G. Préher and C. Seltzer, editors of the Journal of the Short Story in English (JSSE) / Les cahiers de la nouvelle, are pleased to announce the publication of number 84, a special issue on Joyce Carol Oats, guested edited by Tanya Tomble.Similar Posts
Confingo Publishing is launching The Crib and Other Stories, by Albertine Sarrazin, translated from the French by Sonya Moor.
Confingo Publishing is launching The Crib and Other Stories, by Albertine Sarrazin, translated from the French by Sonya Moor. These short stories, which appear in English for the first time, were composed for the most part in prison, before Sarrazin’s novels were published to international acclaim in 1965. Here, Sarrazin turns her singular eye on…
CFP: “American Shorts” University of Lisbon, Portugal, October 29-31, 2026
The contemporary American short story lives in a context where ‘short’ has tended towards the increasingly economic. Alongside a renewed interest in flash fiction, the 21st century has witnessed an explosion in literary terse forms extending within the web of the digital age, such as twitterature and nano-fiction. Beyond the written form, YouTube launched its…
Survey for PhD research!
Please help Zohreh Baghban, a member of ENSFR. As part of her creative writing PhD research, she is conducting a survey on animals and food. The responses will contribute to her flash fiction collection. The survey takes around 15 minutes to complete. It would be great if you could submit your response by June 30,…
Call for Papers: Congrès de la SAES at the University of Poitiers – 3-5 June 2026, “Emancipation”
Atelier 5 : Société d’Études Anglaises Contemporaines(SEAC) / La nouvelle de langue anglaise The notion of emancipation is commonly associated with a release from legal, social, political, economic, cultural, religious, sexual or moral restraint to gain autonomy and self-determination. In Charles Bingham and Gert Biesta’s words, emancipation “literally means to give away ownership (ex: away; mancipum:…
Scratch A4 Summer 25 Competition!
Submissions are now open to the Scratch A4 Summer ’25 1000 word short story competition! Come and explore the rich and exhilarating possibilities of the short, short story – the six shortlisted writers reading their stories in the biannual event in Soho, London in June. This year’s judges are: Denise Rose Hansen, editorial…
Successful Flash In Translation Event at the PesText Festival 08.05.2025
The ENSFR working alongside writers from Essex’s University (UK), writers from the writing school at Innsbruck University (Austria) and writers from the PesText festival (Hungary) took part in a Flash in Translation Event. The event involved eight writers working in collaborative pairs from across the three participating countries to each produce a piece of Flash…