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. Our main festival sessions will take place on Saturday 20th September in Leicester. Additional writing workshops will take place on Sunday 21st September via Zoom. All online workshops...
From the competition website: The Sareeta Domingo Prize is a free-to-enter writing prize created to discover and support unpublished writers from Black and Global Majority backgrounds, founded by bestselling author Dorothy Koomson in association with Sareeta Domingo’s family, Hachette UK,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. Enter here.
From the competition website: 1st 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. Enter here.
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....
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...