted Thresholds Feature
Well, I didn’t get any further than the shortlist. But I still won some cool swag (I’ve got a couple of them […]
Thresholds Feature Writing Shortlist
Well, then. I seem to have made it through to the next stage. This is all rather splendid, because it means that […]
Thresholds Feature Writing Longlist
Quiet here, isn’t it? The reasons for my silence are not entirely unrelated to the terror alluded to in my previous post, […]
Flashing in Bristol
As you can see from the flyer to the left, I will be celebrating National Flash Fiction Day this coming Saturday by […]
York Literature Festival Poetry
I’ve probably said this before, but I do find poetry a little baffling. I think I have a reasonable idea of what constitutes […]
Fish Poetry Prize
In case you’re wondering, yes, I still do enter writing competitions. However, my success rate has been somewhat less than stellar lately. […]
The Fiction Desk Ghost Story Shortlist
I was very pleased to find out that my sort-of-or-is-it-really-ghost-story “A Whole Bloody Century” has been shortlisted for The Fiction Desk‘s first […]
Frank O’Connor Longlist
Today the longlist for this year’s Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award was announced, and Dot Dash is on it, which makes […]