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Poetry Monthly – July Hello all, Sorry for the delay in Poetry Monthly – I’ve been busy and then sloth-like in the heat when I’ve stopped! June’s focus was ‘In your shoes’ and as usual, ABC writers took it their way and made the focus their own. Here are some pieces to go back to: https://www.abctales.com/story/dihard/your-shoes https://www.abctales.com/story/shannan-lea/mommys-shoes For July, the focus for Poetry Monthly is ‘Golden’. Think...

Posted by Cerasus Poetry on Sun, 17 Jun 2018 Finally! ’painting for lemonade’ by sj howarth (Jupiter Moon) is now ready to launch. Please visit our brand new dedicated website: www.cerasuspoetry.com

Huge thanks to Parson thru for choosing our Story and Poem for May: Pick of the month for May 2018 Poem Pick of the month for me has to be Romance Killer by Socialeaf, 3 May 2018. Wistful thoughts on relationships, framed within an intimate moment on a beach. Stream of consciousness piece with a small child as mediator, distractedly coping with a melting ice-cream (we’ve all been there) and bringing life back into equilibrium. The author draws...

I'm sure lots of you will remember Annest, who wrote on ABCTales as Rosa Cruz - one of my favourite poets! Call for Submissions Nine Muses Poetry is an exciting new webzine managed and edited by Annest Gwilym, poet and occasional short story writer. This webzine features all forms of poetry by new, emerging and established poets, showcasing the best of contemporary poetry. https://ninemusespoetry.com Annest's debut pamphlet of poetry, Surfacing...

Celebrating excellence in Poetry and Short Fiction , the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award , hosted by the international art and culture publication, supports and nurtures new writing talent, presenting a fantastic opportunity for writers to further their involvement in the literary world. Creative Writing Award Prizes include: £1,000 for each winner (Poetry and Short Fiction) Publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Anthology Consultation...

Posted by Ewan on Sun, 13 May 2018 First of all, many thanks to all of you who have dropped by No Good Deed(link is external) 's (AKA the Gibbous House sequel's) page, especially those of you who have pre-ordered, pledged for or patron-ised the book. The crowd-funding campaign has reached 26% of its target. The campaign has another 2 months to run, but if you do the sums it is a little behind the drag curve. That's only to be expected with a...

Big thanks to Simon Whitworth/fatboy74 for this month's picks: 'I've thoroughly enjoyed reading through April's offerings on ABCtales and choosing just one pick has been particularly difficult, but here they are: Story of the month was a devil to choose, but in the end I plumped for kilb50's brilliant two part story Something Hard Inside Him. There is a convenient link to part two, at the bottom of the part one. https://www.abctales.com/story/...

Poetry Monthly – May Hello everyone, Hope all’s good with you and you’re getting a whisper of spring where you are! April’s poetry focus was Mamihlapinatapai (a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other would initiate something that they both desire, but which neither wants to begin}. As usual, there was some impressive writing to have a read of. Here are three poems to discover for the first time, or to go back to: https://www...

Story and Poem of the Month for March very kindly chosen by hudsonmoon: T. S. Elliott was wrong. March is the cruellest month. At least for me. These monthly picks are not easy. There is so much to choose from. But I had to go with the ones that stuck in my head. The tale Sunrise by Richard Dobbs was moving and well written. I always seem to find myself drawn to stories of war. The brutal doings affect us all. And,the horrible truth is, we never...

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