Brigitte de Valk
@brigittedevalk.bsky.social
Winner of the Cúirt New Writing Prize (adjudicated by Claire-Louise Bennett) & the Royal Holloway Art Writing Competition.
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Lunate Journal have published their very last issue, you can read my short story 'Pastiche' from their fourth volume here: brigittedevalk.com/457-2/
Very happy to have been longlisted for the 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize For Innovative Narration 😊
December 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Very happy to have been longlisted for the 2026 Leopold Bloom Prize For Innovative Narration 😊
So happy to have a short story in the latest edition of Yolk Literary Journal 📚 www.yolkliterary.ca
December 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So happy to have a short story in the latest edition of Yolk Literary Journal 📚 www.yolkliterary.ca
Was so wonderful to attend Claire-Louise’s talk in Paris last week
December 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Was so wonderful to attend Claire-Louise’s talk in Paris last week
So excited to have been nominated for The Pushcart Prize for my short story ‘What A Bright Time’, published in the upcoming edition of Yolk Literary Journal ❄️
December 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
So excited to have been nominated for The Pushcart Prize for my short story ‘What A Bright Time’, published in the upcoming edition of Yolk Literary Journal ❄️
Very happy to have a short story published in the next issue of Ache Magazine
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October 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Very happy to have a short story published in the next issue of Ache Magazine
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Reposted by Brigitte de Valk
‘Her paintings will always be out of fashion because they require hard work and patience to appreciate’ – Zachary Ginsberg is impressed by Susan Rothenberg’s paintings at Hauser & Wirth in New York
For Susan Rothenberg, keeping it simple was complicated
The painter’s restrained works are usually described as figurative, but for Zachary Ginsberg they mark the precise point where abstraction and figuration meet
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October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
‘Her paintings will always be out of fashion because they require hard work and patience to appreciate’ – Zachary Ginsberg is impressed by Susan Rothenberg’s paintings at Hauser & Wirth in New York
Lunate Journal have published their very last issue, you can read my short story 'Pastiche' from their fourth volume here: brigittedevalk.com/457-2/
September 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Lunate Journal have published their very last issue, you can read my short story 'Pastiche' from their fourth volume here: brigittedevalk.com/457-2/
So happy that my story ‘Blank Summer’ is shortlisted for the The Hastings Short Story Competition 🌊
September 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
So happy that my story ‘Blank Summer’ is shortlisted for the The Hastings Short Story Competition 🌊
Really beautiful day at Farleys House - Roland’s painting of Lee whilst pregnant was so moving 💛
August 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Really beautiful day at Farleys House - Roland’s painting of Lee whilst pregnant was so moving 💛
‘Inattentive Reader’- Matisse
July 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
‘Inattentive Reader’- Matisse
A beautiful day to introduce Victoria Lucas to Sylvia Plath 💙
April 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A beautiful day to introduce Victoria Lucas to Sylvia Plath 💙