Lighthouse Literary Journal

14/01/2025

This article by Broken Sleep's Aaron Kent highlights just how invaluable small presses are in breaking new ground and discovering new (and more diverse) voices, and why bigger presses should make a little more room for them. https://www.thebookseller.com/comment/what-big-publishers-can-do-for-small-presses?

How can major publishers create space for the small presses that keep the literary scene afloat?

11/12/2024

Lighthouse is at the printers - finally - watch this space for more news.

28/11/2024

Two days left to enter the Cafe Writers poetry competition.

CAFE WRITERS POETRY COMPETITION 2024 IS NOW OPEN Closing Date 30th November 2024 (Midnight GMT) PRIZES 1st £10002nd £3003rd £200Five Commended Prizes of £50Norfolk Prize £100For the best poem from a permanent Norfolk resident not winning another prize. ENTRY FEE £5 per poem; or £13 for 3 poem...

08/11/2024

Cafe Writers poetry competition is open for entries until 30th November. Sole judge is John McCullough. First prize £1000.

CAFE WRITERS POETRY COMPETITION 2024 IS NOW OPEN Closing Date 30th November 2024 (Midnight GMT) PRIZES 1st £10002nd £3003rd £200Five Commended Prizes of £50Norfolk Prize £100For the best poem from a permanent Norfolk resident not winning another prize. ENTRY FEE £5 per poem; or £13 for 3 poem...

16/10/2024

Lovely to see that Paul Stephenson has been shortlisted for the Polari Prize. We love Paul's work and he has been in Lighthouse a few times now. https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/graduates-heart-stopping-poems-love-and-loss-shortlisted-lgbtq-prize?

Paul Stephenson’s debut collection was inspired by his own experience of bereavement

13/10/2024

Cafe Writers Poetry Competition is open for entries - you could win £1000. The sole judge is John McCullough (no sifters).

CAFE WRITERS POETRY COMPETITION 2024 IS NOW OPEN Closing Date 30th November 2024 (Midnight GMT) PRIZES 1st £10002nd £3003rd £200Five Commended Prizes of £50Norfolk Prize £100For the best poem from a permanent Norfolk resident not winning another prize. ENTRY FEE £5 per poem; or £13 for 3 poem...

22/08/2024

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/aug/20/we-all-read-like-hell-how-ireland-became-the-worlds-literary-powerhouse

The small island has produced Nobel laureates and Booker winners and hosts a booming writing and publishing scene. What’s the secret to its success?

01/08/2024

Galley Beggar Press short story prize is open for submissions!

14/05/2024

Very sad to hear of the loss of the wonderful poet Kathryn Bevis. Here is the title poem from her pamphlet Flamingo:

This week’s Friday Poem is ‘Flamingo’ by Kathryn Bevis from her pamphlet of the same name. If you missed the online launch for Flamingo, you can watch it back now on our Youtube channel. Kathryn Be…

01/05/2024

If anyone is in or near Peterborough, former editor Andrew McDonnell is running a six week course in May:

Join our 6-week creative writing course this summer!

From Monday 20th May to Monday 1st July between 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Dr Andrew McDonell will cover a range of topics from how to begin to writing dialogue.

To find out more, click here: https://ow.ly/jYiF50RqJoz

19/04/2024

Writers! Face to face writing workshops starting from Wednesday 22nd May - 7:30pm - 9:30pm.

08/02/2024

People of Peterborough!

Calling all aspiring writers! 📢

Have your chance to be published in an original anthology that our final-year English Literature students would like to create.

Submissions can be in the form of prose, poetry, life-writing, script writing, or an essay. The only qualifying condition is that the setting or topic for the piece must be Peterborough.

You have until 23:59 PM on Thursday 29th Febraury to submit your writing to:
[email protected]