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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press
DESCRIPTION:Rediscover Virginia Woolf as a radical printer\, publisher and maker through the Hogarth Press\, a site of hands-on experimentation and creative independence. \nFounded in 1917 from Woolf’s living room as an indie printing venture\, the press blurred boundaries between art\, craft and literature\, treating the book itself as an art object. Bringing together hand-printed books\, illustrated editions and works conceived through close collaboration between writers and artists\, the exhibition reframes publishing as a creative practice shaped by intimacy\, courage and control over one’s own voice. \nSeen today\, the Hogarth Press offers a powerful model of how ideas can be shaped\, shared and circulated outside traditional structures. \nExhibition created in partnership with the Gordon Square Society\, Antwerp. \nVirginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press has been co-curated by Ben Majchrowicz and Stephen Barkway.\nBen Majchrowicz\, Co-Founder of the Gordon Square Society\, Belgium.\nStephen Barkway\, a co-founder of the Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain. \n£10 | £11 with Gift Aid | Concessions available | Under 18s free | Friends go free
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/exhibition-virginia-woolf-and-the-hogarth-press/
LOCATION:Charleston House
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901
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SUMMARY:Residency: Jan Michalski Foundation Application Dates
DESCRIPTION:The Jan Michalski Foundation’s residency for writers is designed to provide an environment for literary creation and to support those involved in the written word. \n\n\nThe Foundation features a group of seven distinctive residential modules that are available for writers and translators invited for residencies of varying lengths of time. Hanging from the openwork “canopy” that runs above the Foundation\, these units are called “cabins” and offer ideal conditions to anyone who is looking to start\, continue working on\, or put the finishing touches to a writing project. \nAlthough open to all kinds of writing and all languages\, the residency program does give priority to literary writers and translators. The residencies can be for either individuals or pairs of participants in the case of projects involving more than one discipline. Each year some forty authors from around the world\, from emerging writers to seasoned veterans\, are able to count on a certain period of time dedicated to a literary project. \nA percentage of the residencies are dedicated to nature writing\, a form of fiction or creative non-fiction that raises awareness of nature\, prepares for a sustainable future\, and helps to better understand socio-environmental interconnections and the impact of human actions on nature. \n\n\n\nBecome a resident\n\n\nGeneral Terms and Conditions\n\nResidences are available for all types of writers engaged in literary creation. While we give priority to writers and translators\, we are also open to other disciplines as long as literature is at the heart of the project. Stays in the Jan Michalski Foundation are granted to individuals as well as pairs of writers working on a common project. The latter might include a writer and a translator\, a writer and someone from another discipline\, two writers\, and so on. \n\n\n\nLocation\n\nThe Jan Michalski Foundation lies at the foot of the Swiss Jura Mountains in Montricher. The village is approximately 30 minutes from Lausanne and one hour from Geneva. It is possible to reach Montricher from Morges by train. \nSix “cabins” overlook Lake Geneva and the Alps while a seventh is oriented towards the forested slopes of the Jura. One final cabin serves as a kitchen and common living area where resident writers can cook together\, socialize and relax. \n\n\n\nLength of stay\n\nResidencies can vary in length\, lasting from two weeks to one\, two\, or three months. The length of stay should match the scope of the project. The period applied for is a request only\, and the Jan Michalski Foundation reserves the right to offer another period depending on availability. \n\n\n\nEligibility criteria\n\nThere are no age or nationality restrictions.\nBeginners are accepted.\nCandidates are only allowed to submit one application per year.\nFormer residents are not allowed to reapply.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/residency-jan-michalski-foundation-application-dates/
CATEGORIES:Residency
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260801
DTSTAMP:20260716T112747Z
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Anthology Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \nEstablished to recognise and encourage creative writing and provide a platform for publication\, the Anthology Short Story Competition is open to original and previously unpublished short stories in the English language by a writer of any nationality\, living anywhere in the world. There is no restriction on theme or style. Stories submitted must not exceed the maximum of 1\,500 words. Writers can submit as many entries as they wish. Each submission will require a separate entry form and is subject to a separate entry fee. \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-anthology-short-story-competition/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260801
DTSTAMP:20260716T112937Z
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Southlands Creative Writing Competition 2026
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \nSouthlands Arts Centre is excited to announce the launch of our annual creative writing competition. We are open for submissions from Sunday\, 22nd February.  \nWe are taking entries from over 18s and under 18s. There are life writing and fiction categories.  \nContinuing with our tradition the fiction category is themed. This year’s theme is architecture. By this we mean\, buildings of all kinds — from homes to halls\, castles to cabins\, all structures and spaces. \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-southlands-creative-writing-competition-2026/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260816
DTSTAMP:20260805T105452Z
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The Bournemouth Writing Prize
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \n\nBournemouth has a rich literary heritage. World-renowned writers – from Bram Stoker to Bill Bryson\, Mary Shelley to JRR Tolkien\, all took inspiration from our seaside oasis on the south coast of Dorset. Originally\, Bournemouth was a spa town\, attracting people from across the country (and polluted cities!) to use the sea air to revitalise their wellbeing. Where relaxation exists\, creativity springs. \nDrawing on Bournemouth’s incredible creative scene – including two world-class universities\, colleges and language schools – and a thriving\, engaged and inclusive creative community\, our 2027 writing competition – in partnership with the Bournemouth Writing Prize – invites writers from across the world to be inspired by Bournemouth’s rich literary history to send us entries on any subject. \n\n\nShort stories (up to 3\,000 words) \n\n\nPoems (up to 30 lines). \n\n\n\n\nThe costs to enter are: \n\n\n£10 for a Short Story (up to 3\,000 words) \n\n\n£10 for up to three poems (up to 30 lines). All poems need to be in one document. \n\n\nSubmit in either Word or PDF. \n  \n\nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-bournemouth-writing-prize/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260822T133000
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SUMMARY:Event: Lucy Caldwell & Nell Stevens\, Short Story Magic
DESCRIPTION:BBC National Short Story Award-winning Lucy Caldwell (author of Openings and These Days) and Nell Stevens (author of The Original and Somerset Maugham Award-winning Mrs Gaskell & Me) are both masters at catapulting you into characters’ lives\, conjuring entirely new worlds in a matter of pages. In this conversation they discuss their new story collections\, Devotions and The Good Time\, talking stories of love\, grief\, haunted lives\, emotional crossroads\, and irresistible humour with Di Speirs.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/event-lucy-caldwell-nell-stevens-short-story-magic/
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTSTAMP:20260805T105624Z
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UID:3633-1788134400-1788220799@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Oxford Flash Fiction Prize
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \n1st Prize: £1000 / 2nd Prize: £200 / New Voice Prize: £200 / 3rd Prize: £100 / Hidden Element Prize £100\nShortlisted entrants will be offered publication in our end of year anthology. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-oxford-flash-fiction-prize/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTSTAMP:20260805T105809Z
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UID:3635-1788134400-1788220799@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Aesthetica Creative Writing Award
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \n\nPoetry entries should be no more than 40 lines.\nFiction entries should be no more than 2\,000 words.\nWorks published or entered elsewhere are accepted.\nWe accept works on any theme.\nYou may enter the Award as many times as you wish\, although each work requires a fee and new submission form.\n\n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-aesthetica-creative-writing-award/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTSTAMP:20260827T161214Z
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SUMMARY:Residency: Writer’s residency in Brussels with Passa Porta
DESCRIPTION:The National Centre for Writing is collaborating with the International House of Literature Passa Porta and Flanders Literature to offer a month-long writing residency in Brussels in 2027. The exact date of the residency will be agreed by Passa Porta with the successful applicant. \n\nThe residency is part of an exchange with the National Centre for Writing\, who will hosting a writer from Flanders in Norwich in March 2027. \n\n\n\nAbout the residency \n\n\nPassa Porta is a multilingual house of literature at the heart of Brussels\, providing a showcase\, a platform and a workplace for literature. It includes a literary stage\, a multilingual bookshop\, a corner for reading\, conversation and rendezvous\, space for workshops\, offices\, and a flat for a writer in residence. Passa Porta has a broad network of contacts with the press\, publishers\, translators and cultural organisations in Belgium and abroad. \nEvery two years\, the Passa Porta Festival draws about 100 Belgian and international writers\, thinkers and artists to Brussels\, bearing witness to their love of the written word\, shining their light on hot topics\, and paying tribute to the best new literature from around the world. \nThis residency will offer the writer a quiet place to write. However\, there will be the opportunity to take part in public events in Flanders and Brussels\, as well as to meet and collaborate with fellow authors and translators. \nThe writer in residence will be expected to devote most of their time in Brussels to working on a manuscript. In their letter of application\, they should present a concise and concrete plan of work regarding their stay. The author will be asked to mention Passa Porta in the final publication of the manuscript they worked on during their stay. \nPassa Porta may invite the writer to play an active role during one or more of its public events\, to present themselves to the Belgian audience in a video interview\, or to write a short text reflecting on a topic close to their heart. These small assignments are not an obligation and will be renumerated accordingly. \nYou can find out more about Passa Porta’s residency programme on their website. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTravel and accommodation \n\n\nThe writer will be offered free accommodation in a self-catering flat at the Passa Porta house of literature. This distinctive and comfortable flat has a floor area of 90 sq. m. and is situated above the Passa Porta Bookshop in Rue Antoine Dansaert / Antoine Dansaertstraat\, close to the Grand Place. The flat comprises a large living room\, a study\, a dining room\, a bedroom\, a bathroom and a kitchen. See below for images. It is equipped with an internet connection\, printer and\, if required\, a laptop. A telephone is available at the guest’s expense. \nThe National Centre for Writing will cover the cost of train travel to and from Brussels and Passa Porta will pay a stipend of 1200 euros towards living expenses. The writer should take out their own travel and health insurance for the period of their journey and stay. \n\n\n\n\n  \n\nHow to apply \n\n\nThis opportunity is open to writers based in England. It is open to writers of novels\, short stories\, poetry or literary non-fiction. Authors working on a manuscript as part of academic research do not qualify. The author must have had at least one work published by a literary publisher (not self-published). \nWriters wishing to apply for the residency should send their application to residencies@nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk \nApplications should include: \n\nA covering letter explaining:\n\nWhy you wish to take part in the residency\, what you will bring to it and what you hope to get out of it.\nA description of the manuscript or project on which you will work.\nWhy Brussels\, and any Norwich connections\n\n\nA curriculum vitae listing your publications in your own and other languages.\nA short writing sample (up to 1\,000 words).\n\nThe selection will be carried out jointly by Passa Porta and the National Centre for Writing\, and the successful applicant will be informed by the beginning of October 2026. \nThe deadline for applications is Monday 31 August 2026.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/residency-writers-residency-in-brussels-with-passa-porta/
LOCATION:Passa Porta
CATEGORIES:Residency
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902
DTSTAMP:20260805T105932Z
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Best in Rural Writing Contest
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nContest submissions may be previously published\, and will also be read within 3-4 months of submitting with an eye towards publication on the site\, as well as the forthcoming Best in Rural Writing print anthologies. (Note: shortlisting in the contest does not automatically secure a place in the anthology\, unless selected as one of the two finalists. The work will be considered by future anthology committees\, however). Go to our submit page for more details. \nAlthough the contest and anthology are seperate initiatives\, we recommend reading the anthology to get an idea of the type of work that typically gets recognized (and also because it supports The Milk House). You can order a copy here. \nSubmissions may be up to 7\,000 words. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-best-in-rural-writing-contest/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902
DTSTAMP:20260825T164204Z
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UID:3665-1788220800-1788307199@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The Observer / Redstone Press Postcard Story Prize 2026
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nOpen to writers of all ages and backgrounds. \nA postcard is a simple thing: image on one side\, writing on the other. But the relationship between image and text can be complex and teasing. Postcards always tell a story of some kind and are often glimpses into larger stories\, inklings of whole lives… \nWe invite you to submit an imaginative short story\, piece of text\, or poem (up to 250 words) in response to a postcard image. The text need not necessarily correspond to the image on the postcard (it may even be more interesting if it doesn’t\, as with many of the postcards we do send).  \nJudging panel: Julian Barnes\, Tom Gatti\, Jan Carson\, Ardashir Vakil \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-observer-redstone-press-postcard-story-prize-2026/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902
DTSTAMP:20260825T164425Z
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Plough Short Fiction Contest
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nPlough is thrilled to announce its inaugural annual short fiction contest\, open to writers anywhere in the world. \nThe winning writer will receive a two thousand dollar award and the winning story will be published in Plough. In addition\, up to three finalists will receive two hundred and fifty dollars as well as publication in Plough (print and/or online). \nPlough is seeking short fiction that honors the mysterious nature of reality and finds transcendence and redemption in unexpected places. We are interested in the skillful use of fictional elements like magical realism and a traditional “tale” voice\, but the contest is not limited to stories with these elements. Here are some authors we see as exemplary: Italo Calvino\, Jorge Luis Borges\, Susanna Clarke\, Toni Morrison\, Isak Dinesen\, Eugene Vodolazkin\, Tim Powers\, Karen Russell\, and James McBride. \nJudging will be blind. Plough editors will select ten to fifteen stories for further consideration\, and then the editors will reach a consensus on the winner and finalists. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-plough-short-fiction-contest/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260927
DTSTAMP:20260827T155154Z
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SUMMARY:Event: WRITE Festival at The Word\, South Shields
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate stories\, poetry\, writing and everything in between with another fantastic line up of events\, workshops and performances. \nAvid readers can look forward to a brilliant mix of author talks featuring local talent\, regional writers and bestselling favourites. We have two costume talks\, creative calligraphy\, a regency tea dance workshop and lots more. \nIf you’re a writer looking for feedback on your work\, interested in poetry\, or eager to learn how to get published\, we’ve got a whole host of workshops just for you. You’ll also have the chance to get advice and insights from industry professionals. \nWe will be closing the festival on Saturday 26 September as Bay Tales return with The Word is Murder – South Tyneside’s Crime Fiction Festival. \nEvents will be taking place at The Word\, with some at Cleadon Park\, Jarrow Focus and Hebburn Central too.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/event-write-festival-at-the-word-south-shields/
LOCATION:The Word
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260905
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260906
DTSTAMP:20260825T164733Z
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The McNeile Writing Competition
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nA short story competition organised by Clapham Writers charity in honour of the late Penelope McNeile; celebrating creativity\, diversity\, storytelling\, and emerging literary voices. Whether you are writing your first short story or have been writing for years\, the McNeile Competition is an opportunity to share your voice\, challenge your creativity\, and be part of the vibrant writing community in South West London. \nOpen to unpublished and self published writers of all levels\, the competition invites you to submit an opening section of a short story inspired by the theme “Absent Friends.” Writers are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly\, exploring ideas of memory\, loss\, distance\, reunion\, nostalgia\, or the enduring presence of those no longer with us. \nThe competition is now open and entries close on 5th September 2026. Winners will be announced at the Clapham Book Festival on 17th October. \nEntry costs £5\, or free with the purchase of a ticket to the Clapham Book Festival. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-mcneile-writing-competition/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTSTAMP:20260825T164023Z
CREATED:20260825T164023Z
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UID:3663-1789257600-1789343999@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The BPA Short Story Award
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nThe Short Story Award is open to unrepresented writers anywhere in the world. All you need is a complete short story up to 2\,500 words. \nPrize: cash + agent introduction\, 1st Prize £1\,000 + agent introduction\, 2nd Prize £300\, 3rd Prize £100This year’s judges are literary agent\, Corissa Hollenbeck\, at Janklow & Nesbit\, and writer\, Sussie Anie. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-bpa-short-story-award/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260922
DTSTAMP:20260827T160750Z
CREATED:20260827T150306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T160750Z
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SUMMARY:Event: Short Story September Festival\, Phoenix Leicester
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by short story publisher Dahlia Books\, the Short Story September Festival is the ultimate weekend for writers looking to master the art of writing short stories. \nOur main festival sessions will take place on Saturday 20th September in Leicester. \nAdditional writing workshops will take place on Sunday 21st September via Zoom. \nAll online workshops will be recorded and will be available on playback for up to 30 days. \nBook your ticket via the Eventbrite box office. \nFESTIVAL PROGRAMME (subject to change) \nSaturday 20th September 2025 – Phoenix Square\, Leicester \n10.30 AM Registration & Warm-up workshop \nIn this warm-up workshop\, we will start generating new ideas for fiction by playing a series of writing games and prompts. Meet in the Phoenix cafe. \n11 AM – 12 PM Developing Your Short Story Craft – Panel Discussion \nIn this panel discussion on developing your craft\, writers Catherine Menon\, Rebecca Burns\, Laura Besley and Jonathan Taylor will share their writing process\, the tools and tricks they use to master the short story form\, and discuss how and why they return to writing short stories alongside their other works and responsibilities. \n12 PM comfort break \n12.15 – 1 PM – Interactive roundtable: Is Writing Short Stories Sustainable? \nIn this interactive roundtable and listening space\, we will split up into groups to share our experiences of writing short stories. We will discuss what we’ve heard about working in this form\, from family and friends\, and publishing professionals and begin to answer the question whether writing short stories is sustainable? If you love the form but are constantly told you should be working on a novel\, this session will nourish your soul. This session will be facilitated by Dahlia Books authors. Post it notes\, pens and paper will be provided. \n1 – 2 PM – Lunch (not included) \n2 – 3 PM Abi Hynes and Malachi McIntosh in conversation \nWinner of this year’s Edge Hill Short Story Prize Debut and author of Parables\, Fables\, Nightmares Malachi McIntosh will be in conversation with Abi Hynes\, fellow shortlisted writer and author of Monstrous Longing. This session will be followed by a Q&A. \n3 – 3.45 PM Everything You Wanted to Know About a Small Press But Were Too Afraid to Ask \nWhat does a small press do\, and how do they support a short story writer get their work out there? How are they set-up and do they pay an advance? From submitting your work to a small press to handling distribution and subsidiary rights\, this session is your opportunity to put your questions to Farhana Shaikh and have them answered – with no question off the table! Participants can submit their questions in advance via email to f.shaikh@dahliapublishing.co.uk. \n3.45 PM Comfort break / Doors open for ceremony only \n4 – 5 PM – Leicester Writes Short Story Prize Ceremony \nThe Leicester Writes Short Story Prize was set up in 2017 to recognise and reward the best short story writing talent. Join us to celebrate this year’s fantastic long-listed writers and listen to the short stories that made it to our top 20 from just under 400 entries! Our prize anthology featuring all 20 short stories will be launched on the day. Readers on the night tbc. \nSunday 21st September 2025 – Zoom\, online \n10.30 AM Registration & Warm-up workshop \nIn this warm-up workshop\, we will mine our personal histories and life experiences to generate material for short stories. You will leave with a handful of fragments and titles. Please bring a photograph of you as a child to the session. \n11.00 – 12.15 PM The Significance of Voice Workshop \nIn this workshop Mona Dash\, Catherine Menon\, and Reshma Ruia – members of The Whole Kahani – will discuss the crucial building blocks for writing authentically. They will examine different types of voices\, cread and discuss their own writing\, and give us a peek behind the workshopping process they use to develop their single author collections and their group’s anthologies. \n12.15 – 1.30 PM Lunch break – virual brownies and tea for all \n1.30 – 2.45 PM How to Pitch a Short Story Collection Workshop \nIn this session with publisher Farhana Shaikh\, participants will learn what makes a good pitch for a short story collection. We will look at live pitches received by Dahlia Books\, think about what makes a successful pitch\, and have a go at writing and pitching our own collections. You will leave feeling confident in approaching publishers and talking about your stories to absolutely anyone. \n3 – 4.10 PM Planning a Short Story in 60 Minutes Workshop \nIn this workshop with three-time novelist\, short story writer and editor Leone Ross\, participants will learn how to plan a beginning\, middle\, and end of a short story in just 60 minutes. You will leave with the bones of a new short story to work on. \n4 – 4.30 PM – Plenary \n\n\nBooking & payment\n\nBook your place via Eventbrite. \nYou can join us in person\, or online\, or for the entire weekend. \nTicket prices vary. From £25 (plus booking fee).
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/short-story-september-festival-phoenix-leicester/
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The Sareeta Domingo Prize
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nThe Sareeta Domingo Prize is a free-to-enter writing prize created to discover and support unpublished writers from Black and Global Majority backgrounds\, founded by bestselling author Dorothy Koomson in association with Sareeta Domingo’s family\, Hachette UK\, Jacaranda Books and David Higham Associates. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-sareeta-domingo-prize/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Mslexia Women's Fiction Competition 2026 - Short Story
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \n1st prize £3\,000. Three additional finalists will each receive £150 and all four winning entries are published in Issue 112 of Mslexia. Winning entries plus eight more shortlisted entries will receive £75 and be published in Mslexia’s ebook anthology Best Women’s Short Fiction 2026. Entry fee: £14. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-mslexia-womens-fiction-competition-2026-short-story/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260922T163000
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SUMMARY:Event: Sahra Hersi\, Stories and Symbols as Tools for Making (CPD Session) at Charleston House\, Sussex
DESCRIPTION:Join artist and educator Sahra Hersi for a free CPD (continuing professional development) session. \nConnected to our Reimagine project\, a creative learning programme developed with Year 9 students from Priory School in Lewes\, this session is open to all educators and practitioners interested in creative learning\, including teachers\, youth workers\, social workers\, artists and home educators. \nSahra will share an insight into her practice\, which uses stories\, motifs and symbols as tools for collective making. Her work begins with conversations and time spent with people and places\, translating individual ideas and experiences into shared artworks. \nSahra will lead a practical collage activity exploring the idea of an animal as a personal symbol or ‘familiar’\, representing companionship\, protection or something more personal. Using a limited palette of coloured paper\, participants will create individual animal motifs before bringing them together as one collective tile panel. Through cutting\, collage and composition\, you will explore an accessible approach to collaboration that can be adapted for use with young people in educational and community settings. \nSpaces are limited\, so please register to reserve your free place. \nFor more information\, please contact Natasha Holdgate\, Learning Manager at n.holdgate@charleston.org.uk
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/event-sahra-hersi-stories-and-symbols-as-tools-for-making-cpd-session-at-charleston-house-sussex/
LOCATION:Charleston House
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: SaveAsWriters International Creative Writing Competition 2026
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nTo celebrate 150 years since the first ever telephone call made by Alexander Graham Bell\, SaveAs Writers invite you to submit poetry or short stories with this theme: ‘Lines of Communication’. \nMethods of communication have developed rapidly since that first phone call in 1876. Therefore\, the theme can be interpreted widely. Submissions might focus on communication in relationships • in the age of the Internet\, the mobile phone and AI • between human beings and aliens or robots • between nations or different cultures.\nWhat are the limits and difficulties of communication? Perhaps you want to explore if better communication means better understanding. Or if it is always used for the best reasons. These are just some of the possibilities. \nGo ahead and communicate your creative ideas by submitting to the competition. We welcome national and international entries. Good luck!  \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-saveaswriters-international-creative-writing-competition-2026/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Anthology Flash Fiction Competition 2026
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nEstablished to inspire creativity\, great writing and to provide a platform for publication. The Anthology Flash Fiction Competition is open to original and previously unpublished flash fiction pieces on any theme or genre in the English language by writers of any nationality\, living anywhere in the world. We are looking for writing that is clever and unique\, inspires us\, and crafts a compelling story.  \nOpen to both new and established writers\, articles submitted must not exceed 250 words. Writers can submit as many entries as they wish. Each submission will require a separate entry form and is subject to a separate entry fee.  \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-anthology-flash-fiction-competition-2026/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2026
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nThe deadline for receipt of all entries is September 30th\, 2026\, at 5 pm (GMT) \nEntries will only be accepted through Subfolio. \nEntries can be on any subject\, theme or genre. \nEntry fee: £12 per entry. You can submit multiple entries as long as each entry is paid for individually and includes a separate entry form. \nMaximum word count is 3\,000 words. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-creative-writing-ink-short-story-competition-2026/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260930
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The Writers' College Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \n\n\n\nOpen to unpublished writers or those with fewer than four publications\, from any country.\nWin cash prizes\, industry recognition\, and a chance to impress our expert judges.\n\n\n\n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-writers-college-short-story-competition/
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SUMMARY:Event: Classics Book Club at Hatchards\, Piccadilly; Japanese Ghost Stories
DESCRIPTION:The Classics Book Club meets on the first Thursday of each month here at Hatchards\, Piccadilly. This book club will instead take place one week ahead of schedule\, on Thursday\, 29th October. \nThis month’s book is: “Japanese Ghost Stories” by Lafcadio Hearn. \nThe dead wreak revenge on the living\, paintings come alive\, spectral brides possess mortal men and a priest devours human flesh in these chilling Japanese ghost stories retold by a master of the supernatural. \nLafcadio Hearn drew on the phantoms and ghouls of traditional Japanese folklore – including the headless ‘rokuro-kubi’\, the monstrous goblins ‘jikininki’ or the faceless ‘mujina’ who stalk lonely neighbourhoods – and infused them with his own memories of his haunted childhood in nineteenth-century Ireland to create these terrifying tales of striking and eerie power. Today they are regarded in Japan as classics in their own right. \nTickets include £3 off the purchase of next month’s Book Club book. \n 
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/classics-book-club-at-hatchards-piccadilly-japanese-ghost-stories/
LOCATION:Hatchards\, 187 Piccadilly\, London\, W1J 9LE
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Special Issue on William Faulkner in Journal of the Short Story in English
DESCRIPTION:JSSE 90 (Spring 2028) \nGuest edited by: \n\nFrançoise Buisson\,Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour\nSolveig M. Dunkel\, Université de Lille\nFrédérique Spill\, Université de Picardie Jules Verne\, president of the William Faulkner Society.\n\n\nDeadline for abstract submissions: 30 October 2026 \n\n\nSuggested Proposals\nThe purpose of this special issue of JSSE is thus to examine the challenges faced by Faulkner as a short story writer\, especially—but not exclusively: \n\nthe status of the short story in Faulkner’s work and its reception\neconomic imperatives and consumerism\nexperimentation and short fiction as “a creative writing workshop”\nFaulkner’s play with the traditional forms\, conventions and contents of the genre: narrative technique\, stylistic devices and strategies\, punctuation and typography\nFaulkner’s phenomenological writing\, his writing of sensation\nellipsis and the unspeakable; condensation and proliferation\nFaulkner’s use of different chronotopes and his handling of chronology\nmeta/short fiction and the mise en abyme of short story writing\nthe Southern Gothic\norality\, cock-and-bull stories and tall tales\, short fiction and humor\, Frontier humor\nthe ecopoetic dimension in wilderness short stories\ninitiation in the short story and for the short story teller\nchildhood and children as story-tellers and/or characters\nmargins in the short story: the community and the individual; race and gender relations for example\nqueer Faulkner
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-william-faulkner-in-journal-of-the-short-story-in-english/
CATEGORIES:Call for Papers
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The Bedford Competition 2026
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \n\nChance of winning up to £2000 in the short story and poetry main prizes.\nSeparate short story and poetry prize winning categories for those aged 17-25 and for local Bedford residents.\n\n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-bedford-competition-2026/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261201
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SUMMARY:Submission Deadline: Special Issue of Short Fiction in Theory & Practice | Writing Across Languages: Anglophone Short Stories by Multilingual Authors
DESCRIPTION:Special Issue | Writing Across Languages: Anglophone Short Stories by Multilingual Authors \nGuest edited by Elsa Court (University of Oxford)\, Nina Ellis (The American University in Cairo)\, and Sonya Moor (Manchester Metropolitan University). \nIn ‘Hills Like White Elephants’ Ernest Hemingway uses a Spanish expression to insinuate the linguistic reality of a geographic location that is experienced only in passing. ‘Dos cervezas\,’ says one of his two central characters\, a man introduced as ‘the American\,’ whom we understand is in a precarious relationship with a younger woman\, also a native English speaker. For the duration of the five-page story\, the couple sit at a table in the shade of a café while waiting for a train to Madrid\, discussing the future of their relationship in coded terms. They continue ordering drinks presumably still in Spanish — but after the mention of ‘Dos cervezas’\, this second language is presumed\, rather than transcribed. The rest of the story — including further exchanges with the bar owner — is written entirely in English. \nThe literary fiction landscape has dramatically changed since the time when\, as Hilary Mantel put it\, a young writer was systematically advised to avoid using foreign language expressions in her prose\, for fear of sounding ‘elitist’ to the Anglo-American reader. Moreover\, the globalisation of Anglophone creative expression means that not all fiction written in English today is produced from imaginations that think only — or even primarily — in English\, even when that is the primary language of their texts. \nInternational\, peer-reviewed Short Fiction in Theory and Practice (Intellect Books) is proud to invite original short-story submissions for a practice-based special issue to be published in September 2027\, entitled ‘Writing Across Languages: Anglophone Short Stories by Multilingual Authors’. The issue will bring together inventive works of contemporary short fiction\, written primarily in English\, but also incorporating interplay with one or more other languages. \nThe editors invite submissions of up to 5\,000 words that make use of at least one language other than English or find ways of gesturing towards other languages within their narratives. \nThere is no minimum word count. \nDeadline for submissions: 1st December 2026. \nPlease visit the Short Fiction in Theory and Practice website for submission guidelines at: https://www.intellectbooks.com/short-fiction-in-theory-practice \nFor informal enquiries please contact Principal Editor Ailsa Cox (coxa@edgehill.ac.uk).
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/submission-deadline-special-issue-of-short-fiction-in-theory-practice-writing-across-languages-anglophone-short-stories-by-multilingual-authors/
CATEGORIES:Submission Deadline
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