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Review of The Naming of Moths by Tracy Fells
Tracy Fells was the 2017 Regional Winner (Europe and Canada) for the Commondwealth Short Story Prize. Her short fiction has been widely published in print journals and online, including Granta and...
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Walking familiar paths with freshly curious eyes
I walked for several hours today, in the surprisingly warm sunshine, because I couldn’t settle and I’d spent hours doing admin jobs and rearranging my notes. It’s been a worryingly recurrent feature of...
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Every Picture Tells a Story
‘Northolme’ by Michael Adams I was going to call this Pic Fic but, on checking, found that’s already a registered title for an X -Files archive and this blog is definitely not that. I’m not sure if...
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Review of A Tricky Dance, By Diane Simmons
Diane Simmons was an initial reader for Bath Short Story Award for several years. She is now more involved with National Flash Fiction Day, which she co-directs, writing flash fiction and judging flash...
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How to …
Once upon a time I told my dad I was going to be a writer and he bought me one of those Dummy Guides. It had a bright yellow cover and practically guaranteed I’d produce a bestseller, fast. After a...
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Writing Inspiration: Read short story titles!
Section of Jude’s short story book shelvesI’ve been with groups of writers many a time in a social situation when someone laughs and says, what you just said would make a great story title. Sometimes...
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Christopher Fielden: top tips from a short story guru
As short story writers, where do you find the best places to send your work? Social media platforms, the magazines and journals you read and competition listing sites of which there are many. Listing...
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Interview with award winning novelist, Sara Collins
Sara Collins We’re delighted to publish BSSA team member Jane Riekemann’s interview with award-winning author, screen writer, broadcaster and Booker Prize judge, Sara Collins, who won the Costa First...
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On the Importance of Art
This will be my last post here for a while as our competition closes in two weeks and then it’s a busy reading period until the summer when we announce our longlist, shortlist and prize winners. But...
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Attend to the Obvious
Our 11th Award ends next Monday, 15th April and if you are a Last Minute writer, like I am when I enter competitons,now’s the time you might be looking over your story. Although I am a regular...
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