• Competition Deadline: Parracombe Prize

    From the competition website: Welcome to Parracombe Prize 2026. It’s the short story competition that started small and went global, now in its sixth year. With the Parracombe Prize, no writer gets overlooked. Every submitted story is read by a panel of judges, which includes published writers. Long listed entries are re-read twice more and...

  • Competition Deadline: Writers’ & Artists’ Short Story Competition

    From the competition website:   Enter our free annual short story competition and be in with a chance of winning a place on an Arvon Residential Writing Week (worth £985) as well as seeing your story published on our site. To enter, all you have to do is submit a short story (for adults) of no more than...

  • Event: Materiality in the Short Fiction of Alice Munro: Special Issue Launch

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    This launch event celebrates the publication of a new Short Fiction in Theory and Practice special issue which critically examines materiality in the short fiction of Alice Munro (1931-2024). Throughout her fourteen collections of short stories, Munro has shown a clear interest in how her characters’ inner life and perception of the world are defined...

  • Event: A look at Ireland’s Basic Income for the Arts

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    In this session, we’ll explore the Irish Income for the Arts programme, which has supported artists’ incomes and helped retain talent in the sector since 2022. The scheme has awarded a weekly payment of €325 for 2,000 artists selected at random. With the pilot scheme ending in February 2026, this will be an opportunity to...

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