Keep going. The only way to get better is to keep writing. And if you submit a story and it gets rejected, try again. If you submit a story and ...
: Being terrified of a pantomime pirate and shouting at him to leave the good guys alone. An early precursor for not being able to distinguish between fiction and ...
Before I could use a pen to form words, I “wrote” in pictures; and once I could write, I did. I think I consciously knew writing was the thing when ...
It would be something faded by the Californian sun of the early-eighties, most probably. Continue Reading Clare Wigfall: Winner of the BBC National Short Story Award ...
[When did you want to be writer?] When I found out about Roald Dahl’s hut. Continue Reading Louise Phillips: Short Story Writer & Litro ALumna
I can think of two, for different reasons. Elise Valmorbida for linguistic virtuosity and Tom Vowler for compelling storytelling. Continue Reading Annemarie Neary: Lawyer turned ...
One summer I worked for a catering agency as a washer up, they sent me to kitchens all up and down Essex and although it wasn’t particularly fun ...
We are pleased to announce that Sammy Wright, whose story “Old” featured in July’s issue, has won first place in the 2011 Unbound Press short story award, judged by author Zoë Strachan. ...
