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9 Nov 2025
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
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I didn't do any proper writing today, but I did put together an 800-word plan for the next three chapters of my novel. Onwards! 💪
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Dancing Peasants, Adriaen van de Venne, 1589 Delft – 1662 The Hague
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Writing a novel is just solving puzzle after puzzle after puzzle... 🧩
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Jun 12
Feeling sorry for those characters you create, then decide not to include in your novel after all...
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So don't get me wrong. There are books I didn't love, but that I still admire, and which are unforgettable. This being a prime example:
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One of the best books of the 21st century? Seriously? I'm two thirds through this book and it does nothing to me. Those who have read it, what do you think?
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Jun 10
Now all of the US is submitting 😜
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Brecht De Poortere retweeted
Jun 10
Free flash fiction anthology. Download Ellipsis Zine: One from our website here: ellipsis-zine.com/publicatio…
I’ll be uploading all past issues in the coming weeks and also making them free to download.
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I love Léon Victor Dupré, and I've been scouring auction houses for paintings by him. This one just came up for sale and is one of the better ones I've seen. Sadly, with an estimate of EUR 4-5k, it is way, way over my budget. 😭
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I've seen / heard of a couple of instances recently where lit mags had accepted a piece, then later changed their mind. I think that is totally, totally unacceptable behaviour.
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Shocking.
Incredibly unprofessional by The Bridge (Chicago) & editor Michael Workman, who accepted a story I had submitted last year, ghosted me without follow-up, and then rejected the piece AFTER I had withdrawn it from other journals - wasting time, effort, and resources. (See reply)
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Oh dear, the inevitable has happened: an idea for an essay entered my mind, and I feel I have to write it. It will be a struggle to do that AND make sure work on the novel keeps progressing... 😭
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I don't know. As long as you nominate, you have a chance! Still waiting for the Wigleaf Top 50 and Best Small Fictions...
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Ok, so these were the big winners of Pushcart '26. Some usual suspects, but also some surprises.
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