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Fancy yourself as a poet? Get your poem published on our eBook platform BorrowBox on National Poetry Day by taking part in our poetry competition.

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Call for submissions from FIYAH.
"FIYAH is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora. This definition is globally inclusive (Black anywhere in the world) "
https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/"

Submissions Visit the post for more.

Another competition for young writers:

Submissions | Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation The Wilbur and Niso Smith Foundation is a charitable organisation dedicated to empowering young writers and the advancement of the adventure writing genre.

Competition deadline 17th April - free to enter for under 18s (but a fee for over 18s).
GO FOR IT!!!!!

Julia & Martin Wilson Short Story Prize 2022 With a main prize of £400 for adults and prizes for under 18s, entrants have over 2 months to submit their entries of no more than 2,000 words on any theme they like. The winners will be announced mid May.

A great site for animating your own characters. Very easy to use and amazing fun.

Animated Drawings Bring children's drawings to life, by animating characters to move around!

http://www.hippocrates-poetry.org/the-hippocrates-prize/2022-hippocrates-prize/online-entry-for-2022-hippo.html

Online entry for 2022 Hippocrates Young Poets Prize for Poetry and Medicine | Hippocrates Initiative for Poetry and Medicine | Donald RJ Singer Listen to judge Robert Francis QC discussing the Hippocrates shortlist with Martha Kearney on the BBC's World at One and hear extracts of shortlisted poems

https://goldentriangledc.com/event/golden-haiku/

Golden Haiku Poetry Contest - Golden Triangle Calling all aspiring poets from around the neighborhood and around the world: The Golden Triangle BID’s ninth annual Golden Haiku poetry contest is open.

UofG CreativeWriting on Twitter “We have received work from some excellent poets already, and you still have until 14th Feb if you have fiction or memoir relating to the landscape, past, present or future of the Antonine Wall! https://t.co/mFJyDP9SKk”

Lots of lovely paint colours to inspire a story about decorating.

Janelle Shane on Twitter “Wrapping up my month as 's Futurist In Residence, I returned to an experiment I did nearly five years ago: neural net generated paint colors. https://t.co/fEaj5HcaFw”

How an ancient rainmaker inspired a quest to nurture female writers in Malawi I was struck by how few authors I could name who are women. With Makewana, the ‘mother’ responsible for rain, as our namesake, my group set out to end the literary drought

Fancy penning a tiny story? Check out Paragraph Planet for all the details.

Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your paragraph today. A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map