Essvari
@essvari.bsky.social
#Writer, #Poet, Friend 😊
Wanderlust, Amateur Photographer,
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Wanderlust, Amateur Photographer,
Supports #LFC #vss365
Support #Writingcommunity. Engage & Review 📚 Adore 📚🏠, and Writing Retreats
https://essvari.medium.com/
🚨 This acct does not support AI generated stories & images 🚨
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· Jan 17
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FromOneLine - If I were a cat... anthology is now open for submissions.
Please keep your writings/artwork private and unpublished until after the anthology is officially published. Full guidelines, T&Cs can be found here : www.kobayaashi.co.uk/submissions
#FromOneLine #cats
Please keep your writings/artwork private and unpublished until after the anthology is officially published. Full guidelines, T&Cs can be found here : www.kobayaashi.co.uk/submissions
#FromOneLine #cats
February 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
FromOneLine - If I were a cat... anthology is now open for submissions.
Please keep your writings/artwork private and unpublished until after the anthology is officially published. Full guidelines, T&Cs can be found here : www.kobayaashi.co.uk/submissions
#FromOneLine #cats
Please keep your writings/artwork private and unpublished until after the anthology is officially published. Full guidelines, T&Cs can be found here : www.kobayaashi.co.uk/submissions
#FromOneLine #cats
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-->The Pride Roars - Flash Competition 2026<--
@theprideroars.bsky.social
-Free to enter
-Open to all women writers
-1000 words max
-Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap.
theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...
@theprideroars.bsky.social
-Free to enter
-Open to all women writers
-1000 words max
-Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap.
theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 AM
-->The Pride Roars - Flash Competition 2026<--
@theprideroars.bsky.social
-Free to enter
-Open to all women writers
-1000 words max
-Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap.
theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...
@theprideroars.bsky.social
-Free to enter
-Open to all women writers
-1000 words max
-Submissions via google form 14/2-28/2 or until we reach our cap.
theprideroars.blogspot.com/p/flash-comp...
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January 24, 2026 at 9:04 AM
I went to the shopping mall a few days ago, and this is what I caught on my phone. Not sure what was written there, I think good luck sign/phrase signalling the coming Chinese New Year. But the Lion dance was amazing as, always.
January 24, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I went to the shopping mall a few days ago, and this is what I caught on my phone. Not sure what was written there, I think good luck sign/phrase signalling the coming Chinese New Year. But the Lion dance was amazing as, always.
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HELP REQUEST: Would anyone who speaks Spanish and English be up for sense-checking some subtitles on a short film (<15 minutes) please? I have no budget, I'm afraid - it's a short LGBTQ+ film in English, and it's been accepted into a festival in Spain.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
HELP REQUEST: Would anyone who speaks Spanish and English be up for sense-checking some subtitles on a short film (<15 minutes) please? I have no budget, I'm afraid - it's a short LGBTQ+ film in English, and it's been accepted into a festival in Spain.
Just finished a Writing Workshop by @elspells13.bsky.social on zoom (1st session)
It's so amazing and productive!
I wrote 4 pages in a span of 2 hours and I'm very proud 🥲
Anyone interested in joining in for the next session, just @ her.
Below are a few pages I've written (mind the handwriting 🫣)
It's so amazing and productive!
I wrote 4 pages in a span of 2 hours and I'm very proud 🥲
Anyone interested in joining in for the next session, just @ her.
Below are a few pages I've written (mind the handwriting 🫣)
January 24, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Just finished a Writing Workshop by @elspells13.bsky.social on zoom (1st session)
It's so amazing and productive!
I wrote 4 pages in a span of 2 hours and I'm very proud 🥲
Anyone interested in joining in for the next session, just @ her.
Below are a few pages I've written (mind the handwriting 🫣)
It's so amazing and productive!
I wrote 4 pages in a span of 2 hours and I'm very proud 🥲
Anyone interested in joining in for the next session, just @ her.
Below are a few pages I've written (mind the handwriting 🫣)
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Submissions are now closed for January’s #SciFanSat issue, and we have begun assembling it for publication on Saturday, 01.31.2026. Many thanks to all the writers and poets who submitted pieces!
#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy
#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy
January 23, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Submissions are now closed for January’s #SciFanSat issue, and we have begun assembling it for publication on Saturday, 01.31.2026. Many thanks to all the writers and poets who submitted pieces!
#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy
#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy
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Writers! Despite our icy theme this month, now is not the time to chill! Two days remain to get your manuscripts of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat at scifansat.com/landing.html before submissions close on January 22nd!
#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts
#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts
January 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Writers! Despite our icy theme this month, now is not the time to chill! Two days remain to get your manuscripts of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More into #SciFanSat at scifansat.com/landing.html before submissions close on January 22nd!
#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts
#SFF #AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy #WritingPrompts
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** Deadline alert: 31 Jan 26 **
Link: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio...
- Top prize: £1,100
- 10% of entry proceeds donated to charity (funzi.org.uk and @firststory.bsky.social)
- 300 words
Send us your brilliant flash fiction!
#flashfictioncompetition #flashfictioncontent #writingcompetition
Link: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio...
- Top prize: £1,100
- 10% of entry proceeds donated to charity (funzi.org.uk and @firststory.bsky.social)
- 300 words
Send us your brilliant flash fiction!
#flashfictioncompetition #flashfictioncontent #writingcompetition
January 20, 2026 at 1:25 PM
** Deadline alert: 31 Jan 26 **
Link: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio...
- Top prize: £1,100
- 10% of entry proceeds donated to charity (funzi.org.uk and @firststory.bsky.social)
- 300 words
Send us your brilliant flash fiction!
#flashfictioncompetition #flashfictioncontent #writingcompetition
Link: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio...
- Top prize: £1,100
- 10% of entry proceeds donated to charity (funzi.org.uk and @firststory.bsky.social)
- 300 words
Send us your brilliant flash fiction!
#flashfictioncompetition #flashfictioncontent #writingcompetition
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This time next week I'll be launching the first Elspells Writing Workshop of 2026 - come and join us! It's online, it's FREE, and everyone is welcome.
Email me to book your slot!
Email me to book your slot!
January 17, 2026 at 11:03 AM
This time next week I'll be launching the first Elspells Writing Workshop of 2026 - come and join us! It's online, it's FREE, and everyone is welcome.
Email me to book your slot!
Email me to book your slot!
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Elspells 2026 is looking good!
I have writing coaching slots available: monthly 1:1 Zoom sessions for only £40/hour!
I'm also taking feedback bookings for February, so if you have a full or partial MS that you'd like honest, helpful, affordable feedback on, get in touch.
Please spread the word!
I have writing coaching slots available: monthly 1:1 Zoom sessions for only £40/hour!
I'm also taking feedback bookings for February, so if you have a full or partial MS that you'd like honest, helpful, affordable feedback on, get in touch.
Please spread the word!
January 10, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Elspells 2026 is looking good!
I have writing coaching slots available: monthly 1:1 Zoom sessions for only £40/hour!
I'm also taking feedback bookings for February, so if you have a full or partial MS that you'd like honest, helpful, affordable feedback on, get in touch.
Please spread the word!
I have writing coaching slots available: monthly 1:1 Zoom sessions for only £40/hour!
I'm also taking feedback bookings for February, so if you have a full or partial MS that you'd like honest, helpful, affordable feedback on, get in touch.
Please spread the word!
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Reading the LFC transfer news today (or lack of), and it appears as if the club are happy to write this season off, which is happening too often lately. Very frustrating as a fan to try and stay interested when the club are clearly happy to throw a whole season away. #LFC
January 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Reading the LFC transfer news today (or lack of), and it appears as if the club are happy to write this season off, which is happening too often lately. Very frustrating as a fan to try and stay interested when the club are clearly happy to throw a whole season away. #LFC
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Friday's the #WriteWord. With thanks to all the beta readers in my past. You know who you are!
January 16, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Friday's the #WriteWord. With thanks to all the beta readers in my past. You know who you are!
January 16, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Today's shortlisted story is "Things My Brother Explains With Absolute Authority" by J.M.C. Kane. Such a deep and philosophical piece.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
Things My Brother Explains With Absolute Authority | MattKendrick.co.uk
www.mattkendrick.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Today's shortlisted story is "Things My Brother Explains With Absolute Authority" by J.M.C. Kane. Such a deep and philosophical piece.
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...
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A frenemy is a conflicted person. Their admiration tasked to double duty; both lead to erasure. Containment is neutrality, you, a threat to self-worth. It means they can never be happy for you, having peeked inside, seers of a fear which will daily #sear the heart, and must hold you apart.
#vss365
#vss365
January 16, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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I'm thrilled to announce that an excerpt from The Pearl Farmers, my debut novel, has won Best Adult Fiction in the 2025 San Francisco Writers Conference Writing Contest! More details here: www.sfwriters.org/contests-and...
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that an excerpt from The Pearl Farmers, my debut novel, has won Best Adult Fiction in the 2025 San Francisco Writers Conference Writing Contest! More details here: www.sfwriters.org/contests-and...
If you see this, post a superhero.
January 16, 2026 at 5:32 AM
If you see this, post a superhero.
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM
#FromOneLine #vss
It was a mistake. Tired eyes looked away as she felt her shoulder being squeezed gently.
"It's going to be okay." He murmured into her hair.
She didn't bother to acknowledge him.
Tomorrow, he'll leave.
And in a week, she'll leave this town.
But tonight, he's here. And so is she.
It was a mistake. Tired eyes looked away as she felt her shoulder being squeezed gently.
"It's going to be okay." He murmured into her hair.
She didn't bother to acknowledge him.
Tomorrow, he'll leave.
And in a week, she'll leave this town.
But tonight, he's here. And so is she.
January 15, 2026 at 2:27 PM
#FromOneLine #vss
It was a mistake. Tired eyes looked away as she felt her shoulder being squeezed gently.
"It's going to be okay." He murmured into her hair.
She didn't bother to acknowledge him.
Tomorrow, he'll leave.
And in a week, she'll leave this town.
But tonight, he's here. And so is she.
It was a mistake. Tired eyes looked away as she felt her shoulder being squeezed gently.
"It's going to be okay." He murmured into her hair.
She didn't bother to acknowledge him.
Tomorrow, he'll leave.
And in a week, she'll leave this town.
But tonight, he's here. And so is she.
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it was a mistake
to let you go
without giving you
a chance to win my heart
business of the hearts
are #wonky
you want someone
who wants someone else
would life have been
better with the change
wrought by
choosing you
#vss365 #FromOneLine
to let you go
without giving you
a chance to win my heart
business of the hearts
are #wonky
you want someone
who wants someone else
would life have been
better with the change
wrought by
choosing you
#vss365 #FromOneLine
January 14, 2026 at 8:23 AM
it was a mistake
to let you go
without giving you
a chance to win my heart
business of the hearts
are #wonky
you want someone
who wants someone else
would life have been
better with the change
wrought by
choosing you
#vss365 #FromOneLine
to let you go
without giving you
a chance to win my heart
business of the hearts
are #wonky
you want someone
who wants someone else
would life have been
better with the change
wrought by
choosing you
#vss365 #FromOneLine
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January 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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The #WriteWord today is all about #publishing. The "Big Five,” as they are collectively known in the biz, control roughly 80% of that market and account for approximately 90% of the titles on bestseller lists.
January 15, 2026 at 1:55 PM
The #WriteWord today is all about #publishing. The "Big Five,” as they are collectively known in the biz, control roughly 80% of that market and account for approximately 90% of the titles on bestseller lists.
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Delighted to receive my contributor copy of Bacopa Literary Review 2025 featuring the winners & contributors selected from their 2025 contest window.
Lovely to see my poem 'Luminaries' in print alongside accomplished international works. Huge thanks to the editors & congratulations to all 🩵
Lovely to see my poem 'Luminaries' in print alongside accomplished international works. Huge thanks to the editors & congratulations to all 🩵
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Delighted to receive my contributor copy of Bacopa Literary Review 2025 featuring the winners & contributors selected from their 2025 contest window.
Lovely to see my poem 'Luminaries' in print alongside accomplished international works. Huge thanks to the editors & congratulations to all 🩵
Lovely to see my poem 'Luminaries' in print alongside accomplished international works. Huge thanks to the editors & congratulations to all 🩵