2020 Review
Here we are in the final days of 2020, at last! I hope you all got to relax and enjoy Christmas, or your winter festival of choice, and didn't…
Readember December
This has been an odd year for most of us. Even the hardiest, even the most introverted of introverts, even the most privileged, is likely to have experienced some twinges…
Book Week Scotland: Digitising the Book Group
In Moffat we are lucky enough to have an independent book shop that not only sells both new and second-hand books, but also actively engages with the community to encourage…
Book Week Scotland 2020
Book Week Scotland 2020 is upon us like the softest of eiderdowns, fashioned from a patchwork of fabric cut from the frocks in a dress-up chest. This year's theme is…
King Lear Prizes
The new national creative arts competition for over 70s stuck at home because of Coronavirus Here's a little about the prizes copied from their site and followed by a link…
Writing Competitions | Creative Writing Ink UK
Apart from running our own free to enter monthly creative writing competitions, we also list external creative writing competitions. — Read on creativewritingink.co.uk/writing-competitions/ A list of writing competitions to keep…
Enchanted Lands
What is an enchanted land? Does it have to be outside, like a forest or a wild-flower meadow, or can it be inside, like a kitchen in which a pie…
The Short Story: Opening Lines: A Perfect Day for Bananafish
‘There were ninety-seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they were monopolizing the long-distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon till almost…
Writer Opps: 2020 Short Story Contests
Aerogramme Writers' Studio is one of my favourite resources for writers, and I have a link to their site on my Resources for Writers page. But I'm flagging them up…