Absolute pleasure to judge the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize 2023/24. Here's the three stories on the shortlist: www.galleybeggar.co.uk/prize
Ta-dah! Cover reveal for SEABORNE, my Anne Bonny novel out 19th April with #newislandbooks. Pre-orders open soon! Design by Karen Vaughan. I love it 💙
Writing poetry is about discovery. I start with an idea and I think I’m pulling the poem by a leash, but the poem is actually pulling me.
"I have a habit I picked up someplace along the way, whatever works for me, not to give that away so easily y'know" Bob Dylan
Happy New Year! Over 170 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, nonfiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries, etc. - open or with deadlines in January 2024. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
Grateful to December Magazine for featuring one of the dream poems and accompanying erasure from a current manuscript.
Of all the bird site replacements I’ve feverishly joined and then eventually drifted away from, in hindsight the one I probably enjoyed the most was Mastodon for its #VerseThursday tag. Every Thursday, post a poem you like. That’s it – a simple joy. So here’s ’Kingfisher Haibun’ by Dylan Brennan.
📢 END OF MONTH SUBMISSIONS ALERT!! 📢 28 literary journals, competitions and opps closing by 1 Jan incl. Channel Magazine, Granta, Poetry Now Review. The Moth Poetry Prize, Ropes, Fawn Press & more. Don't miss out! wp.me/p4bX9D-21a
