The Shape Of Your Story
Fancy writing something a little different this week?
www.retreatwest.co.uk/blog/the-sha...
11.05.2025 16:57
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ICYMI - start your week right with this stonking story!
28.04.2025 09:01
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Wonderful Eleanor!
27.04.2025 20:38
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I’m so thrilled to see my quiet little story, “Handle with Care”, out in the world! A thousand thanks to @rfpress.bsky.social for believing in it. Thanks also to @retreatwest.bsky.social for giving me the prompt and to @ruralunease.bsky.social for helping me get it polished! 💕🙏
27.04.2025 16:30
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See our Hermit Crab Prize judge in action!
26.04.2025 12:23
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I've just made my submission? Who else is getting a last minute entry in today?
26.04.2025 12:23
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Memberships
Commit to your writing and become a paid member of WestWord and you can get submissions to all of our editions, prize categories and competitions included, plus workshops and craft articles to help yo...
Each edition of Westword is free to read but did you know as a paid member there is so much more to access?
From free competition entries to craft articles and Zoom workshops, there's a plethora of inspiration to keep your writing the best it can be!
westword.substack.com/p/subscripti...
22.04.2025 07:52
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Memberships
Commit to your writing and become a paid member of WestWord and you can get submissions to all of our editions, prize categories and competitions included, plus workshops and craft articles to help yo...
Each edition of Westword is free to read but did you know as a paid member there is so much more to access?
From free competition entries to craft articles and Zoom workshops, there's a plethora of inspiration to keep your writing the best it can be!
westword.substack.com/p/subscripti...
22.04.2025 07:52
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Opening Lines Spring 2025 Longlist
Wonderful news for our longlisted writers! Congratulations to everyone who recognises their title
www.retreatwest.co.uk/blog/opening...
19.04.2025 17:22
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Opening Lines Spring 2025 Longlist
Wonderful news for our longlisted writers! Congratulations to everyone who recognises their title
www.retreatwest.co.uk/blog/opening...
19.04.2025 17:22
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Shortlist: Hermit Crab Prize
The finalists are...
The shortlist for @retreatwest.bsky.social’s 2025 Hermit Crab Prize is here!
Congratulations to all the writers listed! I can’t wait to read your words 😍
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
14.04.2025 22:04
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Shortlist: Hermit Crab Prize
The finalists are...
Congratulations to the talented writers on the shortlist!
westword.substack.com/p/shortlist-...
15.04.2025 10:12
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Opening Lines Competition
Annual competition to win an editorial report on your novel manuscript.
Last day to enter your opening lines for a chance to win an editorial report from a professional editor.
www.retreatwest.co.uk/opening-line...
13.04.2025 15:59
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Yay, I have a short story in this by @retreatwest.bsky.social alongside these fabulous writers!
10.04.2025 19:57
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Gotcha! Twist Endings
What is your favourite twist ending?
Have you ever tried writing one?
www.retreatwest.co.uk/blog/gotcha-...
10.04.2025 16:58
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What aspects of writing craft would you like to see covered over the next few months?
07.04.2025 12:48
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Book here – Red Sky at Night – Zoom
In this workshop we'll work together to explore how the atmospheric conditions of your stories can really work for you. Patheti...
We're excited to be running a new generative workshop this weekend. 90 minutes of weather related prompts to add tension and electric passages of descriptions to your writing.
🌦️⛈️❄️
www.tickettailor.com/events/retre...?
10.04.2025 16:53
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Opening Lines Competition
Annual competition to win an editorial report on your novel manuscript.
Deadline extended!
Due to technical difficulties over the weekend, we are giving you an extra week to submit your opening lines for a chance to win an editorial report from a professional editor.
New deadline: 13th April
www.retreatwest.co.uk/opening-line...
10.04.2025 16:50
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Excited to have my story "Dancing into the Fire" published in WestWord's @retreatwest.bsky.social ILLUSION edition.
I wrote it after a trip to the Swedish Arctic circle - no surprise it features extreme cold ❄️
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
10.04.2025 15:27
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"Music strums through him, the tapping foot of the banjo player like his glorious heart."
I love all the amazing sensory details (and perfect last lines!) in this story by @nomad-sw18.bsky.social in @retreatwest.bsky.social 💙💙💙
10.04.2025 16:42
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Edition 8 - April 2025
Six short fictions
Edition 8 of WestWord has arrived. Six beautiful stories by Lucy Stubbings
Lorraine Collins
Cole Beauchamp @nomad-sw18.bsky.social
JoAnneh Nagler
Susan Wigmore
and Sharon Boyle @sharon54.bsky.social
westword.substack.com/p/edition-8-...
10.04.2025 16:48
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Opening Lines Competition
Annual competition to win an editorial report on your novel manuscript.
Deadline extended!
Due to technical difficulties over the weekend, we are giving you an extra week to submit your opening lines for a chance to win an editorial report from a professional editor.
New deadline: 13th April
www.retreatwest.co.uk/opening-line...
08.04.2025 08:21
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