Lit Mags & Anthologies
DNA magazine asks if writing for DNA magazine is on your list of things to do, and Bunbury would like you to vote for them in the Saboteur awards.
Chroma magazine is calling for submissions around the colour red for its first issue. England’s Future History wants your end-of-the-world stories by March 31st, and Fictive Dream would like your stories. Tales From The Forest has a call for submissions for Issue #5. Cornish Short Stories wants your stories set in Cornwall for an anthology to be published in 2018.
Competitions
The Print Express children’s short story competition closes on March 31st, as does the Short Fiction Prize 2017 – and the National Flash Fiction Day MicroFiction competition. Flash submissions for the NFFD anthology are open until April 14th. The2017 Crediton Short Story Competition is now accepting entries, deadline 20 April, and you have until April 26th to enter the Shooter short story competition. The Reflex summer flash fiction competition is now open, deadline May 31.
Live Lit & Festivals
The UK’s first Flash Fiction Festival is being held in Bath on June 24th and 25th. Stroud Short Stories is open to submissions, deadline April 22nd, for their 21st May event in Stroud. Smut Slam continues its UK tour in March.
Workshops & Courses
The London Lit Lab is running a 2-day course in London 8-9 April entitled “Write and Edit a Short Story In A Weekend“.