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Dirty Dozen Winners Announced
The winners of this year's Dirty Dozen competition.

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Aug 16, 20191 min read
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Blogging should be personal, don't you think?
Blogging is making a comeback!

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Jul 18, 20191 min read
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The Writer's Revolt is changing.
Changes to our literary magazine.

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Jun 14, 20191 min read
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Catherine Cho to Judge 2019 Flash Fiction Prize
We're ecstatic to announce that this year's Flash Fiction Prize winners ill be chosen by the fabulous Catherine Cho! Catherine is expert...

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Apr 7, 20192 min read
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Agent Interview: Catherine Cho
Last year, one of the biggest features in the first issue of our Literary Magazine was a great interview with Catherine Cho of Curtis...

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Apr 7, 201916 min read
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Winners: Kyle Crocker - When Miracles End
When Miracles End Short Story Prize - Winner The truck bumps up and down on the dusty, cracked road. It used to be a freeway, three lanes...

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Feb 6, 201910 min read
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Winners: Paul Brockbank - Baggage Allowance
Baggage Allowance Short Story Prize - Shortlist It was serenely quiet on the island that morning. No hubbub of comings and goings. No...

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Feb 6, 20198 min read
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Winners: Michael Thompson - Pet Hospital
Pet Hospital Short Story Prize - Shortlist ‘That fucking dog will be the death of me,’ Ronnie said, gazing over the street at the...

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Feb 6, 20196 min read
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Winners: Katie Reed - God of Small Colours
God of Small Colours Short Story Prize - Runner Up She is born in colour. This in itself is unremarkable; it is the way most people are...

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Feb 6, 201911 min read
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Winners: Thomas Firth - Ignis
Ignis Short Story Prize - Shortlist The sky is on fire. For an instant, there’s a blinding flash. Something is entering the atmosphere....

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Feb 6, 20193 min read
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Winners: Julia Molloy - The Pianist
The Pianist Short Story 1500 - Runner Up Two men carry a piano across a field. Frost clings to their skin and their breaths leave a trail...

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Feb 6, 20196 min read
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Winners: Ryan Stone - Catching Tigers
Catching Tigers Short Story 1500 - Shortlist I was carrying a tiger snake in a hessian sack when I came across my old man and Mrs....

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Feb 6, 20195 min read
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Winners: Annie Muscutt - The Salesman
The Salesman Short Story 1500 - Shortlist White. Bright enough to make you blink, like a rabbit in the headlights. It was supposed to be...

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Feb 6, 20196 min read
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Winners: Venetia Carter - Resource Management
Resource Management Short Story 1500 - Shortlist Erin's father-in-law had been at the sherblat fuzz again. She could tell by the...

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Feb 6, 20196 min read
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Winners: Laura Laakso - The Life of a Kabuki Doll
The Life of a Kabuki Doll Short Story 1500 - Shortlist You lean against the door to shut it and kick off your shoes. The pain in your...

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Feb 6, 20196 min read
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Winners: Fiona Morgan - Saint-Lo
This potent piece of prose was something that all struck a chord with us. The thing we liked the most was that it showed something...

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Sep 21, 20183 min read
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Winners: Henry Meier - 501 Latin Verbs
Flash Fiction is a strange beast. Often, writers think that it has to be a story, with a beginning, a middle, and an end. But, it's not...

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Sep 21, 20182 min read
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Winners: Fran Egan - Mary Schiller: School Girl
We really enjoyed this piece for a couple of reasons. It had a subtle complexity to it that felt well rounded and nuanced, and it made an...

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Sep 21, 20183 min read
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Winners: Oonagh McBride - Popcorn
Complexity and quality never have to be synonymous, and we see so many pieces that overreach, only to fall short at the last hurdle....

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Sep 21, 20183 min read
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Winners: Roseanna Whitty - This Beggar's Opera
We loved the way that this story played out. It's rawness and honesty and vivid imagery, combined with its desire to be what it was, how...

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Sep 21, 20182 min read
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