From the competition website: The Ironclad Creative Short Story Competition is for both published and unpublished writers. We aim to run four short story competitions each year. Prize winning and shortlisted writers will be published in our July 2026 anthology. We accept any length of story up to 6k words. Don't use the word...
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1 event,Event: Flash in Translation Workshop Series May 2026 The ENSFR and PesText International Literary and Cultural Festival jointly organise a workshop series over the week of May 4, 2026. The event brings together student and more experienced writers from Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the UK and Austria. In preparation for the event, participants... |
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1 event,The European Writers’ Festival returns for its third edition in 2026, now established as a biennial event. This year’s festival promises to expand and evolve, bringing together a new constellation of distinguished authors from across Europe. The festival will take place from 16-17 May, 2026, at the British Library in London, featuring two full days of... |
2 events,From the competition website: Welcome to Inkspot’s first Flash Fiction Short Story Competition! £500 for 500. We’re looking forward to receiving your flash fiction short stories, with a word count not exceeding 500 words. Short scripts are also welcome. We will be looking for all the usual things, whether it’s quality writing, characterisation, deft world-building, sparkling dialogue, humour,... |
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The ENSFR is delighted to welcome representatives of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for a conversation about the Prize, its history, the 2026 shortlist, and wider discussions around the state of the contemporary short story. The speakers include Razmi Farook (Director-General of the Commonwealth Foundation) and Emma D’Costa (Consultant to the Foundation) who managed the Commonwealth... |
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Join the Victorian Short Story Reading Group to discuss ‘The Idyl of the Island’, by Susan Frances Harrison. The Victorian Short Story Reading Group has regular meetings to explore some of the exciting material from the golden age of the British short story, which began during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Current Theme:... |
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3 events,From the competition website: One 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... From the competition website: 2026 Competition Open From 1 Jan 2026 to 31 May 2026 Organised 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. Submit here.
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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. Tóibín will discuss The News from Dublin, a striking and deeply moving sequence of stories that...
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