Creative writing group in Canterbury we also run literary competitions & open mics. Supporting emerging & established authors in poetry & prose publications.
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The SaveAs annual Writing Competition is now open!
📝📝 We want international submissions of poetry or short stories with the theme 'Lines of Communication' to celebrate 150 years since Graham Bell's first ever telephone call, 1876🤳📞☎️
Entry info here bit.ly/4orP2Dg
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Beginning this fall, Second Sunday Book Club will bring together poets looking for support and review of a manuscript in progress, led by award-winning poets. To learn more, check out the link. We hope you’ll join us. Class size is limited.
riverheronreview.com/second-…
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In ✍️ newsletter #73: more new writing competitions & publishing opportunities meeting dates for July and August 🎉 If you're interested in subscribing please visit: christopherfielden.com/writi…
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‼️There are currently Pay It Forward entries available to poets on low incomes - 1 entry per poet.
Please read the guidelines, and we look forward to receiving a poem from you: winchesterpoetryfestival.org…
💎 Winchester Poetry Prize 2026 is open💎
Judge: @JuliaCopus
Prizes: £1k, £500, £250
Kathryn Bevis Prize for best poem from #Hampshire
Closes: 31/07/26
Read the rules and enter: winchesterpoetryfestival.org…
🤝 @ParisSmithLLP @Writing5chool
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New book alert! Our talented writer Tessa Woodward, has just brought out 'Small Crimes' her latest collection of 16 stories - where you'll meet liars schemers, arsonists & trespassers - who undertake an assortment of very entertaining transgressions...
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Deadhoarse & S@veAs Writers are privileged to welcome poet critic Janet Montefiore to Canterbury's Cosy Club -14 June. A renowned academic and Kipling scholar Janet's also an accomplished, heartfelt poet. She will read from 'In the Here and Now' showcasing her best poetic work.
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Spend a sunny Sunday afternoon @creek_creative Art Centre in #Faversham - coming up 31st May, poet Charlotte Ansell features with other Kent talents - at the gallery cafe from 2pm...
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May 26
Open Submission
Write On! Magazine is looking for submissions on the theme of Nostalgia.
Submit your poetry, flash fiction, short stories & artwork to Write On! here: pentoprint.org/get-involved/…
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A magical evening for poetry lovers ... in picturesque Sandwich on 2 June, at no 3 Cattle Market, CT13 9AE
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The Moth Short Story Prize 2026 closes in 5 weeks. Plenty of time to write a prizewinning story!
themothmagazine.com/enter
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News of the very first Sheppey Festival! On June 6th the Oast House Choir are singing along with spoken word from our very own poets Maria McCarthy, Derek & Mary Anne Smith Sellen - in Songs of the River, Songs of the Sea @ the Criterion, Blue Town in Sheerness from 2pm #sheppey
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May 14
Send us your art and writing!
Issue 19 submissions are open May–June. Find guidelines & submit through at: wearetheana.com/submissions
May 14
Submissions for Issue 19 are officially OPEN. 🌿✨
Send us your poetry, fiction, nonfiction, visual art, and the work that defies easy naming.
Issue 19 submissions are open May–June. Find guidelines & submit through the link in bio. 💌
We can’t wait to meet your work.
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SUBMISSIONS CLOSE IN ONE WEEK!
Submissions are open until May 22
Issue 7: DECEPTION and DIRTY REALISM
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ALT Call for submissions Until May 22 Deception and dirty realism text is on a black background, Underbelly Press logo is in the bottom right corner, image of a skull to the right of the text.
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Unsettling tales - told by Gillian Laker, our guest author speaking on Sunday evening May 10th. Sign up - and you can join in for the OpenMic session afterwards to share your own creative work. (Details on poster below:)
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Less than one month to go, til the deadline!
#poetrycompetition #canterbury @CanterburyFest
canterburyfestival.co.uk/poe…
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The @BedfordCompeti1 is open for entries until 31st October 2026. 3,000 words for #shortstories, 40 lines for #poetry. £8.50 entry fee. Students £6. Top prize is £2,000, second £400 and third £300. Winners are published in an anthology. bedfordwritingcompetition.co…
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This coming Sunday 10 May-Dead Hoarse & Saveas Writers welcome prose writer & poet, Gillian Laker as our guest reader. Her prizewining work is based on myth, fairy tale & uncanny landscapes. Hear Gillian reading from her debut historical fiction novel 'Veldenstein'. Plus OpenMic.
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Show us worlds within worlds, hidden or under explored locales, stretch our imaginations, play with scale. (All other themes still welcome.)
Email Zakia/@ZCarpenterHall:
interns@inksweatandtears.co.uk
More details at inksweatandtears.co.uk/submi…
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Kent Talents event on 16th May! This time it's Saturday as the gallery is engaged on Sunday. Feature poets are Freddie Hunter, Nancy Charley, Ken Seymour & David Part- all preparing inspirational poetry in performance for our entertainment. OpenMic too - Broadstairs Arts Centre.
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54 Writing Contests in May 2026 - No entry fees! #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity publishedtodeath.blogspot.co…
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