
Madeleine Armstrong
@madeleine_write
Writer; runner; winner @hhpublish1 short story 2023; published by @TrashCatLit @nationalflashfd @HooghlyReview @LondonISP @flashficmag & WestWord
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Answer to another query: Yes, we would absolutely love diversityโof culture, ethnicity, geography, gender, genre, etc.โin the stories for this anthology. By all means we want it to be ๐ป๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ. Subs window: July 1-31 thehooghlyreview.com/guidelines-speโฆ

I can finally reveal the news I've been sitting on since January...my YA novel was longlisted by Mslexia โจ. Unfortunately it got no further, but it gave me the kick up the arse I needed to finish the second draft (in two weeks, arghhh). I'll be embarking on the next edit soon...



Really chuffed to have a piece published in the brilliant fussub mag | SUBS OPEN today: The Great Extinction


Humour short stories (fiction/CNF) 500โ2000 words Publication in print by Bare Bones Publishing Send your finest literary humour to ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐. Submissions open June 15 Guidelines ๐ barebonespublishing.in/2025/05/29/calโฆ Help spread the word.

Yay, an acceptance from Micromance Magazine ๐ฅฐ. In less than a day! Those guys move FAST!


There are only a few short weeks left to submit to the Frazzled Lit Short Story Award judged by the wonderful Nuala O'Connor. Here is an amazing story from Judy Darley frazzledlit.com/p/tall-girl-anโฆ If you're sitting on something you love. Please send it! We'd love to see it.


My story, 'Three-Child Rule', will be joining the Flash Flood on 14 June at 12:15pm. Thank you, National Flash Fiction Day! Can't wait to read all the other fabulous stories ๐

I've joined the flood! Thanks National Flash Fiction Day โค๏ธ




๐ข Submissions are open for The Bare Bones Book of Humour, edited by Ankit Raj Ojha, & The Bare Bones Book of Speculative Fiction, edited by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury. Send your stories to the forthcoming print anthologies from Bare Bones Publishing. Guidelines ๐ barebonespublishing.in/submissions/


Congratulations to the winners of our Spring 2025 Charity Flash Competition in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Trust We gave Jude Higgins a tough job. You can read the winning stories here. Bad luck to the other shortlisted stories - they were all fab thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-coโฆ

