🌧️ Submissions for Issue Four are now open 🌧️

Our guidelines and submission form are available through the link in our bio and our website! The theme for this issue is petrichor—the damp, earthy scent when rain meets soil. We are awaiting your submissions 🧡💜

Have you got your Issue 14 Submissions in yet? We publish disabled and chronically ill writers, poets, photographers and artists. Don’t miss out on the limited space availability! RT and tag your friends 🤍

Our beautiful anthology rising up from the ashes is out there in the world!

TOMORROW'S ASHES contains ten short stories by the South East London Writers Group on themes of apocalypse and renewal.

Available from booksellers and Amazon amazon.co.uk/Tomorrows-Ashe…

'Directly before us was the husk of a planet, dried out and scorched free of everything.'

Excerpt from the short story 'The Last Apocalypse' by #SELDNWriter Tom Bronte

10 short stories by #southeastlondon writers group - amzn.to/47DFRWn

'fallon said nothing, for he was now curled up like a dead rat. the voice, oaken and monstrous, bellowed merrily onwards'

Excerpt from the short story 'Salamis' by #SELDNWriter Louis Jagger

TOMORROW'S ASHES anthology with a dose of #absurdism - amzn.to/47DFRWn

'This crown was supposed to be the key to our destiny, but now it all felt wrong. This did not look like the crown of a king.'

Excerpt from the short story 'Desire and Deceit' by #SELDNWriter Christina Howell Christina Howell

TOMORROW'S ASHES feat. #fantasy - amzn.to/47DFRWn

'With the darkness, more dread. Light the candle. Half a tin of beans. Hands held up to the little flame. No moonlight, no street light.'

Excerpt from the short story 'Written' by #SELDNWriter G B Russell-Goto

Anthology of new #British voices #bakedbeans amzn.to/47DFRWn

Just heading back to Woolwich after a long day.

A few people asking about our Valentine’s Day aerial display availability.

We’re fully booked all day on 14th so if you haven’t got a slot then sorry, you’re going to have to deal with the fall out and inevitable break up.

It's here! Over 160 calls for submissions of #poetry #fiction #flash #nonfiction #art #photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in February 2024. Best of luck & pls share! #amwriting thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog/w…

Submissions open next week for HOWL 24. Can't wait to read your work! 🖤

In the spirit of transparency, here are our submission stats from early Jan up until now!

Submissions: 284
Accepted pieces: 4
Acceptance rate: 1.4%

All responses have been within a week & we’re looking forward to reading more of your writing! 🫶🌾✺

In honor of #AWP24 , we have a free submission period open today through Sunday! We are capping free submissions at 50 per genre, so get them in ASAP ✨

Submit at witnessmagazine.submittable.com

'From deep within its vaults came the solution. Panels slid aside smoothly in a ring around its centre, revealing darkness within.'

Excerpt from the short story 'The Guardian' by #SELDNWriter Chris Glithero Chris Glithero

TOMORROW'S ASHES anthology amzn.to/47DFRWn

If you’re a publisher and want to suggest an author for the inaugural @selbookfest, please note our deadline is 15.03.24. And if you’re a local venue keen to be involved, the deadline is 15.04.24. All enquiries should be emailed to [email protected]

A guaranteed response in 25 days or less. Do we need to say more? 😉
Link to Submit: buff.ly/3OYTRme

With 11 days left to submit to York Literary Review 2024, it feels like time to do some prompt work!

To start off easy: what does the word ‘spirit’ mean to you? Let us know!

COMPETITION TIME ⛔️

CALLING ALL YOU WRITERS AND FILM “MAKER UPPERS”

To celebrate turning a big 1 next month we want to turn your ideas into reality!!

All videos and scripts should be sent to
[email protected]

#shortfilmcompetition #film #manchesterfilm

'Right now, right at this precise minute, nobody else on the planet knows what he knows. He should publish. Claim priority. Tell them.'

Excerpt from the short story 'PING' by #SELDNWriter Paul Campbell Paul Campbell

Contains #comedy and #scifi - amzn.to/47DFRWn

Nimrod’s Literary Awards are open now! Submit up to 7,500 words in fiction or up to 10 pages of poetry for a chance to win $2,000! Details here: sites.utulsa.edu/nimrod/nimrod-…

If you’re sending out work this weekend, please keep us in mind.

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