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Womagwriter
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Blog for writers. Regular links to free entry writing competitions. News about fiction in women's magazines. Calls for submission. Publication opportunities. Writing tips.

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Every week the blog features at least one free to enter writing competition. There's a database of guidelines for submitting to magazines, other opportunities and news for writers, and writing prompts - usually in the form of photos.

#writingcommunity

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After a lot of research, and help from some friends, I've updated my database of fiction submission guidelines for women's magazines. It also includes a few ezines and other publication opportunities.

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Submission guidelines database
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December 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Free entry writing competitions, and other opportunities for writers. #WritingCommunity

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Moving forward
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November 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Can you find the redundancies in these sentences?

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Redundancy Quiz #14 for Writers: Can You Score 100%?
What Are Redundancies? These nuisances are superfluous words or phrases also known as pleonasms. Rather than augment writing, they slow action scenes and increase word count — without adding constr…
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November 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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ALCS pays money for visual contributions to magazines and articles, and this amount continues to grow year on year. Make sure you claim before 31 December to be included in next year's payments.

Find out more here: www.alcs.co.uk/how-it-works...
A chart that shows "Visual arts payments over time" as of September 2025. 2023 = £329k, 2024 = £333k, 2025 = £365k
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
womagwriter.bsky.social
Every week the blog features at least one free to enter writing competition. There's a database of guidelines for submitting to magazines, other opportunities and news for writers, and writing prompts - usually in the form of photos.

#writingcommunity

womagwriter.blogspot.com
Womag and other writing
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November 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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I haven't enquired how much money this bot wants from me, nor have I read all the many paragraphs in the email – but I have to admit it starts off really well!

The book is free to download, should you wish to compare my stories to the above.
#BookSky
A long paragraph of rather pretentious praise for my free short story collection, NOT A DROP TO DRINK.
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Does anyone know how to make comments show on the blog on my website? (Wordpress)
Currently they don't show if you just go to the blog section - only if you click on the heading for a particular post.

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Patsy Collins
Stories, photos, adventures
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November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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(Others free on Amazon with Kindle Unlimited)
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November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Free entry writing competitions, and other opportunities for writers.

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With a little help from my friends
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November 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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I'm updating my magazine submissions database. If you have anything to add, or amend, please let me know.

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Submission guidelines database
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November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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ooh... I've got two tiny stories coming out in this...
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The Museum issue is back from the printers…

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November 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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There's a guest post by @guttedherring.bsky.social up on the blog today!

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Guest post by Fiona Ritchie Walker on the Hawthornden Retreat
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November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Happy Monday!

Another week of writing awaits!
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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You can now subscribe to my blog (using the purple sign up box at the top of the right hand column) and get email notification of free to enter writing competitions (at least one a week, usually more) and other news and opportunities.
#Writingcommunity

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November 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Free entry writing competition and other stuff for womagwriters.
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#writingcommunity
Over To You
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November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Overdrive patsycollins.co.uk/overdrive/
Overdrive
If you’re able to access Overdrive via your library membership, you can now read all my books for free. The ones with mauve bands at the top and bottom are single short stories – the ot…
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November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Guardian has article on Best Self-Care Gifts for Christmas, including stuff like £115 silk pillowcase and £75 bath salts.
But there’s lots of self-care we can do costing little or no money. Take a walk. Look at the moon. Pet a cat or dog. Make yourself a nice cup of tea. Meditate. Write.
#SelfCare
Person meditating, surrounded by circles showing images representing ways to care for self: good sleep, listening to music, reading books, exercise, burn a candle, good food and water, cup of tea
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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I think / hope that I've now made it possible for you to subscribe to the womagwriter blog and get new posts sent to you by email. There's a purple box thingy on the top right of the page. Give it a try if you like! If you do try it, please let me know whether it works.

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November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Wednesday word of the week - Tribulation patsycollins.co.uk/wednesday-wo...
Wednesday word of the week – Tribulation
A tribulation is a great affliction or oppression, or the cause of that. The occupants of many abbeys suffered tribulations during the reformation ordered by Henry VIII. It’s a good thing I l…
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November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
womagwriter.bsky.social
Do you enter writing competitions?

If so, you might like to take a look at my blog – I post details of at least one free to enter competition each week.

#writers #writingcommunity

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November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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I answer five questions about writing on Sally Jenkins' blog. Thanks so much to Sally for inviting me on!
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5 Questions About Writing With . . . Gabrielle Mullarkey
Gabrielle Mullarkey has just released her fourth novel, The Ones Who Never Left, a gothic chiller to read with the lights on. She’s also written over 3,000 short stories and serials for women’s mag…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Free entry writing competitions - and other stuff
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Small and weird
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November 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Popping in to wish you all a fun day and evening. #Halloween
A Happy Halloween message with a black cat, cobwebs and the shadow of a woman wearing a witch's hat.
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Not very scary halloween reads - at a not very scary price.
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Amazon.com: Slightly Spooky Stories IV: A collection of 24 short stories (Collections of Slightly Spooky Stories) eBook : Collins, Patsy: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: Slightly Spooky Stories IV: A collection of 24 short stories (Collections of Slightly Spooky Stories) eBook : Collins, Patsy: Kindle Store
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October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Free entry writing competition and calls for submission.
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More from Scotland
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November 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM