Lit Mags
Many lit mags want your stories! The Ham is open for submissions for Issue #2 and is having a launch party for Issue #1 and Spelk wants your flash fiction. Fictive Dreams says thank you and they are open to submissions.Brilliant Flash Fiction has blogged about their Aftermath writing contest, deadline Jan 15th. Structo has a new issue, a shortlisting and a rolling call for submissions.
Live Lit
Story Fridays Ice is open for submissions for their event in Bath on Jan 13th. Read Paper Republic are organising Dragonworld, an evening of genre-bending new fiction from China, in London on Dec 12th. Talking Tales is open to submissions for its next event, Talking Tales #11, on Dec 10th in Bristol.The Solstice Shorts Festival is being held in London on Dec 21st. Flashers Clubblogged about their first event and announced their second, in Cheltenham on Feb 9th.

Competitions
The Bristol Short Story Prize is now open for entries, deadline May 3 2017.
These are such helpful little summaries. Just felt moved to say thanks. So…thanks, Nick
Much appreciated, thank you, Nick!