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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · 18h

Just finished this! What a twisty turny ghostly adventure!

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · 18h

Just finished reading this! What a journey- twisty, turny, unexpected!!

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Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 6d

Three weeks to go!

Free Flash Fiction @freeflashfiction.bsky.social · 13d

FFF Competition Thirty
flash fiction 100/300 Words
1 W £165.00
2 HC £77.00
3 SL £66.00
Judge: Nish X. Hegde
@nishxhegde.bsky.social

£4.40 fee per entry/story via PayPal or Stripe
£2.95 fee per entry via BACS -
ends 23/10/25

#writingcompetitions #flashfiction

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South Warwickshire Literary Festival @southwarkslitfest.bsky.social · 1d

Hi there - a little late to the party - it's beens so busy! But a huge Thank You to everyone who came to the festival, worked the festival, volunteered at the festival It was an absolute blast! @gwynethbox.bsky.social @pageturning.bsky.social @jaccigooding.bsky.social @karenstoreyauthor.bsky.social

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · 8d

Hahahaha! Thought I’d send myself a few emails just for lols. Got to have that PMA haven’t we, #authors & #writers!

Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · 10d

Come with me, #authors, as we start our writing week. So many words to capture! Don’t let them get away! #writers #books #research

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Gwyneth Box @gwynethbox.bsky.social · 12d

I'm not sure which came first, the artistic or the literary vignette, but here we have a photographic vignette of Watson, the writer’s cat, asleep on top of the antique writing desk I inherited from my mother.

#writingcommunity #caturday

Square photo. Vignette style - i.e. the corners are darkened so it fades at the edges. The photo shows the head and shoulders of a white cat asleep on top of a piece of dark wood furniture. His head is raised, resting against the wooden edge of the shelf. Under his head is something thin and white, perhaps a tile or notepad. The wall behind is white or cream. The only real colour in the image are the cat's pink nose and the pink of his ears. The whole picture is grainy and slightly yellowish, giving it the appearance of an old-fashioned photo.

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · 10d

Just started this and loving it. Perfect for thenightsaredrawingin reading!

Gabrielle Mullarkey @pageturning.bsky.social · 23d

Not long to wait for THE ONES WHO NEVER LEFT...

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · 10d

Fiction. I like to think literary fiction… ! hahahaha 🤪 but hey - never say never, right?!

Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · 11d

Good for you! I know that feeling!

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · 11d

Really well! Two hours every morning at my local library. Cracking on 70k words already!

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 11d

Submissions to the current @presshenshaw.bsky.social quarterly #shortstory competition close in four days!

Henshaw Press (@presshenshaw.bsky.social)

Four days to go! We're counting down to the last day of our current competition... Get those stories in! #writing #Booksky #Writesky

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · 12d

So true!

Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · Jun 19

Yep - I'm all over this one! Actually am. Time to get writing! #writers #writingcommunity #authors #shortstories #shortstory Thank you @thefictiondesk.com No excuses!

The Fiction Desk @thefictiondesk.com · Jun 18

This summer at The Fiction Desk

New short story submission opportunities coming this summer from The Fiction Desk.

www.thefictiondesk.com

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · Jun 17

Just spent a lovely hour+ with amazing and inspiring author @sophiehannah.bsky.social & #poet Nic Arbury @ #LeamingtonSpa #library courtesy of Warks Libraries talking all things Lambert (if you know, you know!) and hearing some of Nic’s stupendous poetry. #author #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · Jun 11

Deadline 31st August fellow #writers Plenty of time.
(heard that before)
#writingcommunity @shortstorycomps.bsky.social

Oxford Flash Fiction Prize @oxfordflashfiction.bsky.social · Jun 1

The Oxford Flash Fiction Prize 2025 is now open!

One story. 1,000 words. One shot at glory.

This year, we’re going big: one annual competition to celebrate the best in flash fiction.

Enter now! 👉 oxfordflashfictionprize.com

#FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #OxfordFlashFictionPrize

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · Jun 4

Love it! Oh the things we could but mustn’t write… that list surely is endless!

Nina Parmenter @ninaparmenter.bsky.social · Jun 4

Me trying to write an interesting author bio: “Nina Parmenter does not work well with others. She was on the phone at 7.30 am yesterday sorting out a forklift that couldn’t get through a doorway. She lives in Wiltshire with an 11kg capacity washing machine.”

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · Jun 4

Oh! One of my #favourite things! My little ol’ rucksack stuffed with my trusty laptop on our way to a quiet #writing spot somewhere. Will I get to the end of the chapter? Will it all make sense? Twitching to start #editing but NO! I must wait until the end.How’s your writing going #writingcommunity?

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South Warwickshire Literary Festival @southwarkslitfest.bsky.social · Jun 4

Hi Readers! We’ve been away doing Stuff, most recently the @writingwestmids.bsky.social conference which of course was excellent. Here’s a snap of what you missed! @leenanorms.bsky.social @riotcommons.bsky.social @jaccigooding.bsky.social @gwynethbox.bsky.social #authors #writingcommunity #books 📚📝

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · May 27

Some interesting #books here methinks! Not all mine I hasten to add. Quite alarming really, seeing your #reading material on display like this!
Who has what on their shelves? (you should see the other shelf not in this picture!)🤣

#writers #reading #books #libraries #writingcommunity #writing

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Jacci Gooding @jaccigooding.bsky.social · Apr 4

A great @societyofauthors.bsky.social event last night organised by #author @franhill123.bsky.social talking local #literary festivals Reading from my notes it’s good to see how far @southwarkslitfest.bsky.social has come so quickly The team must be doing something right! @gwynethbox.bsky.social

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South Warwickshire Literary Festival @southwarkslitfest.bsky.social · Mar 25

Hello There #writers ICYMI only 3 days left to our #deadline #fiction #poetry #creativenonfiction and #flash A big #thankyou to everyone who has entered so far - we're loving your work! Special thanks to the CNF #authors many of whom have shared some beautiful stories with us 🧡✍️📖 #writingcommunity

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Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · Mar 22

This flash fiction piece by @marioaliberto3.bsky.social plays with the Final Girl trope in a really compelling and new way:

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#FlashFiction #FlashLit #Writing #Writer #WritingCommunity

Something Out of a Horror Movie ~ by Mario Aliberto III

In the horror movie she calls a life, The Bad Girl gets cast as a camp counselor because she’s hot, she knows she’s hot, and every horror movie needs an antagonist to the virginal Final Girl, at le…

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Gwyneth Box @gwynethbox.bsky.social · Mar 22

Just under a week left to enter the @southwarkslitfest.bsky.social writing competition.
I'm looking forward to reading all the #poetry entries :-)
Fiction, CNF & Flash categories, too.
Full details & guidelines on the #SWLitFest website: www.southwarwickshireliteraryfestival.com

#writingcommunity

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South Warwickshire Literary Festival @southwarkslitfest.bsky.social · Mar 8

Good Morning from the #UK! Who’s reading what today? We’re in for some unseasonally good weather this w/e so will you #read or will you #write?! Hmmmm! #writingcommunity #authors #poets

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