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GLITTERY PEOPLE! Check your inboxes - we are sending out our shortlist for GL4 and Cherished Children's anthology today! All listed stories WILL be published in print and e-book. Winners will be selected from these short lists!

Dear Glittery Entrants! glitteryliterary.com/winners Follow this link to see if you've been shortlisted for our GL4 Anthology or our Vol. 3 Children's Stories Anthology.

What fantastic news! A short story I’ve written has made the Glittery Literary shortlist and will be published both in print and ebook in their Literary Anthology! 🎉🎉🎉🎉#WritingCommunity #amwriting

Woohoo, it's official: I'll be in print in the Glittery Literary 4 anthology!

Thrilled to have my short story feature in Glittery Literary anthology 4. It's a tale close to my heart and I know it'll be in excellent company! #amwriting #writingcommmunity

A ‘long’ short story I’ve written has been shortlisted by Glittery Literary and will be published in their Literary Anthology both in print and ebook 🎉! Excited to read the other stories on the shortlist and🤞for when the winners are revealed! #WritingCommunity #amwriting

WE HAVE ANNOUNCED OUR THREE Jan 2022 WINNERS over on our website: glitteryliterary.com/winners CONGRATS and thank you to everyone who took part. Pop open that champagne, have that extra biscuit with your tea, do that special wiggly happy dance you do. It might be time to celebrate!

Many congrats to the winners. Still buzzing at being shortlisted and selected for publication. Thanks Glittery Literary Looking forward to getting a copy.

OMG... I came second!!! Thank you so much for giving my little story a home! And congratulations to the winners. I'm so looking forward to reading all the fabulous tales in the fourth anthology.

Lots of excitement on Twitter this afternoon, so I'm going to add a bit of my own... I won the Glittery Literary Cherished Children's Story competition! Congratulations to the other winners and highly commended 😀 Looking forward to getting a copy of the anthology!

My story that has been selected for inclusion in the Glittery Literary anthology was born during a fantastic workshop with @megpokrass and Lorette C. Luzajic. I'm so grateful for all their input and support!

I’m eating my extra biccy right now! Super excited my story won ‘long story’! Had 2 rejections this am & this story was rejected at least 5 times before! So for anyone disheartened -don’t give up, keep submitting cos you never know what will stick! #inittowinit #writerscommunity

Just ordered my copy of Glittery Literary's Anthology for Cherished Children's Stories and excited that one of mine is in it! Can't wait to read all the others too ☺️

Thank you for highly commending my short story ‘The Hannahs’ Glittery Literary! The Literary Anthology is available for purchase in both print and ebook AND 20% of their book sale profits go to children’s charities: amzn.to/3Gv8TtR #amwriting #writingcommunity #shortstory

Our 4th Glittery Literary Anthology of general fiction is now available for purchase. UK paperback link: amazon.co.uk/dp/B09RTTML8Z UK e-book: amazon.co.uk/dp/B09RT7B7G4 USA paperback link: amazon.com/dp/B09RTTML8Z USA e-book: amazon.com/dp/B09RT7B7G4

Christy Swift, 2025 Debut Author I’m not sure if this is what you’re looking for but check out Glittery Literary! They run contests for short stories (including children’s stories) and proceeds all go toward ending poverty for children in the UK. 💜 They’re revising their site but drop them an email!

Sadly, we are closing Glittery Literary up for the foreseeable. Thank you to everyone who took part, we enjoyed reading all of your stories. Keep writing!