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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Chaotic Creators Magazine Short Story Contest
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nThis competition is open to beginners\, experts and anyone in between. The theme is romance. \nThe winner will receive a £50 cash prize (subject to increase if we receive more entries than anticipated)\, have their poem featured in the next issue of Chaotic Creators Magazine\, and receive a free printed copy. \nThis is a fantastic opportunity to have your work published in a magazine. Please note that the entry fee for this competition is £10. Your support not only gives you a chance to get published but also helps us keep our platform running to support future artists. \nWe can’t wait to read your work! \nDeadline for entry: 6th December 2025. \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-chaotic-creators-magazine-short-story-contest/
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SUMMARY:Event: Revisiting the 'Save Our Short Story' Campaign: A Retrospective Gathering
DESCRIPTION:The ENSFR invites you to a special event commemorating the legacy of the Save Our Short Story campaign — a landmark movement that rallied writers\, scholars\, and readers in defence of the short story form. Decades after its inception\, this reunion brings together several of its original campaigners and literary advocates to reflect on its cultural impact and ongoing relevance. \nThe campaign was launched in 2002 by writer Margaret Wilkinson and rapidly attracted a broad coalition of advocates. With support from Arts Council England and the Scottish Arts Council\, a research initiative was established to assess the condition of the short story in the UK. Book Marketing Limited (BML) undertook an analysis of publishing trends\, sales data\, and national patterns in reading and purchasing behaviour. Jenny Brown Associates led the following phase of research in 2003\, conducting original studies including authors\, literary agents\, publishers\, event organisers\, and booksellers to explore prevailing attitudes toward the creation\, representation\, and commercialisation of short stories and collections. \nConfirmed Speakers\nJenny Brown (Jenny Brown Associates\, UK)\nMoira Forsyth (former Director of Sandstone Press\, Scotland)\nNicholas Royle (editor of Best British Short Stories)\nAnd possibly more. \nJoin the Teams link here: \nRevisiting the ‘Save Our Short Story’ Campaign: A Retrospective Gathering | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/revisiting-the-save-our-short-story-campaign-a-retrospective-gathering/
LOCATION:Teams
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SUMMARY:Event: Online Reading Group\, 15th December 2025 at 5PM (UK time)
DESCRIPTION:The last short fiction reading group meeting before Christmas will take place (via Zoom) on Monday 15th December at 5pm (UK time). During the meeting\, we will be discussing Ines’ reading suggestion: the short story “Lost in the Louvre” by Lucia Berlin. You can access it from this link. \nOur conversation will focus on the following key questions that Ines has selected: \n\nIn your opinion\, what is this short story about?\nDue to their restricted length\, short stories often draw on intermedial and intertextual references to maximise their effect. Which authors\, books and artworks are present as an influence in “Lost in the Louvre”?\nWhat is the relationship between imagination and reality in this short story?\nWhat is the role of death in this short story?\nHow is time represented in this short story?\nWhat do we learn about the narrator-protagonist and her relationship to other characters?\n\nJoin Zoom meeting. \n 
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/event-online-reading-group-15th-december-2025-at-5pm-uk-time/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251216
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Globe Soup Open Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nOur 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 want to read your story! \nWORDS: 8\,000 max (no minimum)\nCLOSING DATE: 23:59 (UK time) 16th Dec\, 2025\nWINNER ANNOUNCED: 10th Feb\, 2026\n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-globe-soup-open-short-story-competition/
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: InterAct Stroke Support's Ruth Rendell Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n  \nPreviously judged by the late thriller and murder mystery author\, Ruth Rendell CBE – InterAct’s Short Story Competition is now named after her. The competition is more recently judged by Margaret Drabble DBE; biographer\, novelist and short story writer. \nThe top 3 stories are shortlisted and performed by professional actors that work for InterAct. It is a biennial competition and the ceremony takes place at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. \nThe winner of the competition will be commissioned to write four further stories for InterAct Stroke Support over the course of one year\, and will receive £1\,000 in payment.  \nThe next winner will be chosen by Head Judge Dame Margaret Drabble in an Awards Ceremony in 2026. \n  \nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-interact-stroke-supports-ruth-rendell-short-story-competition/
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SUMMARY:Call for Papers: CFP due date December 31st\, 2025 Microfiction & Intertextuality\, Thessaloniki\, 7-9 October 2026
DESCRIPTION: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 on Microfiction\, entitled “Microfiction and Intertextuality\,” which they are co-organizing. The conference will be a joint in-person and remote event. The conference proceedings will focus on topics of interest to microfiction scholars around the world and will be held in Spanish and English. \nThe International XIII Conference on Microfiction will focus on various aspects\, topics\, techniques\, and features of this genre\, with particular emphasis on the phenomenon of intertextuality in literary discourse. Conference proposals are encouraged to address one or more of the following thematic axes\, which reflect key intersections between microfiction and intertextuality\, without\, of course\, being exhaustive: \n\nHistorical perspectives on the study of the relationship between microfiction and intertextuality.\nMicrofiction as an interdisciplinary field: current dynamics and critical perspectives.\nMicrofiction at the crossroads of genres: between poetry and prose.\nNational\, transnational\, comparative\, synchronic\, and diachronic approaches to microfiction.\nInterartistic and intermedial studies in writing programs\, interpretation\, and the use of microfiction.\nIntertextuality and digital technologies for writing\, reading\, and researching microfiction.\nMicrofiction and contemporary production: from intertextuality to hypertext? The future of microfiction.\n\nInterested participants are kindly requested to send their proposals by December 31st\, 2025\, to the conference email address 13microfiction@gmail.com\, filling out the attached form (in Spanish or English) with the following information: title\, abstract of up to 300 words\, thematic axis\, brief CV. Presentations will be strictly limited to 15 minutes in order to maintain the schedule. Proposals may be individual and/or collaborative. \nPlease note the time difference\, as the Conference will be held in the Europe/Athens UTC+2 EET time zone from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (real-time sessions). \nNotification regarding the acceptance or rejection of proposals will be sent within three months of the submission deadline (March 2026). Participation as a delegate and attendance at the conference are free of charge. The conference proceedings will be published digitally. The International Conferences on Microfiction have been held biennially since 1998\, under the auspices of universities and other academic institutions\, in various cities around the world.\nTo view the conference website\, click here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/cfp-due-date-december-31st-2025-microfiction-intertextuality-thessaloniki-7-9-october-2026/
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SUMMARY:Competition Deadline: Henshaw Press January Short Story Competition
DESCRIPTION:From the competition website: \n\nDeadline: 31 December 2025\nEntry Fee: £6 per entry (additional fee of £14 for a critique)\nPrizes: First prize: £200; second prize: £150; third prize: £50\nWord Limit: 2\,000 words\n\nEnter here.
URL:https://ensfr.univ-angers.fr/event/competition-deadline-henshaw-press-january-short-story-competition/
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