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25/10/2024

The Solstice Prize 2024

Deadline: midnight, Thu 31 October

Are you a young writer aged 7–25 years? Take a closer look at the natural world and enter Writing East Midlands' Solstice Prize for the opportunity to win a cash prize and your work published in the 2024 Solstice Anthology.

Full details here:-

https://writingeastmidlands.co.uk/young-writers-groups/solstice-writing-prize/?utm_campaign=2817325_General%20newsletter%20%28local%29%2025%20October%202024&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=Dotdigital&dm_i=4MXW,1ODV1,276SOQ,7WKGW,1

24/10/2024

My review of "Blood and Other Cravings" edited by Ellen Datlow that originally appeared in Black Static #28 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #28 as part of a feature on vampire themed anthologies:- Datlow flies solo for BLOOD AND OTHER CRAVINGS (Tor hardback, 319pp, $25.99), and this vol…

23/10/2024

My review of "Teeth - Vampire Tales" edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling that originally appeared in Black Static #28 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

https://trumpetville.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/or-teeth-vampire-tales/

22/10/2024

The TTA Shop closes in four days. There are a handful Black Static/Interzone back issues left, a couple of Crimewaves and a novella, mostly just one copy of each and all heavily discounted, so please hurry. Link is in the comments. Please feel free to share. Thank you. :)

15/10/2024

My review of "The Ritual" by Adam Nevill that originally appeared in Black Static #26 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

https://trumpetville.wordpress.com/2024/10/15/or-the-ritual-2/

11/10/2024

The Book Edit Writers' Prize 2024

Deadline: midnight, Tue 15 October

Are you an unpublished novelist from a background or community currently under-represented in UK publishing? Apply to The Book Edit Writers' Prize for the opportunity to read your work at a live showcase event and receive feedback from an editor.

Full details here:-

The Book Edit Writers' Prize for unpublished, unagented novelists from communities currently under-represented in British publishing.

10/10/2024

My review of "The Shadow of the Soul" by Sarah Pinborough that originally appeared in Black Static #26 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #26:- Sarah Pinborough has shown herself to be no slouch either in that department*, and there seem to be areas where her Dog-Faced Gods trilogy ov…

09/10/2024

My review of "The Burning Soul" by John Connolly that originally appeared in Black Static #26 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

https://trumpetville.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/or-the-burning-soul/

07/10/2024

The TTA Shop closes on October 26th. If you would like any of the remaining Black Static/Interzone back issues, or the previously sold out Crimewaves found at the bottom of a box recently, or a novella, please do not hesitate: there are mostly only one or two copies left of each. Everything is discounted and postage is free within the UK.

Subscribe to Interzone, Black Static, TTA Novellas, Crimewave, and more

07/10/2024

My review of "The Unseen" by Alexandra Sokoloff that originally appeared in Black Static #26 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #26:- Psychic research plays a similar central role in Alexandra Sokoloff’s third novel from Piatkus, THE UNSEEN (Piatkus paperback, 400pp, £7.99).…

05/10/2024

My review of "Quiet Houses" by Simon Kurt Unsworth that originally appeared in Black Static #26 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #26:- QUIET HOUSES (Dark Continents paperback, 132pp, £9.99) by Simon Kurt Unsworth is a slim, impressively packaged collection of short stories. I…

27/09/2024

Disabled Poets Prize 2024

Deadline: 1pm, Fri 4 November

The Disabled Poets Prize is now open for submissions! Now in its third year, the awards cover three categories: Best Single Poem, Best Unpublished Pamphlet, and Best Poem Performed in BSL. Cash prizes of £500, £250 and £100 are on offer.

Full details here:-

he UK’s first Disabled Poets Prize was launched in 2023 and looks to find the best work created by UK-based deaf and disabled poets, in written English and in British Sign Language.

26/09/2024

My review of "The Nightfarers" by Mark Valentine that originally appeared in Black Static #16 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #16 as part of a feature on short story collections:- Mark Valentine is another veteran of the UK small press with an even longer pedigree than Bes…

24/09/2024

My review of "Crandolin" by Anna Tambour that originally appeared in Black Static #31 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #31 as part of a feature on Chômu Press:- Anna Tambour’s CRANDOLIN (CP pb, 380pp, £12.50) is the latest title from Chômu at the time of writing and…

24/09/2024

Anyone 'up north' writing children's books?
Here is an opportunity. (Roy)

Children’s Books North Agency will launch in Manchester and be run by Emma Layfield alongside Children's Books North.

22/09/2024

Café Writers Open Poetry Competition 2024

Deadline: Sat 30 November

Café Writers Norwich invites submissions of poems of up to 40 lines in English: sole judge John McCullough. There will be prizes of £1,000, £300, £200, and a special prize for poets living in Norfolk.

Full details here:-

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...

22/09/2024

Rail Tales Creative Writing Competition

Deadline: Mon 30 September

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, Stratford Literary Festival and the Heart of England Community Rail Partnership invite young people aged 6-21 to enter a short story inspired by trains or a railway journey to their competition.

Full details here:-

Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival is an exciting mixture of debate, ideas, celebrity author events, workshops and humour. We run in Spring and Autumn.

20/09/2024

Of interest to readers of Quentin S. Crisp.

London premiere screening of the supernatural feature-length film essay about the English writer Quentin S. Crisp.

20/09/2024

My review of "I Am a Magical Teenage Princess" by Luke Geddes that originally appeared in Black Static #31 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #31 as part of a feature on Chômu Press:- From anthology to single author collection with Luke Geddes’ iconoclastic I AM A MAGICAL TEENAGE PRINCESS…

19/09/2024

Are you a budding novelist? Do you have a friend who is always struck by inspiration but never puts pen to paper? Or a family member who has a particular knack for storytelling? Spread the word – Discoveries 2025 is open for entries!

Discoveries is our writer development programme aimed at supporting women writers from those early pages to long-term, enriching careers. It prioritises promise over polish, so if you’re an unagented and unpublished author with a gem of an idea, we want to hear from you!

Submissions are open from 19 September 2024 until 11:59pm on 13 January 2025.

Full details here:-

Run in partnership with Audible, the Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency, and the Curtis Brown Creative writing school, Discoveries aims to inspire unagented and unpublished women in the UK and Ireland to write their first novels, providing a host of resources designed to support women at all st...

17/09/2024

My review of "Dadaoism: An Anthology" edited by Justin Isis and Quentin S. Crisp that originally appeared in Black Static #31 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #31 as part of a feature on Chômu Press:- Chômu’s first release of 2012 is the group effort DADAOISM (AN ANTHOLOGY) (CP pb, 336pp, £12), edited by …

12/09/2024

My review of "The Orphan Palace" by Joseph S. Pulver that originally appeared in Black Static #31 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #31 as part of a feature on Chômu Press:- Chômu Press got off to an impressive start, with thirteen books released in their first full year of trad…

10/09/2024

My review of "Blood & Grit 21" by Simon Clark that originally appeared in Black Static #30 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #30:- Blood and Grit was Simon Clark’s first publication, a collection of six stories set in his native Yorkshire and released by BBR publishing in…

06/09/2024

My review of "Do Not Pass Go" by Joel Lane that originally appeared in Black Static #26 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #26:- We started this catch up with a collection, and so it seems appropriate to bring down the curtain with DO NOT PASS GO (Nine Arches Press pamp…

04/09/2024

My review of "The Ritual" by Adam Nevill that originally appeared in Black Static #26 and which I have now posted to my personal blog:-

A review that originally appeared in Black Static #26:- Adam Nevill’s follow up to ‘haunted house’ novel Apartment 16, THE RITUAL (Pan paperback, 368pp, £7.99) adopts a similar ploy, taking familia…