Exeter T. Stevens
@exeterstevens.bsky.social
Contest Goblin.
Writing Hedgehog.
Fledgling thriller/fantasy novelist, history lover, space enthusiast, old school gamer, and cinephile.
Writing Hedgehog.
Fledgling thriller/fantasy novelist, history lover, space enthusiast, old school gamer, and cinephile.
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Funky prompts, you say? Learn more about how we're thinking about prompt design for Ember's First Contest, starting January 30!
What’s This About Weird Prompts? — Odd Embers Writing Contest
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January 15, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Funky prompts, you say? Learn more about how we're thinking about prompt design for Ember's First Contest, starting January 30!
Just found out my little horror piece took 3rd in my group in the #ScaryStoryChallenge.
Looks like I'll be quite busy on the contest front this weekend.
Oh boy!
#contestgoblin
Looks like I'll be quite busy on the contest front this weekend.
Oh boy!
#contestgoblin
January 8, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Just found out my little horror piece took 3rd in my group in the #ScaryStoryChallenge.
Looks like I'll be quite busy on the contest front this weekend.
Oh boy!
#contestgoblin
Looks like I'll be quite busy on the contest front this weekend.
Oh boy!
#contestgoblin
Completed my first new story of the year!
Barely finished in time but I managed to get something out for #furiousfiction.
Very fun set of prompts this month.
#contestgoblin
Barely finished in time but I managed to get something out for #furiousfiction.
Very fun set of prompts this month.
#contestgoblin
January 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Completed my first new story of the year!
Barely finished in time but I managed to get something out for #furiousfiction.
Very fun set of prompts this month.
#contestgoblin
Barely finished in time but I managed to get something out for #furiousfiction.
Very fun set of prompts this month.
#contestgoblin
Happy New Year all!
Here's to everyone meeting your writing goals on 2026.
Here's to everyone meeting your writing goals on 2026.
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January 1, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Happy New Year all!
Here's to everyone meeting your writing goals on 2026.
Here's to everyone meeting your writing goals on 2026.
AI is not inevitable!
Read it. ⬇️
‘AI is not inevitable.’
‘AI is not inevitable.’
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
December 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
AI is not inevitable!
Up for a writing challenge? Join me in the 20th annual Short Story Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social on January 23rd! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ssc
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The Short Story Challenge — nycmidnight
The Short Story Challenge is an annual creative writing competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as ...
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December 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Up for a writing challenge? Join me in the 20th annual Short Story Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social on January 23rd! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ssc
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The a-hole that wrote "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" never experienced the deep-freeze of a Central Wisconsin winter.
Note: Irving Berlin is not an a-hole. That was hyperbole.
Note: Irving Berlin is not an a-hole. That was hyperbole.
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The a-hole that wrote "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" never experienced the deep-freeze of a Central Wisconsin winter.
Note: Irving Berlin is not an a-hole. That was hyperbole.
Note: Irving Berlin is not an a-hole. That was hyperbole.
I am happy to announce that my Alternative History story won the 2025 Autumn Writing Battle competition.
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I am happy to announce that my Alternative History story won the 2025 Autumn Writing Battle competition.
My story " he Pirate and the Priest" will be competing in the Final Showdown this Sunday.
I like this one quite a bit and plan on revisiting the world of Edwina Teach - No-Beard - in an expansion of this story.
I like this one quite a bit and plan on revisiting the world of Edwina Teach - No-Beard - in an expansion of this story.
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
My story " he Pirate and the Priest" will be competing in the Final Showdown this Sunday.
I like this one quite a bit and plan on revisiting the world of Edwina Teach - No-Beard - in an expansion of this story.
I like this one quite a bit and plan on revisiting the world of Edwina Teach - No-Beard - in an expansion of this story.
I must confess, I'm truly honored to have made the Not Quite Write longlist.
#notquitewritepodcast.com #contestgoblin
#notquitewritepodcast.com #contestgoblin
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I must confess, I'm truly honored to have made the Not Quite Write longlist.
#notquitewritepodcast.com #contestgoblin
#notquitewritepodcast.com #contestgoblin
I have a story out in the wild. Take a peek at "Arrangement in Gray and Yellow" in Stygian Lepus #29
www.stygianlepus.com/r/1cc5c468?m...
www.stygianlepus.com/r/1cc5c468?m...
Edition 29 - OUT NOW
This issue is dedicated in part to the memory of Dennis McFadden—whose final story appears within—celebrating a voice that shaped the magazine’s dark heart.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I have a story out in the wild. Take a peek at "Arrangement in Gray and Yellow" in Stygian Lepus #29
www.stygianlepus.com/r/1cc5c468?m...
www.stygianlepus.com/r/1cc5c468?m...
This was a pleasant surprise.
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This was a pleasant surprise.
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Pleasantly surprised to have taken 1st place in the Fall 2025 24-Hour Short Story contest.
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A Treatise on Hunting Humans by Exeter Stevens - 1ST PLACE in the WritersWeekly.com 24-Hour Short Story Contest
It is considered impolite to play with one's food. This is just as true among the fae as it is among humans.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Pleasantly surprised to have taken 1st place in the Fall 2025 24-Hour Short Story contest.
24hourshortstorycontest.com/archive/fall...
24hourshortstorycontest.com/archive/fall...
Day 0.
So, tomorrow begins my #43daysofwritinginsanity. From now 'til Nov 15, I have at least one active prompt-based writing contest every day, but six. What the hell was I thinking! 🧠
I truly am a contest goblin. Or just plain nuts.
#contestgoblin
So, tomorrow begins my #43daysofwritinginsanity. From now 'til Nov 15, I have at least one active prompt-based writing contest every day, but six. What the hell was I thinking! 🧠
I truly am a contest goblin. Or just plain nuts.
#contestgoblin
October 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Day 0.
So, tomorrow begins my #43daysofwritinginsanity. From now 'til Nov 15, I have at least one active prompt-based writing contest every day, but six. What the hell was I thinking! 🧠
I truly am a contest goblin. Or just plain nuts.
#contestgoblin
So, tomorrow begins my #43daysofwritinginsanity. From now 'til Nov 15, I have at least one active prompt-based writing contest every day, but six. What the hell was I thinking! 🧠
I truly am a contest goblin. Or just plain nuts.
#contestgoblin
Woke up on Wednesday to incredible results for Furious Fiction. It's been a rough past six weeks, so this was a welcome crack in the gloom.
Big shout out to my fellow goblins. Without your support, I'd given up on this crazy writing thing a long time ago.
www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious...
Big shout out to my fellow goblins. Without your support, I'd given up on this crazy writing thing a long time ago.
www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious...
Furious Fiction: September 2025 Story Showcase | Australian Writers' Centre
Are we there yet? Well, YES – the latest Furious Fiction creative showcase has arrived, and this month we played tourist in a round-the-world journey full of questions and consequences. Here were this...
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September 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Woke up on Wednesday to incredible results for Furious Fiction. It's been a rough past six weeks, so this was a welcome crack in the gloom.
Big shout out to my fellow goblins. Without your support, I'd given up on this crazy writing thing a long time ago.
www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious...
Big shout out to my fellow goblins. Without your support, I'd given up on this crazy writing thing a long time ago.
www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious...
Nothing like waiting to the last minute.
July 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Nothing like waiting to the last minute.
Join me on the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 500-word Fiction Challenge on August 15th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/500
nycmidnight
NYC Midnight hosts inspiring challenges for storytellers around the world. Writers receive prompts and have a limited amount of time to create flash fiction, microfiction, screenplays, and short stori...
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June 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Join me on the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 500-word Fiction Challenge on August 15th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/500
I am a certified contest goblin.
I just looked at my calendar for upcoming writing events/contests, and oh boy, this is going to be a rough stretch.
Nine including several that are multi-day or multi-week events.
I think I goblined too close to the sun. 🌞
This should be interesting.
I just looked at my calendar for upcoming writing events/contests, and oh boy, this is going to be a rough stretch.
Nine including several that are multi-day or multi-week events.
I think I goblined too close to the sun. 🌞
This should be interesting.
June 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I am a certified contest goblin.
I just looked at my calendar for upcoming writing events/contests, and oh boy, this is going to be a rough stretch.
Nine including several that are multi-day or multi-week events.
I think I goblined too close to the sun. 🌞
This should be interesting.
I just looked at my calendar for upcoming writing events/contests, and oh boy, this is going to be a rough stretch.
Nine including several that are multi-day or multi-week events.
I think I goblined too close to the sun. 🌞
This should be interesting.
Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Flash Fiction Challenge on May 30th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ffc
nycmidnight
NYC Midnight hosts inspiring challenges for storytellers around the world. Writers receive prompts and have a limited amount of time to create flash fiction, microfiction, screenplays, and short stori...
nycmidnight.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Flash Fiction Challenge on May 30th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ffc
This will be a busy results week for all contest goblins.
May 26 - Globe Soup
May 28 - Furious Fiction
May 31- Story Unlikely
June 1 - Not Quite Write longlist
Good luck everybody.
#globesoup
#furiousfiction
#storyunlikely
#notquitewrite
#contestgoblin
May 26 - Globe Soup
May 28 - Furious Fiction
May 31- Story Unlikely
June 1 - Not Quite Write longlist
Good luck everybody.
#globesoup
#furiousfiction
#storyunlikely
#notquitewrite
#contestgoblin
May 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This will be a busy results week for all contest goblins.
May 26 - Globe Soup
May 28 - Furious Fiction
May 31- Story Unlikely
June 1 - Not Quite Write longlist
Good luck everybody.
#globesoup
#furiousfiction
#storyunlikely
#notquitewrite
#contestgoblin
May 26 - Globe Soup
May 28 - Furious Fiction
May 31- Story Unlikely
June 1 - Not Quite Write longlist
Good luck everybody.
#globesoup
#furiousfiction
#storyunlikely
#notquitewrite
#contestgoblin
Update on my 25/50/100 plan for 2025.
Draft 25 new chapters to my WIP.
Enter 50 short story contests (and win a few)
Obtain 100 rejections (forces me to write & submit)
As of today - I'm at 3 chapters, 40 rejections and 28 contests entered.
Need to get crackin' on this novel.
Draft 25 new chapters to my WIP.
Enter 50 short story contests (and win a few)
Obtain 100 rejections (forces me to write & submit)
As of today - I'm at 3 chapters, 40 rejections and 28 contests entered.
Need to get crackin' on this novel.
May 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Update on my 25/50/100 plan for 2025.
Draft 25 new chapters to my WIP.
Enter 50 short story contests (and win a few)
Obtain 100 rejections (forces me to write & submit)
As of today - I'm at 3 chapters, 40 rejections and 28 contests entered.
Need to get crackin' on this novel.
Draft 25 new chapters to my WIP.
Enter 50 short story contests (and win a few)
Obtain 100 rejections (forces me to write & submit)
As of today - I'm at 3 chapters, 40 rejections and 28 contests entered.
Need to get crackin' on this novel.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
Day 1:
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
Day 1:
May 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
Day 1:
#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge
Day 1:
Second writing "win" of the year.
Two stories appeared on the Twisted Tournament leaderboard and an overall finish at 18th.
Tbh, I was rather surprised, but people seem to like Shakespeare the mobster and Larry the grim reaper.
#contestgoblinwin (2)
Two stories appeared on the Twisted Tournament leaderboard and an overall finish at 18th.
Tbh, I was rather surprised, but people seem to like Shakespeare the mobster and Larry the grim reaper.
#contestgoblinwin (2)
March 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Second writing "win" of the year.
Two stories appeared on the Twisted Tournament leaderboard and an overall finish at 18th.
Tbh, I was rather surprised, but people seem to like Shakespeare the mobster and Larry the grim reaper.
#contestgoblinwin (2)
Two stories appeared on the Twisted Tournament leaderboard and an overall finish at 18th.
Tbh, I was rather surprised, but people seem to like Shakespeare the mobster and Larry the grim reaper.
#contestgoblinwin (2)
My post of accountability -
Write two stories for a couple of anthologies, finish my piece for Elegant Literature and
complete a halffinished story for StoryQuarterly's contest.
Also judging TT and WB.
Lose a day to my Oscar nomination marathon on Saturday.
Doable, but running on creative fumes.
Write two stories for a couple of anthologies, finish my piece for Elegant Literature and
complete a halffinished story for StoryQuarterly's contest.
Also judging TT and WB.
Lose a day to my Oscar nomination marathon on Saturday.
Doable, but running on creative fumes.
February 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My post of accountability -
Write two stories for a couple of anthologies, finish my piece for Elegant Literature and
complete a halffinished story for StoryQuarterly's contest.
Also judging TT and WB.
Lose a day to my Oscar nomination marathon on Saturday.
Doable, but running on creative fumes.
Write two stories for a couple of anthologies, finish my piece for Elegant Literature and
complete a halffinished story for StoryQuarterly's contest.
Also judging TT and WB.
Lose a day to my Oscar nomination marathon on Saturday.
Doable, but running on creative fumes.