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Story Sunday in Bristol: call for submissions

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Writers Unchained of Bristol are delighted to be open for submissions once more for our second 2018 Story Sunday event on Sunday October 7th when ten writers will be invited to take to the Southbank stage in Bedminster to enthral us with their talent.
Our theme this time is The Fall  which you may interpret any way you like.

Submissions Open Now

Any genre is acceptable, your story may be set in the past, present, future, or might be just a moment, crystallised in words. As ever we love to be shocked, stunned, terrified or delighted.

If you’d like to send a story for our consideration, please observe the following:

  • wordcount 500 – 1500 – complete stories please, no extracts
  • your story can be published or unpublished as long as you have the right to read it out
  • deadline midnight Sunday September 23rd. 
  • only submit if you can read on Sunday October 7th between 7.30 and 9.30 pm at Southbank Club, Dean Lane, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 1DB. We’ll let you know if you’ve been chosen around a week beforehand.
  • email your submission to writersunchained at gmail.com with ‘The Fall’ in the subject line
  • attach the story as a Word doc (or docx) rather than in the body of the email. Make sure you include your own name, the title and the wordcount with the text

We think this should cover everything, but if you have any questions we suggest you contact us via Twitter @bww_unchained or email writersunchained at gmail.com with ”Story Sunday query’ in the subject line.

Hoping to hear from you soon!

 

Story Sunday in Bristol: call for submissions

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Writers Unchained of Bristol are delighted to be open for submissions once more for our first 2018 Story Sunday event on Sunday April 29th with the theme of A Moment in Time when around ten writers will be invited to take to the Southbank stage in Bedminster and enthral us with their talent.

Submissions Open Now

Any genre is acceptable, a historical tale or an imagining of the future, or maybe just a moment, crystallised in words. As ever we love to be shocked, stunned, terrified or delighted.

If you’d like to send a story for our consideration, please observe the following:

  • wordcount 500 – 1500 – complete stories please, no extracts
  • your story can be published or unpublished as long as you have the right to read it out.
  • deadline midnight Sunday April 8th 2018
  • only submit if you can read on Sunday April 29th 2018 between 7 and 9 pm at Southbank Club, Dean Lane, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 1DB. We’ll let you know if you’ve been chosen around a week before hand.
  • email your submission to writersunchained at gmail.com with ‘A Moment in Time’ in the subject line
  • attach the story as a Word doc (or docx) or in the body of the email. Make sure you include your own name, the title and the wordcount with the text

We think this should cover everything, but if you have any questions we suggest you contact us via Twitter @bww_unchained or email writersunchained at gmail.com with ”Story Sunday query’ in the subject line.

Hoping to hear from you soon!

 

A Night of Crime (Bristol): call for submissions

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The next event from Writers Unchained of Bristol is on Sunday October 22nd  between 7 and 9 pm at Southbank Club, Dean Lane, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 1DB and will be A Night of Crime.

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The crime needn’t be perfect but we know your writing will be. Bring us victims or perpetrators, good cops, bad cops or no cops at all. Bring us a criminal tendency or full-blown guilt. As ever we love to be shocked, stunned, terrified or highly amused.

If you’d like to submit, follow our guidelines. We will choose the stories that appeal to us and fit with the other parts of the programme.

Or you can just come along to listen! Tickets will £5 on the door.

Submission guidelines:

  • wordcount 500 – 1500 – complete stories please, no extracts
  • your story can be published or unpublished as long as you have the right to read it out.
  • deadline midnight Sunday October 1st 2017
  • only submit if you can read on Sunday October 22nd  2017 between 7 and 9 pm at Southbank Club, Dean Lane, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 1DB. We’ll let you know if you’ve been chosen around a week before hand.
  • email your submission to writersunchained at gmail.com with ‘A Night of Crime’ in the subject line
  • attach the story as a Word doc (or docx) or in the body of the email. Make sure you include your own name, the title and the wordcount with the text

We think this should cover everything, but if you have any questions we suggest you contact us via Twitter @bww_unchained or email writersunchained at gmail.com with ”Story Sunday query’ in the subject line.

Writers Unchained are thrilled to be part of

Bristol Lit Fest  2017.

Story Sunday in Bristol March 19th

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anothercountryorangeWriters Unchained have got together a great programme for their next livelit event in Bristol when ten local writers will read their versions of our chosen theme ‘Another Country.’

The venue is Southbank Club, Dean Lane, Bedminster, Bristol  BS3 1DB
7-9 pm

Entry £5 on the door.

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Story Sunday July 2016

Come along and hear new work from old friends and familiar faces.

Guests: John Holland, Lania Knight, Mark Lewis, Mark Rutterford and Debbie Young

Writers Unchained members:
Ali Bacon, Jean Burnett, Dawn Kelly, Suzanne Mcconaghy and Heather-Jo Reed

Hope you can join us!

 

 

 

 

Story Sunday in Bristol: call for submissions

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Writers Unchained of Bristol are delighted to announce the next Story Sunday event will be on March 19th.

Our theme this time is Another Country and we are open to any genre of prose fiction or memoir. 

  • wordcount 500 – 1500
  • stories can be published or unpublished as long as you have the right to read it out.
  • deadline midnight Sunday March 5th
  • only submit if you can read on Sunday March 19th between 7 and 9 pm at Southbank Club, Dean Lane, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 1DB.

There’s more detailed information on how to submit on our website.

Don’t forget this is also an event for those who just enjoy listening!

Tickets for our audience  will be £5 on the door.

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Join us in The Twilight Zone on Sunday Oct 23rd

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smallscifiWriters Unchained are all set for their next Story Sunday event which is part of this year’s Bristol Festival of Literature and will feature some great sci-fi and spec-fic stories. The response to our call for submissions has been the best yet and the  line-up includes not only popular local writer/performers but also newcomers to the Bristol live-lit scene.

What can you expect if you decide to come along?

  •  Anne Corlett‘s award-winning story about space-travel
  • Philip Douch with sci-fi at its most hilarious
  • cosmic shenanigans from Jonty Levine, Barney Barret and Julie Hayman
  • an alien with a roving eye from  John Holland
  • an edgy take on time travel from  Alex Bridge

bristollitfest16If you feel the need for something more familiar, Mark Lewis offers boiled sweets (but not as you know them) and you can share an apocalyptic cigarette with Kevlin Henney. Or if far out really is your thing, we have D. S. Ketleby with an avian family saga.

We hope we have you hooked!

 

You can join us in the Twilight Zone NEXT SUNDAY October 23rd at Southbank Club, Bristol, BS3 1DB, 6 – 8 pm for what promises to be quite an evening.

Tickets £5 on the door.

 

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Story Sunday (Scifi, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction): call for submissions

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Writers Unchained of Bristol are delighted to announce the next Story Sunday event on October 23rd will be part of the 2016 Bristol Literature Festival (October 21 – 29th) an event famous for its nurturing of grassroots writing and performing talent.

shutterstock_322984532Our theme this time is The Twilight Zone so we’re calling for stories in the genres of scifi, fantasy and speculative fiction.

  • wordcount 500 – 1500
  • stories can be published or unpublished as long as you have the right to read it out.
  • deadline midnight Friday October 7th 2016
  •  only submit if you can read on Sunday October 23rd between 6 and 8 pm at Southbank Club, Dean Lane, Bedminster, Bristol BS3 1DB.

There’s more detailed information on how to submit on our website.

Don’t forget this is also an event for those who just enjoy listening!

Tickets for ‘non-readers’ will be £5 on the door.

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Story Sunday in Bristol: call for submissions

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sun_wearing_shadesFollowing the success of our Spinetinglers and Love Hangover events, Writers Unchained of Bristol are holding another Story Sunday on

Sunday July 3rd 2016
Southbank Club
Bedminster, Bristol
from 6.30 – 8.30 pm

Expect an audience of forty to fifty hanging on your every word (or come along and hang on theirs!)

If you’re not a Bristolian that’s no problem – last time we had guest readers from Stroud, Newport and Bath – but you do have to be able to get there on the night.

This time the theme is Midsummer Madness.

If you would like to read on the night please submit stories from 500 to 1500 words by June 12th to writersunchained at gmail dot com 

Anyone selected to read will be informed by June 24th.

More details here and on the Writers Unchained website where you’ll also find (simple!) submission guidelines.

 

Tickets for non-readers will be on sale on the evening at £5 each.  A bar is also available.

Hope you can join us!

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Story Sunday in Bristol: call for submissions

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Writers Unchained Story Sunday

Following the success of our Spinetinglers event in November, Writers Unchained of Bristol are holding another Story Sunday on

Sunday February 21st 2016
Southbank Club
Bedminster, Bristol
from 6 – 8 pm

This time the theme is St Valentine’s Day Hangover!

 

Writers who would like to read on the night are invited to submit stories from 500 to 1500 words by January 31st. 

Anyone selected to read will be informed by February 12th.

More details here and on the Writers Unchained website where you’ll also find (simple!) submission guidelines.

Tickets for non-readers will be on sale on the evening at £5 each to include our renowned cakes/canapes. A bar is also available.

Hope you can join us!

 

New Story Sunday event in Bristol

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Writers Unchained, a group of writers based in and around Bristol,  are putting on a new event where members and guests will read short stories and flash fiction on the first Sunday of each month. The first Story Sunday is on November 1st from 6 to 8 pm at Southbank Club in Bedminster and the theme is Spine-tinglers.

Writers who can read on the night are invited to submit stories from 500 to 1500 words on this theme by October 21st. (Work published or performed elsewhere will be accepted).
Full details and (simple!) submission guidelines are on the Writers Unchained website.

Please note the special ticket offer for everyone who submits! 

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