• Event: Sahra Hersi, Stories and Symbols as Tools for Making (CPD Session) at Charleston House, Sussex

    Charleston House

    Join artist and educator Sahra Hersi for a free CPD (continuing professional development) session. Connected 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....

  • ENSFR General Meeting

    Teams

    The European Network for Short Fiction Research invites members to our Annual General Meeting on 28 September at 6pm BST / 7pm CEST. We will look back at the projects, collaborations, and developments that have shaped our work over the past year, and outline our plans and priorities for the year ahead. This meeting is...

  • Competition Deadline: SaveAsWriters International Creative Writing Competition 2026

    From the competition website:   To 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'. Methods of communication have developed rapidly since that first phone call in 1876. Therefore, the theme can be interpreted...

  • Competition Deadline: Anthology Flash Fiction Competition 2026

    From the competition website:   Established 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 The Anthology Flash Fiction Competition is open to original and previously unpublished flash fiction pieces on any theme or genre in the English language by writers of any nationality, living anywhere in the world.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...

  • Competition Deadline: The Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2026

    From the competition website:   The deadline for receipt of all entries is September 30th, 2026, at 5 pm (GMT) Entries will only be accepted through Subfolio. Entries can be on any subject, theme or genre. Entry fee: £12 per entry. You can submit multiple entries as long as each entry is paid for individually and includes a separate entry...