Writing Opportunities December 2023

The latest writing opportunities for December 2023. If you would like your submissions call listed on our website, please contact us here. Short Story Competition at Ennis Book Club Festival Deadline: 5th December Ennis Book Club Festival is delighted to announce the launch of a new short story competition, with the winner to be revealedContinue reading “Writing Opportunities December 2023”

Catherine Ryan Howard on self publishing and finding her genre

Offering insight into various creative processes and advice towards aspiring and emerging writers, here’s a quick-fire interview with the author of several bestselling crime novels, Catherine Ryan Howard. Catherine Ryan Howard is an award-winning, internationally bestselling crime writer from Cork, Ireland. Her debut novel Distress Signals came out in 2016 and was an Irish TimesContinue reading “Catherine Ryan Howard on self publishing and finding her genre”

Ruth Atkins from Penguin Michael Joseph on How to Edit Your Novel

A difficulty of writing, as with any craft, is that the world tends to focus on the early stages—draft one, the blank page, beginning. It makes sense: a first draft, an epic quest in itself, one that requires a very specific mental concentration, the humility to abandon perfection, and the pride and ambition to keepContinue reading “Ruth Atkins from Penguin Michael Joseph on How to Edit Your Novel”

Issue IX Submissions Open Soon!

Our submission window for Issue IX will open from November 13th-December 30th. We are looking for short stories, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction all based on the theme of MADNESS. We especially encourage work from previously unpublished writers who feel it is their time to be heard. Sonder is all about bringing different perspectives together.Continue reading “Issue IX Submissions Open Soon!”

Cassia Gaden Gilmartin from Channel on Supporting Artists and the Inside Scoop on Submissions

We sat down with Cassia Gaden Gilmartin, arts extraordinaire and founding editor of Channel. Channel is a literary magazine born out of the climate crisis, publishing poetry and prose with an environmentalist perspective. Their goal is to provide a space for literary work that fosters re-connection with the natural world. They publish work from IrelandContinue reading “Cassia Gaden Gilmartin from Channel on Supporting Artists and the Inside Scoop on Submissions”

7 Days of Christmas: Flash Fiction Workshop ’23

Fully booked. Join Sonder Magazine for 7 days of writing tips, tricks and exercises! Want to brush up on your flash fiction skills? Hoping to develop your craft or get the writing juices flowing? This is the workshop for you! Starting on December 1st, each day for 7 days you will get prompts, tips andContinue reading “7 Days of Christmas: Flash Fiction Workshop ’23”

Writing Opportunities November 2023

The latest writing opportunities for November 2023. If you would like your submissions call listed on our website, please contact us here. The Stinging Fly Magazine Deadline: 28th November The Stinging Fly is a Dublin-based print magazine and small press. Our mission is to seek out, nurture, publish and promote the very best new writersContinue reading “Writing Opportunities November 2023”

Alice Slater on studying Creative Writing and how she fell in love with it

Offering insight into various creative processes and advice towards aspiring and emerging writers, here’s a quick-fire interview with the author of debut novel and true crime commentary Death of a Bookseller. Alice Slater is a writer, editor and ex-bookseller from London. She co-hosts the literary podcast What Page Are You On?, and edited Outsiders: AContinue reading “Alice Slater on studying Creative Writing and how she fell in love with it”