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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The Bridport Short Story Prize
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \nOne of the largest short story prizes\, the winning story features in our anthology\, so you will see your words in print\, maybe for the first time. That’s not all. It opens up further opportunities where your story needs to have been published. You will be invited to our awards celebration and get insightful feedback from the judges and our professional partners. Finally\, we will champion you not only as our winner but always as part of the Bridport Prize family. \nSubmit here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-bridport-short-story-prize/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The Yeovil Prizes
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n\n\n2026 Competition Open From 1 Jan 2026 to 31 May 2026\n\n\nOrganised by the Yeovil Community Arts Association\, this is your opportunity to enter five very different categories of writing. Aspiring writers throughout the world should enter this prestigious writing competition. \n\n  \nSubmit here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-yeovil-prizes/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260531T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260531T203000
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SUMMARY:Event: An Evening with Colm Tóibín
DESCRIPTION:To mark the publication of Colm Tóibín’s highly anticipated short story collection The News from Dublin (Picador)\, Writing on the Wall is delighted to reveal that the acclaimed Irish author will appear at WoWFEST26 on Sunday 31 May\, chaired by Professor Frank Shovlin. \nTóibín will discuss The News from Dublin\, a striking and deeply moving sequence of stories that span continents and generations\, from wartime Ireland to Barcelona\, Argentina and beyond. Moving between lives marked by exile\, secrecy and loss\, these luminous narratives explore family ties\, displacement\, and the enduring pull of home and memory. \nBorn in Enniscorthy in 1955\, Tóibín is the author of numerous acclaimed novels and short story collections\, including The Empty Family\, Brooklyn\, The Master\, The Magician and Long Island. A three-time Booker Prize finalist\, he has received the David Cohen Prize for Literature\, served as Laureate for Irish Fiction (2022–2024)\, and was Chancellor of the University of Liverpool until 2017. \nHe will be joined by Frank Shovlin\, Professor of Irish Literature at the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies and an acclaimed critic and editor. Shovlin is renowned for his scholarship on James Joyce and John McGahern\, including The Letters of John McGahern (Faber & Faber) and the forthcoming biography John McGahern: A Writing Life.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/event-an-evening-with-colm-toibin/
LOCATION:The Black-E\, The Black-E\, 1 Great George Street\, Liverpool\, L1 5EW
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260602
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SUMMARY:Residency: Borders Traditions Residency
DESCRIPTION:Residency Dates: Wed Sept 23rd to Wed Oct 21st 2026\nThis is a residency for an artist or creator of any medium who has an interest in looking to history\, legend\, and local culture as a source of creative inspiration and who would help us capture a tradition\, place\, or story that is significant to the Scottish Borders. \nThe Scottish Borders is a vibrant place with many celebrated stories and traditions\, as well as many stories that are yet to be told. \nThis residency is aimed at supporting a creative who finds inspiration in tradition\, legend\, history\, or community stories who will help us capture a local tale through their artistic medium\, be it illustration\, sculpture\, performance\, textiles\, etc. \nThis is a fully funded residency that includes exclusive studio space\, accommodation in one of our Hobbit Pods\, and a weekly stipend of £350. \nThere are no expectations about what you will use the residency for\, but we hope the selected artist will conduct at least one public event such as a creative workshop (for adult participants)\, a talk\, demonstration\, performance or educational activity. \nYou will be able to spend time with other artists and makers on site\, along with another visiting artist also on residency. Our Creative Director\, Dr James Fox will provide mentorship during your stay. \nDeadline: June 1st \nDecision By: June 13th \n 
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/residency-borders-traditions-residency/
LOCATION:Hugo Burge Foundation
CATEGORIES:Residency
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260602
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The MTP Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n\nIn our quest to offer authors a stage for their work\, we are excited to be hosting our 2026 Short Story Competition. \n\n\nFirst Prize:      £1000 (GBP) \nSecond Prize: £500 (GBP) \nThird Prize:     £250 (GBP) \n5 Runners-up Prizes of £50 (GBP) \nPrizewinning stories will be published in the MTP 2026 Anthology (print book and eBook). The Anthology title will be based on the title of the winning entry. \n  \n\nSubmit here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-mtp-short-story-competition/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260601T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260601T190000
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
CREATED:20260519T105431Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T105431Z
UID:3529-1780333200-1780340400@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Event: ENSFR reading group\, June meeting
DESCRIPTION:The next short fiction reading group meeting will take place (via Zoom) on Monday 1st June at 5pm (UK time). Below\, you can find information on how to join the online meeting room. I have attached an iCalendar file that you can add to your calendar. \nDuring the meeting\, we will be discussing Julie-Ann’s reading suggestion: the short story “Death by Landscape” by Margaret Atwood. You can access the short story from this link: \nhttps://223141929335512656.weebly.com/uploads/1/7/0/9/17093284/deathbylandscape_atwood.pdf \nOur conversation will focus on the following discussion points that Julie-Ann has selected: \n\nThe story opens in a domestic interior but moves to a landscape of ‘wilderness’. How are these two contrasting spaces integral to the story?\nIs there a power dynamic in the friendship between Lois and Lucy?\nWhat is significant about the presentation of the camp and the language Atwood uses?\nDoes this story fit the category of bildungsroman?\nHow does Atwood explore ideas of colonisation?\nIn the following quote bodily absence is made significant. How does this idea relate to the wider societal conceptualisation of the female body through art\, culture and mass media? How are female bodies represented elsewhere in the story?\n\n“But a dead person is a body; a body occupies space\, it exists somewhere. You can see it; you put it in a box and bury it in the ground\, and then it’s in a box in the ground. But Lucy is not in a box or in the ground. Because she is nowhere definite\, she could be any where.” \n\nStructurally the story moves from present to past to present\, using character memory to explicate the main story. How does ‘framing’ the past within the present impact ideas and meanings?\nThe story ends with a mystery? Is the reader invited to play detective?\n\nThose who are interested in exploring the work further might want to read Atwood’s collection Wilderness Tips which also features “Death by Landscape”. Many of the other short stories in the collection are worth reading in conjunction\, particularly “True Trash”. This is a recommendation by Julie-Ann. It is not mandatory to read further short stories for the meeting. \n— \nInes Gstrein is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. \nTopic:  Short Fiction Reading Group – June 2026 \nTime: Jun 1\, 2026 05:00 PM London \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/85116499205?pwd=hx6KiEeoOcdhPibo4Egw3770UQhger.1
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/event-ensfr-reading-group-june-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260603
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
CREATED:20260428T122655Z
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SUMMARY:Residency: Magnetic 5
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to continue our involvement in the Magnetic Residencies programme\, in partnership with Villa Arson\, Nice. The Magnetic 5 call for applications is open until Tuesday 2 June 2026. Cove Park welcomes applications from artists based in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Scotland-based artists are welcome to apply to Villa Arson. The Magnetic Residencies programme offers a 2-month bespoke residency\, £2\,100 monthly fee\, accommodation and access to a workspace\, curatorial mentoring and international networking opportunities. \nMagnetic\, managed by Fluxus Arts Projects\, is a Franco-UK network bringing together five organisations from France and five from the UK to create a programme of funded residencies for visual artists based in both countries. \nTandem Capc\, Bordeaux\, Nouvelle-Aquitaine / Wysing Arts Centre\, Cambridge\, England:\nCapc residency is open to artists based in England\nWysing Arts Centre residency is open to artists based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine \nTandem Frac Grand Large\, Dunkirk\, Hauts-de-France / Flax Art Studios\, Belfast\, Northern Ireland:\nFrac Grand Large residency is open to artists based in Northern Ireland\nFlax Art Studios residency is open to artists based in Hauts-de-France \nTandem Villa Arson\, Nice\, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur / Cove Park\, Argyll & Bute\, Scotland:\nVilla Arson residency is open to artists based in Scotland\nCove Park residency is open to artists based in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur \nTandem Frac Bretagne\, Rennes / Aberystwyth Arts Centre\, Aberystwyth\, Wales:\nFrac Bretagne residency is open to artists based in Wales\nAberystwyth Arts Centre residency is open to artists based in Brittany \nTandem Bétonsalon – Centre for art and research\, Paris\, Île-de-France / Gasworks\, London\, England:\nBétonsalon – Centre for art and research residency is open to artists based in England\nGasworks residency is open to artists based in Île-de-France \nApplicants from England are invited to make one application only and can either apply to Capc\, Bordeaux or Bétonsalon – Centre for art and research\, Paris.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/residency-magnetic-5/
LOCATION:Cove Park
CATEGORIES:Residency
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260602
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
CREATED:20260617T173038Z
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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:20260605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701
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UID:3572-1780617600-1782863999@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Event: I’ve Never Read Elizabeth Gaskell Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Elizabeth Gaskell’s House marked the 10th anniversary of its restoration and opening to the public with a bold new exhibition called I’ve Never Read Elizabeth Gaskell\, as part of a project supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.\nThree young writers – Georgia Affonso\, Princess Arinola Adegbite and Guruleen Kahlo – were awarded inaugural writers’ residencies at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House\, Manchester’s only literary house\, and it is their endeavours that take centre stage. \nThey began their journey having never read Elizabeth’s work\, but by spending time at the house they have been immersed in her writing and role as a social reformist. Through their eyes visitors will also be able to discover just how much there is to the inspiring world of Elizabeth Gaskell. \nCreated in partnership with The Writing Squad and Manchester City of Literature. Please check the library opening times before planning your visit.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/event-ive-never-read-elizabeth-gaskell-exhibition/
LOCATION:Rochdale Central Library\, Rochdale Central Library\, Number One Riverside\, Smith Street\, Rochdale\, OL16 1XU
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260611
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
CREATED:20251030T171547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251107T171154Z
UID:3054-1781049600-1781135999@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Call for Papers: "American Shorts"
DESCRIPTION:CFP: “American Shorts” University of Lisbon\, Portugal\, October 29-31\, 2026
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/deadline-cfp-american-shorts/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260613
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CREATED:20251020T135239Z
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UID:2996-1781049600-1781308799@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Conference: 8th Annual ENSFR Conference at the University of Artois
DESCRIPTION:  \nWe are excited to announce a Save The Date for the 8th Annual ENSFR Conference. The conference will be held at the University of Artois (Northern France) on the 10-12th of June 2026. The title of the conference is: “In Different Shapes: the short story and its modes of circulation in magazines and newspapers.” \nFollowing the ideas initiated at the Leuven conference in 2017 on the short story\, its contexts and co-texts\, the 2026 ENSFR conference will be devoted to short forms appearing in magazines and newspapers. \nThe conference will consider any story printed in such media but also stories that were solely published in magazines and newspapers (as opposed to stories that were later collected in book form)\, adapted into film or into longer works of fiction (as is often the case with The New Yorker). Panelists may also work on any short form to be found in magazines (commercials\, letters to the editor\, notes…) as well as illustrated stories—the illustrations providing yet another short story from to explore. \nCertain magazines target a specific audience\, and it could be stimulating to reflect upon writers’ ability to please (at least on the surface) literary editors. In the nineteenth century\, stories were often referred to as “articles\,” “tales” or “sketches”—how does this influence our understanding of the text? What are the differences between stories printed in magazines and those printed in newspapers? \nThe conference will give us an opportunity to discuss magazine publication with several authors and see how magazine and newspaper publication has evolved since its earliest forms.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/8th-annual-ensfr-conference-at-the-university-of-artois/
LOCATION:University of Artois\, Arras\, France
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260622
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260623
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
CREATED:20260531T160519Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T160519Z
UID:3541-1782086400-1782172799@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nThe RSL V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize seeks to find the best unpublished short story of the year. \nThe 2027 V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize is now open for entry until Monday 22 June at 5pm. Please ensure you have read and understood the V.S. Pritchett Prize Eligibility and Guidelines prior to entering. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-v-s-pritchett-short-story-prize/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260623T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260623T210000
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
CREATED:20260617T165622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T165622Z
UID:3557-1782241200-1782248400@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Event: Ben Pester and Keith Ridgway at Bàrd Books
DESCRIPTION:Join author Ben Pester and Keith Ridgway with Barry Pierce to discuss their new books \n\n\n\n\nDoors 630pm\, event start 7pm prompt \nBEN PESTER is the author of the short story collection Am I in the Right Place? (2021) and the novel The Expansion Project (2025)\, which was shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards and the Goldsmiths Prize. \n“Pester is a genius of capturing the vicissitudes of contemporary life” LUKE KENNARD \nSail Away Land is the space where we might go when we’re no longer alive (sometimes only temporarily). In this uncommon and disarming collection\, the characters go ‘there’ with or without knowing it. Maybe they have been living there all along without noticing – just like they hadn’t really noticed that everyone is carrying a shiny black suitcase. \nThese stories are about normal things – losing the people we’re closest to\, forgiving them\, finding love and managing to hold onto it – but also about going to parties through a door in the back of a colleague’s head\, housebreaking in search of a sister’s ghost\, and asking the strangers in the kitchen to resurrect you at midnight. \nLike brilliant and strange anxiety dreams in prose\, the stories in Sail Away Land are full of temporal weirdness\, life and non-being\, psychological acuity\, imagination and wit\, all while being effortlessly\, seductively readable and incredibly moving. \n“Moving deftly between corporate weirdness\, the anxiety of rejection\, and the warm haze of childhood memory\, Sail Away Land is just how I like my short story collections: playful and particular. I feel lucky to have read it.” SABA SAMS \nKeith Ridgway is a Dubliner living in London. His novels include A Shock\, which won the 2021 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction and was shortlisted for the Goldsmith’s Prize; Hawthorn & Child; and Animals. His first novel The Long Falling was filmed by Martin Provost as Où Va La Nuit in 2011. He has been awarded the Prix Fémina Étranger and Premier Roman Étranger\, the O Henry award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Dooneen is published by Fitzcarraldo Editions and by New Directions. \nThe astonishing Irish literary magician Keith Ridgway pulls from his hat the Great Dublin Novel for the 21st century \nBartholomew Port\, known to all as Mew\, steps into the bushes in a London park and steps out of the bushes in a Dublin one. Not only that—there are no cars; there are moving footpaths; there is no church; everything seems quite queer. Home by invitation\, he has arrived in a Dublin that is alive with song\, with rumor\, with tunnels\, with ghosts\, and with an unmistakable sense of insurgency. In this suspiciously timeless city that breathes an old revolutionary air\, Mew fiercely misses his beloved Mootie\, back home in London. \nAn unraveling\, an impossibility\, a gathering of voices\, and a single dream\, Dooneen is the layered\, allusive and wildly original new novel from Keith Ridgway\, “one of Ireland’s best writers\, in a country with no shortage of them” (The Times).
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/event-ben-pester-and-keith-ridgway-at-bard-books/
LOCATION:Bàrd Books\, 341-343 Roman Road\, London\, E3 5QR
CATEGORIES:Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
CREATED:20260531T160704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T160704Z
UID:3543-1782777600-1782863999@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nThe 2026 Queen Mary  Wasafiri New Writing Prize is now open.\nThe seventeenth edition of the prize is now open for original entries and entries in translation across Fiction\, Life Writing\, and Poetry. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-queen-mary-wasafiri-new-writing-prize/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
CREATED:20260531T160838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T160838Z
UID:3545-1782777600-1782863999@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Fiction Factory Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \n\n\nTop prize- £500 \nLength of story: max 3\,000 words \nEntries should be as a Word document. \nAll types of stories are welcome (excluding Children’s and Young Adult\nFiction). \nEntry Fee: £7.00 (£13 for 2 stories\, £18 for 3 stories) \nEntry fee plus optional critique: £35.00 \n\n\n\n\nWinning stories will be published on this website and\, at a later date in a planned anthology \n\n\n\n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-fiction-factory-short-story-competition/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
CREATED:20260531T160947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T160947Z
UID:3547-1782777600-1782863999@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Wells Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nGot a potential page-turner inside you? Then polish up your prose and send your entry to this year’s Short Story Competition. First prize is £750\, while second and third-place winners will receive £300 and £200 respectively.\nThere is also a special prize of £100 in the category for best local author.\nCompetitions open on 1 April and close on 30 June. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-wells-short-story-competition/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
CREATED:20260531T161100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260531T161100Z
UID:3549-1782777600-1782863999@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: The Olga Sinclair Prize
DESCRIPTION:From the competition deadline: \n  \nTheme: WALLS \nWord Limit: 2000 words (excluding the title) \nThe Brief: Judges are looking for wise choices of vocabulary\, well-structured plotting and description\, sparkling dialogue\, pace and precision. Although the theme is always selected to represent Norwich you are free to interpret this however you see fit. Your story does not have to be connected to Norwich\, but it does need to have the concept of Walls as its central theme. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-the-olga-sinclair-prize/
CATEGORIES:Competition Deadline
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260630
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701
DTSTAMP:20260705T010101
CREATED:20260617T172210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260617T172210Z
UID:3576-1782777600-1782863999@ensfr.univ-angers.fr
SUMMARY:Residency: Jaunpils Writers’ Castle Residency (Latvia 2026)
DESCRIPTION:The Tukums UNESCO City of Literature Writer-in-Residence Programme will be based at Jaunpils Castle in the Tukums region of Latvia. Traditionally published writers\, poets\, playwrights and screenwriters connected to UNESCO Cities of Literature are invited to apply. \nThe residency will take place in October 2026 and will run for 2-4 weeks. The application deadline is 30 June 2026.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/residency-jaunpils-writers-castle-residency-latvia-2026/
LOCATION:The National Centre for Writing
CATEGORIES:Residency
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SUMMARY:Event: Sara Baume & Emily LaBarge discuss Opening Night
DESCRIPTION:Shortly after the pandemic lockdown Sara Baume came across a painting in a pop-up exhibition in a renovated West Cork shed. Fascinated by it\, she became determined to make the painter’s acquaintance – although a native of North Dakota the artist Mollie Douthit was now living and working in rural Ireland. Bonded by a common love of nature and a commitment to their respective artistic practices\, they began to meet regularly\, to talk\, to eat and to swim. What would it be like\, Baume wondered\, to write a book in the style of Mollie’s painting? Opening Night is the result. She will be in conversation with Emily LaBarge\, author of Dog Days.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/event-sara-baume-emily-labarge-discuss-opening-night/
LOCATION:London Review Bookshop\, 14 Bury Pl\, London\, WC1A 2JL
CATEGORIES:Event
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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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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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