Writing Magazine - 3 Jul 2025
WRITE FOR SUCCESS!
•NEW SERIES: HOW TO EDIT YOUR NOVEL
• PITCHING - MAKE IT COUNT
• QUERY LETTERS THAT WORK
CREATIVE TOOLS TO LAUNCH YOUR STORIES
• RESEARCHING YOUR NOVEL
SHARPEN YOUR WRITING SKILLS
DEAR READER
Get published
Fantastic realms: Keep it short
Creative writing building blocks: Description: Part Three
Under the microscope
Path to publication: Hannah Brennan
From the other side of the desk: First draft, first pass
My writing day: Eliza Morton
Poetry workshop: Starting with the shoes
Writing for children: Nurture in nature: Part 2
Behind the tape
Writing life: In the swim
Research tips: MI5 exhibition at the National Archives
Shelf life: Lucy Foley
The business of writing: Negotiation nightmares
Ask the agent: Gyamfia Osei
Fiction focus: Getting unstuck
Ask a literary consultant: Harnessing dual narrative
Write for success: Pitching
Write for succcess: Research skills for novelists
Masterclass: Writing craft
Star interview: Love and (lots of) laughter
Creative non-fiction: Real life, great stories
The first five pages: Capturing attention
Write for success: Editing your novel
Write for success: Submissions
Subscribers’ news: WM subscribers’ publishing success stories
In the spotlight: WM subscribers’ creative writing
Readers’ letters/The wide world of writing
Travel writing know-how
Short story winners
Going to market
Troubador’s tips
Poetry winners
Novel ideas
Editing your novel
Mastering the art of the pitch
6 Know your audience
1. How to submit your novel to agents 2.
3. 6.
Research skills for novelists
Research skills for novelists
In the swim
LOVE & laughter (lots of) “I pick something that interests me – Syrian refugees or the housing crisis or female pilots or running a bakery or what not – then throw a bunch of interesting characters in and see what sticks and what I like. Characters are al
LOVE & laughter (lots of) “I pick something that interests me – Syrian refugees or the housing crisis or female pilots or running a bakery or what not – then throw a bunch of interesting characters in and see what sticks and what I like. Characters are al
REAL great LIFE, stories
Your writing critiqued
In summary
Description: PART THREE
HANNAH BRENNAN
A slight case of overthinking
SHELF LIFE LUCY FOLEY
SHELF LIFE LUCY FOLEY
STAR LETTER
LISTEN IN!
PRIORITISING WRITING TIME
THE MIGHTIEST WEAPON?
The world of writing
DATABASE DREAMLAND OR INDEX INTELLIGENCE?
THOUGHTS ON AFTERTHOUGHTS
WRITING LETTERS, FINDING WORDS
POETRY
PROSE
WE WANT YOUR WRITING
SHORTLISTED
VALUABLE AND VARIED INSIGHTS
STORIES TO BE TOLD
LITTLE WEREWOLF, BIG VOICE
AMBITIONS FULFILLED
Capturing attention
Capturing attention
Starting with the shoes
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
GETTING UNSTUCK
5 Five quick questions
GETTING UNSTUCK
NOW TRY THIS
WRITING CRAFT TO READ THE STORY
WRITING CRAFT TO READ THE STORY
Nurture in nature
Nurture in nature
TOP TIPS
KEEP IT SHORT
An Author’s Greatest Advantage in Today’s Publishing Landscape
NEGOTIATION NIGHTMARES
BUSINESS DIRECTORY: Haggling hints
MI5 EXHIBITION AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Behind the tape
Plan your visit
ELIZA MORTON
WRITING PLACE
Gyamfia Osei
Harnessing dual narrative
YOU SHOULDN’T MAKE IT UP
REWARDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Short fiction competitions
Litmags inviting submissions
Competitions with more than one category
Nature writing competitions
Small presses accepting submissions
Indie mags and websites accepting submissions
Anthologies inviting submissions
Independent publishers
Writing for children opportunity
General news
Novel competition
Non-fiction outlets
Poetry competitions
Travel writing know-how
Going to market
Troubador tips
Jay Henge Publishing
DMR
Thalia Press
McNidder & Grace
Amazing Stories Magazine
Fusion Fragment
Mslexia 2025 Women’s Fiction Competitions
The Paul Cave Prize for Literature 2025
Aurora Prize for Writing 2025
SaveAs Writers International Writing Competition 2025
Discovery time!
RNA matters
Benign bookselling
Outstanding contribution
The Moth Nature Writing Prize 2025
Anthology Nature Writing Competition 2025
Words of the Wild 2025
Detritus Writing Competition 2025
Knights Of
bioGraphic
The Quarto Group
Cicerone
Look ahead
Heart of Albion Press
Stephen Spender Prize 2025
Whispering Wisdom Poetry Prize 2025
Fiction Factory Poetry Competition 2025
The Anthology Flash Fiction Competition 2025
The Michael Round Prize 2025
Teach. Write.
GARLAND
L’Esprit
INDIE MAGS AND WEBSITES ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS
House of Long Shadows
‘STORIES OF LIFE’
Guernica
Just Keep Up Magazine
A battlefield tour gives Patrick Forsyth an idea
The Olga Sinclair Prize 2025
Green Stories Flash Fiction Competition 2025
Rebel Satori Press
Wild Atlantic Words 2025
What Books Press
FIVE SELF-PUBLISHING MYTHS THAT COULD BE HOLDING YOU BACK
OPEN NATURAL WORLD
GRAND FLASH PRIZE 2025
OPEN 750 WORDS
SHORT POEMS
500 words
My Father
Spirals
RUNNER UP
SHORTLIST
Moments to cherish
Moments to cherish
WINNER
RUNNER-UP
SHORTLIST
First draft, first pass
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