Ali McGrane
@alimcg.bsky.social
Flash fiction in various places | Welkin win, Bath SLs | "The Listening Project" flash novella Ad Hoc Fiction bit.ly/3ohYf67 (Special Mention '22 Sab Awards) | South West UK🦻🌱🌊
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I'm on shared parental leave for three months after this weekend 🎉 (Once I've covered Your Party conference)
Very excited & lucky to have the opportunity.
Shared parental leave is a right in the UK for employees but not many people use it, in large part because it's unpaid. If you have Qs, do ask.
Very excited & lucky to have the opportunity.
Shared parental leave is a right in the UK for employees but not many people use it, in large part because it's unpaid. If you have Qs, do ask.
November 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I'm on shared parental leave for three months after this weekend 🎉 (Once I've covered Your Party conference)
Very excited & lucky to have the opportunity.
Shared parental leave is a right in the UK for employees but not many people use it, in large part because it's unpaid. If you have Qs, do ask.
Very excited & lucky to have the opportunity.
Shared parental leave is a right in the UK for employees but not many people use it, in large part because it's unpaid. If you have Qs, do ask.
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Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered artworks #WomensArt
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered artworks #WomensArt
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Not long now till subs to our anthology & microfiction comp open on 1 Dec. The theme for our anthology this year is BRIDGES. There is no theme for the micro comp. More details here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
an illustration of a bridge over a river
ALT: an illustration of a bridge over a river
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November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Not long now till subs to our anthology & microfiction comp open on 1 Dec. The theme for our anthology this year is BRIDGES. There is no theme for the micro comp. More details here: www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
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Heather Jansch, British sculptor who was known for creating life-sized sculptures of horses from driftwood #womensart
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Heather Jansch, British sculptor who was known for creating life-sized sculptures of horses from driftwood #womensart
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We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
We are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! 💡
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
We want to read your previously published wonders!
Fiction, CNF, Poetry! We've even given a home to previously published visual art in the past!
Full Guidelines can be found Here:
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There are now just eight maids-a-milking until the #WelkinWritingPrize is open for entries once again. Hope you're busy scribbling your stories.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
November 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
There are now just eight maids-a-milking until the #WelkinWritingPrize is open for entries once again. Hope you're busy scribbling your stories.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-prize...
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'By the Fireside' by contemporary printmaker Ann Tout #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 AM
'By the Fireside' by contemporary printmaker Ann Tout #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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Coming soon (4 December), another issue of Gone Lawn, this one puffed up with fiction. Great stuff! We can't wait to show it to you all. In the meantime, send us you stuff, especially if you have novel/novella excerpts (≤200 words) you think we'd love, for #63
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Coming soon (4 December), another issue of Gone Lawn, this one puffed up with fiction. Great stuff! We can't wait to show it to you all. In the meantime, send us you stuff, especially if you have novel/novella excerpts (≤200 words) you think we'd love, for #63
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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What is emotional resonance? How do you portray it in writing? ICYMI, our staff gave insightful answers on what it means to convey emotion & connection. Find WHAT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO ANYTHING, ANYWAY? A DEEP DIVE INTO EMOTIONAL RESONANCE on our blog 🥰: buff.ly/OWG6FGa
November 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What is emotional resonance? How do you portray it in writing? ICYMI, our staff gave insightful answers on what it means to convey emotion & connection. Find WHAT CONNECTS PEOPLE TO ANYTHING, ANYWAY? A DEEP DIVE INTO EMOTIONAL RESONANCE on our blog 🥰: buff.ly/OWG6FGa
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We’re thrilled to announce that the judges for our microfiction comp are: Joanna Campbell, Emily Devane, Debra A Daniel & David Swann! The comp opens on 1 Dec for micros up to 100 words. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/co...
November 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that the judges for our microfiction comp are: Joanna Campbell, Emily Devane, Debra A Daniel & David Swann! The comp opens on 1 Dec for micros up to 100 words. www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/co...
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We've just opened submissions on a brief call for short solstice writing. Let's see what happens!
Necessary Fiction - Winter Solstice: Points of Light
When the winter solstice approaches and days contract, I often return to seasonal rereads — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Nina MacLaughlin's Winter Solstice, essays by Kathleen Jamie, or the fictio...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We've just opened submissions on a brief call for short solstice writing. Let's see what happens!
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I am bewildered that this labour of Sisyphus is being carried out by volunteers, while Southern Water, which has admitted responsibility for the catastrophe, is doing nothing to remediate it.
‘We feel we’re fighting a losing battle’: the race to remove millions of plastic beads from Camber Sands
A huge cleanup effort has seen volunteers working to remove beads by hand and machine. They can only wait and see the extent of damage to wildlife and dune habitat
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I am bewildered that this labour of Sisyphus is being carried out by volunteers, while Southern Water, which has admitted responsibility for the catastrophe, is doing nothing to remediate it.
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When you suddenly realise you've been saying hello to all the villagers without changing back into human form.
November 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
When you suddenly realise you've been saying hello to all the villagers without changing back into human form.
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Heads up!
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Heads up!
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're back to rolling terms for everything, so send us what you've got for Gone Lawn: fiction (no length limit), prose poetry, novel excerpts (≤200 words), cover art, other media!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
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Send @variantlit.bsky.social your poetry, flash fiction, and short stories! Less than a month left!
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Send @variantlit.bsky.social your poetry, flash fiction, and short stories! Less than a month left!
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I always share when I come across this quote again:
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I always share when I come across this quote again:
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NFFD will open our MicroFiction Comp ((up to 100 words) & subs to our new anthology (theme to be announced) on 1 Dec. More details coming soon!
a cartoon drawing of snoopy sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper
ALT: a cartoon drawing of snoopy sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper
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November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NFFD will open our MicroFiction Comp ((up to 100 words) & subs to our new anthology (theme to be announced) on 1 Dec. More details coming soon!
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We are now open for submissions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry!
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We are now open for submissions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry!
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We are delighted to announce the #GoldsmithsPrize2025 shortlist.
Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists!
Find out more about the shortlist: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...
Congratulations to our six brilliant novelists!
Find out more about the shortlist: www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...
October 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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"She can’t take her children in the suitcase. Not the day the suitcase is full of forest fire, screeching firehawks, and trapped animals, hiding their young"
A stunner from @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social So much story unspooling from the anaphora repetition
A stunner from @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social So much story unspooling from the anaphora repetition
Thanks #MilkCandyReview for getting 'The Suitcase of Lost Belongings' out there! And thanks @corrineleith.bsky.social for the prompt and @fionamckay.bsky.social for the feedback to get there!
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The Suitcase of Lost Belongings ~ by Rosaleen Lynch
She can’t take her children in the suitcase. They would fit if she emptied it. They could top and tail in the folds of the quilt she made of their clothes, but there’s not even enough room for thei…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"She can’t take her children in the suitcase. Not the day the suitcase is full of forest fire, screeching firehawks, and trapped animals, hiding their young"
A stunner from @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social So much story unspooling from the anaphora repetition
A stunner from @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social So much story unspooling from the anaphora repetition
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“Don’t ever mess with a librarian. Guess what, they know how to get their hands on more information. They are information specialists and they are bad-asses.” Jana Edelbaum, producer, The Librarians @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
John Breunig (opinion): Librarians won't be hushed. 'Libraries are community hubs, safe places, hallowed ground'
Columnist John Breunig moderates discussion about new documentary "The Librarians," as 300 audience members turn movie theater into a book club.
www.greenwichtime.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“Don’t ever mess with a librarian. Guess what, they know how to get their hands on more information. They are information specialists and they are bad-asses.” Jana Edelbaum, producer, The Librarians @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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Gardens make up 4.6% of UK land area according to the RHS, let’s make the most of them to save wildlife. Here’s how - please share and spread the word. www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-s...
21 projects for starting a wildlife garden
How to make a wildlife garden to help nature
www.wildway.info
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Gardens make up 4.6% of UK land area according to the RHS, let’s make the most of them to save wildlife. Here’s how - please share and spread the word. www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-s...
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
**ATTENTION WRITERS** This is your ONE MONTH warning. Entires open for the #WelkinWritingPrize 2026 on the 1st Dec. 100 words. Rolling subs. Free entry. Publication for shortlistees. Prizes for top 5.