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(1/3) Our brand-new Summer Feel-good Fiction Bookazine will be on sale tomorrow! It's packed with summer stories from favourite 'Friend' authors, including: Penny Alexander, David Balmer, Kate Blackadder, Jane Burns, Alison Carter, Moira Smyth, Jacqui Cooper, Joanne Duncan...
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It's out tomorrow! You can get it in supermarkets, Amazon or the DCT Shop!
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Good morning! We're looking for very traditional pre-Christmas, Advent, Christmas and New Year stories for our weekly issues. Can be historical or contemporary. Around 2000 words preferred, but 3000 also welcome.
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Hello! Just a quick message from the Fiction Team. We receive a HUGE amount of stories. We download them into folders for reading and it takes up precious time if we open your story and there are no details on it. PLEASE put your details at the top of your WORD document.
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Calling all authors! We're currently looking for stories set in August onwards for our weekly, and from late autumn onwards for our Specials. We're also now ready to read Advent and Christmas stories to feature across all 'Friend' publications. All genres and word counts!
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From us all here on "The People's Friend" we wish you a Happy Easter!
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Good morning! Just to clarify what we're asking for when it comes to submitting a story...
It must be on a Word document. Use single line spacing and no formatting. That's it!
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(1/4) Hello! Everyone on the "Friend" is very busy, as you know, so from today onwards we won't be accepting submissions that have double line spacing or have formatting.
To remove formatting from your Word document, you can search on Google, or...
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(3/3) Please DO NOT have headers, footers or page numbers on your document.
You must adhere to our word counts. 10% UNDER is OK, but not over...
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(4/4) It's taking up more and more time to get documents ready for our publishing system and that's why we're asking! Thank you!
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Happy #WorldPoetryDay! What are some of your favourite poems?
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Yay! It's #WorldBookDay2026 Which is everyday for us! Lucy is reading "Vermeer: Lost And Found" by Andrew Graham Dixon, Tracey is reading "The Paying Guests" by Sarah Waters and Alan is enjoying "Adventures In The Screen Trade" by William Goldman!
What about you?
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(1/2) Here's a shout out from the Fiction team!
* Please DO NOT use formatting on your story
* Do not use page numbers or headers and footers on your manuscript
* Do not go over the specific word count. You can go 10% UNDER, but not over
* Your submission must be a Word document
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* Put your details at the top of manuscript
* If you're submitting poetry, please put your poems on a Word document and put your name at the bottom of each poem
Thank you.
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(1/4) You can never have too many top tips when it comes to writing for the "Friend"! We have our own set of guidelines whether you're writing short stories, serials or Pocket Novels.
1. Read the magazine to understand the sort of stories we feature....
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(3/4) 5. Stories can deal with challenging themes, but should still have a positive and feel-good outcome.
6. Include your details at the top of your submission, which must be a Word document.
7. As always, seasonal stories must be submitted six months in advance...
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(4/4) 8. We don't publish children's stories or stories from an animal's viewpoint.
9. Please have your characters speak in the story! Dialogue is important...as is giving your main character a name.
10. We "read what we need" so keep an eye out on here for shout outs!
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