I am absolutely delighted to have had a story placed first in this comp. Chuffed! Thank you Flash 500 Writing Competitions and Diane Simmons 💙 you’ve absolutely made my day/week/month/year!!

💬 “It’s a tragedy that young people from working class backgrounds are the least likely to study creative arts degrees, or break into the creative professions.” Our new research reveals stark class inequalities in access to the creative industries ⬇️ suttontrust.com/our-research/a…

As featured on BBC TV The HACKNEY CHRISTMAS DINNER is open for referrals.There are 50 places for care leavers aged 18-25 yrs. contact us on [email protected]. @dianeabbot Coram Coram Voice The Big House #InspireCare #hackneytownhall Hackney Gazette

Excited to have my novel opening and synopsis long listed here!

If anyone doesn’t follow this account I’d highly recommend. It does my heart good every day.

Writers in the North of England! The #NorthernWritersAwards 2025 are open for entries until 6 Feb 🏆 New to writing or already published? Fiction or poetry? Wherever you are in your journey, you could win cash prizes, mentoring, career support and more. newwritingnorth.com/northern-write…

It's the final countdown! The Big Winter Prize Draw comes to a close at 11am today! With more than 20 fantastic #prizes up for grabs - worth over £12,500 & tickets still available - you have a great chance of winning BIG! Be in it to #win it... bit.ly/4f60rTl

I highly recommend this book at this incredible price. A proper insight into growing up in poverty and all that brings but told with such a lightness of touch. Kerry’s brilliant writing (and IRL) voice shines through it.

I had chance last night to fully take in my novel being on here.It’s landed at exactly the right time.I love writing this book.It feels like me.I needed external sign it was right one to focus on/I wasn’t barking up wrong tree+this has given me it!

Do you have flash fiction ready to submit? flash500.com/flash-fiction/ Our #flash #writingcompetition could win you £300 #vss #flashfiction #writingcommunity #writerscommunity

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For any bookish folk in north east Waterstones have a good whack of author events coming up waterstones.com/events/search/…

Our new research shows the shocking disruption children in care face during crucial exam years. Every child needs stability when it matters most. Let's give all children a fair chance. Read the report: org.pulse.ly/n9hftupbls

We have the following writing competition categories open for entries: Quarterly #flashfiction (up to 500 words) Annual #shortstory (up to 3,000 words) Annual #novels (opening 3,000 words plus short synopsis) flash500.com #writing #writers #writersoftwitter

Two upcoming bookish events in North East in case of interest for my bookworm pals…

ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT to enter our international novel category. We are looking for the first 3,000 words and a short synopsis. flash500.com/novels/ First prize: £500 Entries close 31 October. #WritingCommunity #novels #AuthorsOfTwitter

Our international novel competition closes for entries TOMORROW! Do you have the first 3,000 words of your novel ready to submit? flash500.com/novels/ Prizes: £500/£200 #amwriting #writersoftwitter #novels #writers

Whoop! Mine is on here. Thank you Flash 500 Writing Competitions !