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  • December 2025

  • Tue 16
    December 16, 2025

    Competition Deadline: Globe Soup Open Short Story Competition

    From the competition website:   Our 2024 Open Short Story Competition is open to writers of all genres and styles. Whether you write sci-fi, historical, horror, or anything else, we...

  • Sun 21
    December 21, 2025

    Competition Deadline: InterAct Stroke Support’s Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition

    From the competition website:   Previously judged by the late thriller and murder mystery author, Ruth Rendell CBE - InterAct's Short Story Competition is now named after her. The competition...

  • Wed 31
    December 31, 2025

    Call for Papers: CFP due date December 31st, 2025 Microfiction & Intertextuality, Thessaloniki, 7-9 October 2026

    The School of Philology and the School of Italian Language and Literature, the Faculty of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) invite you to participate in the XIII International Conference...

  • Wed 31
    December 31, 2025

    Competition Deadline: Henshaw Press January Short Story Competition

    From the competition website: Deadline: 31 December 2025 Entry Fee: £6 per entry (additional fee of £14 for a critique) Prizes: First prize: £200; second prize: £150; third prize: £50 Word Limit: 2,000 words...

  • January 2026

  • Mon 12
    January 12 @ 18 h 00 min - 19 h 00 min

    Event: Charles E. May’s Short Story Theories’ 50th Anniversary Roundtable

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      Join us as we honour the enduring legacy of Charles E. May’s Short Story Theories (1976), a landmark work that reshaped how we read, teach, and think about short...

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  • New Episode: Women of Wonder, in ‘A Small, Good Thing’ PodcastFeb 2026
    In this episode Paul March-Russell, discusses the importance of women writers in science fiction and the legacy of the short story collection Women of Wonder (1974) edited by Pamela Sargent. Paul is the outgoing editor of Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction, the co-founder of Gold SF, an intersectional...
  • Book Release: The Short Story Anthology and Women’s Writing by Aleix Tura VecinoFeb 2026
    Dear Members, Please find information below on Aleix Tura Vecino’s new book published by Routledge. Hundreds of anthologies of women’s short stories have appeared in the literary market between the 1970s and now. This publishing and cultural phenomenon is considered for the first time in this book, which argues that,...
  • A Personal Anthology, by Ailsa CoxFeb 2026
    Founding Member of the European Network for Short Fiction Research and Editor of Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, Ailsa Cox, has produced her own Personal Anthology of the short fiction that has helped shape her life as an academic, writer, and reader. A Personal Anthology is curated by Jonathan...
  • A Small, Good Thing Podcast.Jan 2026
    A Small, Good Thing is a podcast about the short story form that features interviews with writers, academics, publishers and short story enthusiasts. New episodes are released every three weeks on Thursdays and are available on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Spreaker and all major podcast platforms. Everyone is welcome get involved...
  • Flash in Translation: Uncanny ObjectsDec 2025
    On November 6, 2025, the ENSFR and PesText – International Literary and Cultural Festival hosted an online workshop on “Flash in Translation: Uncanny Objects”. The event was jointly organised by Robert Smid, Paul Knowles, Ines Gstrein and Ildikó Hepp. Eleven writers from four countries – Hungary, Austria, the United Kingdom...
  • Newsletter Issue 2 | 18 June 2025Nov 2025
    ENSFR Newsletter A biannual update from the European Network for Short Fiction Research (ENSFR) Issue 2 | 18 June 2025 Welcome The ENSFR was created as a joint initiative of researchers at Edge Hill University, the University of Angers and the University of Leuven. We’ve now been joined by many...

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    • ENSFR Team
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