Janus Literary
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Visit our site for more info: janusliterary.com
EIC: Janice Leagra
Support us: http://ko-fi.com/janusliterary.
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“A crucial verb for writers is revise. Which means, of course, to re-see.” —Allan Gurganus
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November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“A crucial verb for writers is revise. Which means, of course, to re-see.” —Allan Gurganus
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Delighted that my story 'Hullabaloo!' won Irish Country Magazine's short story competition. It's available in newsagents and supermarkets nationwide from today throughout December.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Delighted that my story 'Hullabaloo!' won Irish Country Magazine's short story competition. It's available in newsagents and supermarkets nationwide from today throughout December.
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Only gone and bagged 3rd in this brilliant comp 🙌🫡😚. 2nd and 1st were obvious wowers, naturellement. And I think it’s something akin to squishy having your story read by pros. Classy people, you @failingwriters.bsky.social
The Failing Writers Podcast - S5 Ep20: 2025 Flash Fiction Contest FINAL!
YouTube video by Failing Writers
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November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Only gone and bagged 3rd in this brilliant comp 🙌🫡😚. 2nd and 1st were obvious wowers, naturellement. And I think it’s something akin to squishy having your story read by pros. Classy people, you @failingwriters.bsky.social
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If there's anyone in your life (or maybe you!) who enjoys odd, uncategorizable, playful writing, I have some copies of my new book, 'It's Time', and a few of my other books - hybrid, poetry, short stories - in my online shop that I'd be happy to sign & post worldwide! taniahershman.com/shop/
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November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
If there's anyone in your life (or maybe you!) who enjoys odd, uncategorizable, playful writing, I have some copies of my new book, 'It's Time', and a few of my other books - hybrid, poetry, short stories - in my online shop that I'd be happy to sign & post worldwide! taniahershman.com/shop/
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November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Announcing my LATE FALL 2025 online poetry workshop! Registration just opened.
"In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry" meets on Zoom Weds 6-8 PM Eastern Time.
It starts Dec 3 & runs for 6 classes (skipping Dec 24 and 31).
See my website christophercitro DOT com for more info & to register.
"In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry" meets on Zoom Weds 6-8 PM Eastern Time.
It starts Dec 3 & runs for 6 classes (skipping Dec 24 and 31).
See my website christophercitro DOT com for more info & to register.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Announcing my LATE FALL 2025 online poetry workshop! Registration just opened.
"In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry" meets on Zoom Weds 6-8 PM Eastern Time.
It starts Dec 3 & runs for 6 classes (skipping Dec 24 and 31).
See my website christophercitro DOT com for more info & to register.
"In the Landscape of Contemporary Poetry" meets on Zoom Weds 6-8 PM Eastern Time.
It starts Dec 3 & runs for 6 classes (skipping Dec 24 and 31).
See my website christophercitro DOT com for more info & to register.
Friends, Janus Literary is currently down & will be down for the next week or two as we do some site maintenance & revamping. We'll post a notification here & on other social media sites when everything is back up. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
September 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Friends, Janus Literary is currently down & will be down for the next week or two as we do some site maintenance & revamping. We'll post a notification here & on other social media sites when everything is back up. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
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Very happy indeed to have a short story commissioned by the BBC! Broadcast 3.45pm July 11th, on Radio 4 and Sunday 13th at 11.45pm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 4 - Short Works, Snowbirds and Coyotes by KM Elkes
After the death of her husband, Betty drives south from Ohio to the Arizona desert.
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June 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Very happy indeed to have a short story commissioned by the BBC! Broadcast 3.45pm July 11th, on Radio 4 and Sunday 13th at 11.45pm
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Tonight!! Fancy giving your writing muscle a workout? Three fast & fun writing exercises in 60 mins on Zoom, open to anyone writing in any form, or no form at all, come & play! If you can't join live, everyone gets the recording link. Book here, pay-what-you-can: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...
June 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Tonight!! Fancy giving your writing muscle a workout? Three fast & fun writing exercises in 60 mins on Zoom, open to anyone writing in any form, or no form at all, come & play! If you can't join live, everyone gets the recording link. Book here, pay-what-you-can: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...
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subs are open for tha 1st of the month !
we're making a change -- flash & micros will be open 24/7 for the summer. thanks !
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we're making a change -- flash & micros will be open 24/7 for the summer. thanks !
xraylitmag.com/submissions/
June 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
subs are open for tha 1st of the month !
we're making a change -- flash & micros will be open 24/7 for the summer. thanks !
xraylitmag.com/submissions/
we're making a change -- flash & micros will be open 24/7 for the summer. thanks !
xraylitmag.com/submissions/
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Still time to join my Writing Muscle Workout Zoom Workshop Tues Jun 3rd 7-8pm UK time: 3 writing exercises in 60 mins to give you permission to play in whatever shape you choose (fiction, poem, non-fiction, hybrid, other)! Book here, concessions & free places: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...
Buy tickets for Unbox One-Hour Writing Muscle Workout June 2025 – Unbox 1-Hour Writing Muscle Workout June 2025 – Zoom
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Do you know about your writing muscle? The more you write, the warmer
it gets, and that means it ca...
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June 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Still time to join my Writing Muscle Workout Zoom Workshop Tues Jun 3rd 7-8pm UK time: 3 writing exercises in 60 mins to give you permission to play in whatever shape you choose (fiction, poem, non-fiction, hybrid, other)! Book here, concessions & free places: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...
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June 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Who’s up for a body-horror love story? If you act fast, you can read it before my husband does.
Many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social & @havehashad.com for giving this cringey cnf a good home.
Many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social & @havehashad.com for giving this cringey cnf a good home.
Love, Distilled by Elizabeth Fletcher
If grand romantic gestures were my measure of true love, I never would’ve married my husband. He is nothing if not practical. He bought me a basic calculator our first Christmas together so I wouldn’t...
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May 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Who’s up for a body-horror love story? If you act fast, you can read it before my husband does.
Many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social & @havehashad.com for giving this cringey cnf a good home.
Many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social & @havehashad.com for giving this cringey cnf a good home.
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Thinking about voice, who wants a sneak preview of my voices workshop which I'm running in September? (Sound on for music, my horrendous voice 😬)
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work...
May 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Thinking about voice, who wants a sneak preview of my voices workshop which I'm running in September? (Sound on for music, my horrendous voice 😬)
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work...
www.mattkendrick.co.uk/courses-work...
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Writers of BlueSky, last chance to join us at 6pm UK time tonight and give your writing muscle a fun workout! A few free and pay-what-you-can places still available and if you can't make it live, you'll get the recording afterwards: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...?
May 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Writers of BlueSky, last chance to join us at 6pm UK time tonight and give your writing muscle a fun workout! A few free and pay-what-you-can places still available and if you can't make it live, you'll get the recording afterwards: www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...?
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Tutoring an @arvonfoundation.bsky.social residential writing course is one of my FAVOURITE things, and I adore short everythings: fiction, poetry, non-fic, hybrids. Come get excited with me, Holly Corfield Carr & @safiyakamaria.bsky.social in Aug, concessions available! www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
April 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tutoring an @arvonfoundation.bsky.social residential writing course is one of my FAVOURITE things, and I adore short everythings: fiction, poetry, non-fic, hybrids. Come get excited with me, Holly Corfield Carr & @safiyakamaria.bsky.social in Aug, concessions available! www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
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Very good recommendations here of Ukrainian literature in English.
UNITED24 Media spotlights powerful new books by Ukrainian authors, now available in English.
Look out for these literary gems at your local bookstore!
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Look out for these literary gems at your local bookstore!
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April 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Very good recommendations here of Ukrainian literature in English.
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Things are terrible, it’s true. But your gifts have never been more necessary. Do the thing. Bring the love.
April 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Things are terrible, it’s true. But your gifts have never been more necessary. Do the thing. Bring the love.
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Join me for a one-day workshop event May 5!
April 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Join me for a one-day workshop event May 5!
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“It is like a priest or a psychiatrist; if you get the wrong one, then you are better off alone. But there are editors so rare and so important that they are worth searching for, and you always know when you have one.” —Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, The Art of Fiction No. 134
On female friendships: “Hating, fighting one another, and joining men in their condemnation of ourselves [is] a typical example of what dominated people do.”
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April 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“It is like a priest or a psychiatrist; if you get the wrong one, then you are better off alone. But there are editors so rare and so important that they are worth searching for, and you always know when you have one.” —Toni Morrison
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Farmleigh House, where the magnolia dropped her skirt petals and the bee-keeper buzzed out.
April 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Farmleigh House, where the magnolia dropped her skirt petals and the bee-keeper buzzed out.
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So much creative goodness here. I'm proud to say that I personally know several of these gifted writers who inspire me constantly.
#writing #amwriting #flashfiction
#writing #amwriting #flashfiction
April 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
So much creative goodness here. I'm proud to say that I personally know several of these gifted writers who inspire me constantly.
#writing #amwriting #flashfiction
#writing #amwriting #flashfiction