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New Writers @newwritersuk.bsky.social · Sep 2

Writers of historical fiction, check out our new comp: newwriters.org.uk/historical-f...

Deadline: Wednesday, 5th November 2025
Top Prize: £500
Word Limit: 300 words
Charity: 10% of proceeds to First Story & the Funzi & Bodo Trust

Get involved!

#writingcommunity #historicalfiction

New Writers Historical Flash Fiction Competition 2025

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you Goldfinch Novel Award 2025 & James Mustelier for picking my novel as a runner-up.

Congrats to the winner Anna Kemp, & @dorit-dscarlett.bsky.social & Jess Fitch.

Thanks also to my writer buddies @delgeo14.bsky.social & @juliusolofsson.bsky.social for your brilliant thoughts & advice.

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks, Delphine! (And big thanks for lending your excellent beta reading skills!)

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New Writers @newwritersuk.bsky.social · Mar 31

We're delighted to present the inaugural New Writers Anthology: newwriters.org.uk/anthology-is...

It features a selection of prize-winning and shortlisted stories, poems and book reviews from the competitions we ran between 2022 and 2024.

We hope you enjoy it!

#newwriters #writinganthology

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Dec 10

Nice work!

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Dec 8

Massive thanks to @thecoloredlens.bsky.social for nominating my kooky story for the @pushcartprize.bsky.social - much appreciated! And big congrats to the other nominees.

#writingcommunity

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Dec 5

They sound great!

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Dec 4

Band of the day for me: melinmelyn.bandcamp.com

Check 'em out.

Melin Melyn

Psychedelic country pop from these London/Cardiff creatures. Enjoy their vintage-country-surf-twang tunes packed with a cast of curious characters.

melinmelyn.bandcamp.com

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Nov 18

Here's a dark little villanelle I wrote that's gained an honourable mention in the recent Dark Poets Prize: www.darkpoets.club/post/the-pas...

#poetry #writingcommunity

THE PASSIONLESS AND THE DAMNED

By DLC HansonBedraggled and spent, the passionless and the damnedscrambled south through febrile grume,hemmed and steered by sleight of hand. Burnished brambles mocked atrophic blancheas busted guts g...

www.darkpoets.club

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · Nov 15

Please, if you are able, support Independent bookshops.

They are the literary & social hubs of our high streets and communities.

Without their continued support, we simply wouldn't be around to publish .

Thank you.

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New Writers @newwritersuk.bsky.social · Nov 8

The New Writing Flash Fiction Competition 2025 is open for entries: newwriters.org.uk/flash-fictio...

- Top prize: £1,100
- Head Judge: Shreya Sen-Handley (@shreyasenhan on Insta)
- Donating £1 from each entry to the brilliant creative writing charity First Story

#flashfiction #writingcommunity

New Writers Flash Fiction Competition 2025

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Nov 22

“A flower blossoms for its own joy.”
― Oscar Wilde

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Nov 22

Love it. I can imagine a whole world of stories behind the characters in the image. Nice work.

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Nov 9

Fancy a free writer's retreat in Dorset with a fee plus travel? The Bridport Prize have got 2 on offer for working class and/
or LGBTQIA+ writers, unpublished & self published authors or published writers of individual stories. Please share - closing date is 13th!! More details on their website.

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New Writers @newwritersuk.bsky.social · Nov 10

We're pleased to announce the winner of our free-to-enter Autumn Micro-fiction Comp:

'The Thing About Bonfires Is' by Heather Haigh

Check out the winning entry and a couple of the honourable mentions here: newwriters.org.uk/autumn-micro...

(And sign up for our newsletter for more free comps!)

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Nov 9

Highly recommended.
As well as 'big', it's rather enlightening and very funny!

#poetry

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · Nov 9

My book Days Like These publishes in paperback today. It contains a poem for every day of the year and has been described by some readers as ‘big’.

If you could all buy at least three copies of it, that would be much appreciated.

Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · Oct 30

Delighted to receive my paperback copies of Days Like These, out next week. Here it is, next to an extra large pineapple for scale.

Hopefully you’ll see it in a bookshop near you. Or, if you’d like to order online, a few links to booksellers are here: linktr.ee/brianbilston

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Nov 6

Here's a poem I wrote in response to Larkin's 'This Be The Verse': rawlit.weebly.com/issue3_8.html published in the third issue of Raw Lit - rawlit.weebly.com/issues.html

(Accompanied by artwork from Dr. Vass Geo.)

#poetry

issue3_8

Dr. Vass Geo is an untroubled, non-traumatised artist who loves colours.

rawlit.weebly.com

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Oct 7

Thanks!

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Oct 6

Exciting news about your novel, I'll keep an eye out.

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Oct 5

Thanks for reading. Yeah, there have been far too many appalling (and probably avoidable) similar situations in recent years.

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Oct 5

Powerful and hopeful, great work!

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Oct 5

A little poem I wrote a while ago (accompanied by a photograph by Sreelekha Chatterjee): rawlit.weebly.com/issue2_16.html

#poetry #nationalpoetryday

issue2_16

“Life thrives in the midst of boundless, sea-like difficulties, scorched by the sweltering heat of pain, agonies—sailing on with indomitable spirit, perseverance, and gaining strength along the...

rawlit.weebly.com

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Oct 5

I like them a lot, especially In These Dark Places, Hang My Head, Long Time Dead and Bowhead Saint.
Thanks for the recommendation!

DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Oct 4

Sounds like my cup of tea, off to check them out. I wonder if they're anything like The Amazing Snakeheads? Bloody loved them.

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DLC Hanson @dlchanson.bsky.social · Oct 3

Good point! We certainly need some heads of government to stand up and be counted (instead of standing up for those who donate the most cash!).