Anika Carpenter
@stillsquirrel.bsky.social
#Flashfiction writer and collage artist. Stories in Gooseberry Pie, Fictive Dream, Gone Lawn, The Disappointed Housewife, 100 Word Story & others. Based in Brighton, UK
www.anikacarpenter.com
www.anikacarpenter.com
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‘For the two philosophers, love did not barge through the barn door of animal passion — it entered slowly, quietly, through the sun porch of shared ideals and mutual respect.’
As ever, so much to love and be inspired by in The Marginalian.
As ever, so much to love and be inspired by in The Marginalian.
The best of The Marginalian this week, in one place – sleep and the meaning of life, how to be a star student of the world, and the bittersweet true love story behind "Frankenstein": mailchi.mp/themarginali...
Sleep and the meaning of life, how to be a star student of the world, the bittersweet true love story behind 'Frankenstein'
Hello <<Name>>! This is the weekly email digest of The Marginalian by Maria Popova. If you missed last week's edition — how not to be a victim of time, the purest definition of love and the key to lasting...
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February 8, 2026 at 8:56 PM
‘For the two philosophers, love did not barge through the barn door of animal passion — it entered slowly, quietly, through the sun porch of shared ideals and mutual respect.’
As ever, so much to love and be inspired by in The Marginalian.
As ever, so much to love and be inspired by in The Marginalian.
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Art and writing time and…boxing🥊
Join me on Monday for a #writingworkshop where art and sport are spliced and heavyweight stories are invited to enter the ring.
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
Join me on Monday for a #writingworkshop where art and sport are spliced and heavyweight stories are invited to enter the ring.
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Art and writing time and…boxing🥊
Join me on Monday for a #writingworkshop where art and sport are spliced and heavyweight stories are invited to enter the ring.
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
Join me on Monday for a #writingworkshop where art and sport are spliced and heavyweight stories are invited to enter the ring.
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
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£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
The Creatives Grant
let's make art less middle class
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February 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
£500 given out to a working class writer every month.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
Art and writing time and…boxing🥊
Join me on Monday for a #writingworkshop where art and sport are spliced and heavyweight stories are invited to enter the ring.
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
Join me on Monday for a #writingworkshop where art and sport are spliced and heavyweight stories are invited to enter the ring.
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Art and writing time and…boxing🥊
Join me on Monday for a #writingworkshop where art and sport are spliced and heavyweight stories are invited to enter the ring.
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
Join me on Monday for a #writingworkshop where art and sport are spliced and heavyweight stories are invited to enter the ring.
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
Got a story for National Flash Fiction Day?
The theme is BRIDGES.
The theme is BRIDGES.
So far we’ve received subs to our anthology on the theme of BRIDGES from the following: UK, India, Greece, Nigeria, Pakistan, USA, Ireland, The Netherlands, Turkey,Singapore, Australia, Denmark & Canada. Thank you! Subs close on 15/2 so unrepresented countries still have time!
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January 30, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Got a story for National Flash Fiction Day?
The theme is BRIDGES.
The theme is BRIDGES.
Super stonking! If, unlike me, you can go do!
Stonker of an open-mic tomorrow night at 7pm CET with a riot of writers and poets including @regretteruane.bsky.social @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social @stuhennigan.bsky.social @mczyzniejewski.bsky.social @eileentomarchio.bsky.social 🙌🌟🤗🪶Come, there’s a quiz on sweets! @saloneurope.bsky.social
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January 27, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Super stonking! If, unlike me, you can go do!
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Our Writers’ Award #WritingCompetition for underrepresented writers is officially open! ✍️
It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £25k of prizes 🌟
The theme this year is 'Material'.
Find out more, including how to enter: bit.ly/CFWA2026
#WritingCommunity
It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £25k of prizes 🌟
The theme this year is 'Material'.
Find out more, including how to enter: bit.ly/CFWA2026
#WritingCommunity
January 20, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Our Writers’ Award #WritingCompetition for underrepresented writers is officially open! ✍️
It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £25k of prizes 🌟
The theme this year is 'Material'.
Find out more, including how to enter: bit.ly/CFWA2026
#WritingCommunity
It’s free to enter & 15 winners will receive £25k of prizes 🌟
The theme this year is 'Material'.
Find out more, including how to enter: bit.ly/CFWA2026
#WritingCommunity
'For the background I used that wallpaper we stashed in the garage. Remember? Beige, with the egg-yolk coloured teddy-bears?'
I Made A Cubist-inspired Portrait Of Our Marriage by @sagreene1.bsky.social #flashfiction
I Made A Cubist-inspired Portrait Of Our Marriage by @sagreene1.bsky.social #flashfiction
FFF Competition Thirty-One
As chosen by Judge Caroline McKenzie
Shortlisted:
I Made A Cubist-inspired Portrait Of Our Marriage
by
S.A. Greene
@sagreene1.bsky.social
#FlashFiction #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writingcompetitions
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As chosen by Judge Caroline McKenzie
Shortlisted:
I Made A Cubist-inspired Portrait Of Our Marriage
by
S.A. Greene
@sagreene1.bsky.social
#FlashFiction #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writingcompetitions
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Competition Thirty-One Shortlisted: I Made A Cubist-inspired Portrait Of Our Marriage – Free Flash Fiction
For the background I used that wallpaper we stashed in the garage. Remember? Beige, with the egg-yolk coloured teddy-bears? Then I added glimpses of your on-off vintage leather bomber jacket. The litt...
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January 22, 2026 at 9:45 AM
'For the background I used that wallpaper we stashed in the garage. Remember? Beige, with the egg-yolk coloured teddy-bears?'
I Made A Cubist-inspired Portrait Of Our Marriage by @sagreene1.bsky.social #flashfiction
I Made A Cubist-inspired Portrait Of Our Marriage by @sagreene1.bsky.social #flashfiction
January’s Art & Flash digestif is here. Follow the link for an extra writing prompt and art-related recommendations.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:24 PM
January’s Art & Flash digestif is here. Follow the link for an extra writing prompt and art-related recommendations.
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We're always looking...
January 19, 2026 at 5:44 AM
We're always looking...
Fancy a spot of writing time peppered with art-inspired prompts?
Art & Flash starts at 11am.
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
Book here - www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
Art & Flash starts at 11am.
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
Book here - www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Fancy a spot of writing time peppered with art-inspired prompts?
Art & Flash starts at 11am.
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
Book here - www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
Art & Flash starts at 11am.
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
Book here - www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
In this month’s Art & Flash we’ll be looking at the work of an artist known as The Queen of Mischief.
Come write something wild and irreverent!
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
Book here - buytickets.at/anikacarpenter ✨
Come write something wild and irreverent!
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
Book here - buytickets.at/anikacarpenter ✨
January 17, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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Celebrate being over 50! This lovely publication is looking for your writing.
Still not too late to submit for Issue 6 - but hurry, submissions close on the 17th Jan!
January 12, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Celebrate being over 50! This lovely publication is looking for your writing.
In this month’s Art & Flash we’ll be looking at the work of an artist known as The Queen of Mischief.
Come write something wild and irreverent!
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
Book here - buytickets.at/anikacarpenter ✨
Come write something wild and irreverent!
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
Book here - buytickets.at/anikacarpenter ✨
January 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
In this month’s Art & Flash we’ll be looking at the work of an artist known as The Queen of Mischief.
Come write something wild and irreverent!
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
Book here - buytickets.at/anikacarpenter ✨
Come write something wild and irreverent!
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
Book here - buytickets.at/anikacarpenter ✨
ICYM here’s Jack’s brilliant BMF story - newflashfiction.com/ernst-is-com...
January 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
ICYM here’s Jack’s brilliant BMF story - newflashfiction.com/ernst-is-com...
Blade Runner, rashes spread by foxes, takeaway food, colonialism…all beautifully connected. #podcast
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January 5, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Blade Runner, rashes spread by foxes, takeaway food, colonialism…all beautifully connected. #podcast
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Love @sagetyrtle.bsky.social's writing and her teaching. This will be brilliant!
Whether you have a hundred true stories and don't know which one is the most powerful or are unsure how to go about finding even one, this #WritingWorkshop will help you discover your most powerful narrative:
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#Writing #AmWriting #CNF #Memoir #TrueStory
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#Writing #AmWriting #CNF #Memoir #TrueStory
The Story Only You Can Tell: Finding Your Most Powerful Narrative
In this workshop, you’ll explore what makes a personal story compelling, uncover overlooked moments, and learn how to shape them into powerful narratives.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Love @sagetyrtle.bsky.social's writing and her teaching. This will be brilliant!
I’ve huge admiration for Matt. For his brilliant teaching and writing and because he’s one of the few facilitators who risks talking about money. So, if you can afford to please consider paying Matt something for all the work he does.
I've been in a funk recently, really worried about the weeks / months ahead; so today, I sent out a newsletter that felt quite vulnerable, & the way the writing community have jumped to my support has as always far exceeded anything I deserve ❤️❤️❤️
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Starting the year from the bottom of the slope
I like to think I’m quite a positive person, and the start of the year, for me, usually feels like it amplifies that sense of positivity through its inherent newness, the multiple possibilities lying ...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:59 AM
I’ve huge admiration for Matt. For his brilliant teaching and writing and because he’s one of the few facilitators who risks talking about money. So, if you can afford to please consider paying Matt something for all the work he does.
We moved last month and found many treasures under the ancient wallpaper. Including this, which I think is a farting mole holding a sword?
January 5, 2026 at 10:41 AM
We moved last month and found many treasures under the ancient wallpaper. Including this, which I think is a farting mole holding a sword?
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A rom com, a poetic tree and more🎄 The Art & Flash monthly digestif is here - mailchi.mp/adec416514d7...
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
December 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A rom com, a poetic tree and more🎄 The Art & Flash monthly digestif is here - mailchi.mp/adec416514d7...
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
A rom com, a poetic tree and more🎄 The Art & Flash monthly digestif is here - mailchi.mp/adec416514d7...
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
December 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A rom com, a poetic tree and more🎄 The Art & Flash monthly digestif is here - mailchi.mp/adec416514d7...
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
Coming up - an artist who makes wildly colourful, participatory artworks & is preoccupied with ideas of losing oneself, the possibility of being obliterated, which, I think sits well with the reflections, anxieties, and celebrations that end-of-year festivities can bring.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Coming up - an artist who makes wildly colourful, participatory artworks & is preoccupied with ideas of losing oneself, the possibility of being obliterated, which, I think sits well with the reflections, anxieties, and celebrations that end-of-year festivities can bring.
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Sarah Evans snowy landscapes are firmly on my wish list.
Sarah Evans, contemporary Welsh artist and landscape painter #womensart
December 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Sarah Evans snowy landscapes are firmly on my wish list.
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Across the UK, our team are experiencing the variety of British Winter weather, but we're already planning for Spring!
Submissions for our Spring issue are OPEN!
Please be sure to read our submission guidelines before submitting via our form at the bottom of the page.
acoupofowls.com/submissions/
Submissions for our Spring issue are OPEN!
Please be sure to read our submission guidelines before submitting via our form at the bottom of the page.
acoupofowls.com/submissions/
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December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Across the UK, our team are experiencing the variety of British Winter weather, but we're already planning for Spring!
Submissions for our Spring issue are OPEN!
Please be sure to read our submission guidelines before submitting via our form at the bottom of the page.
acoupofowls.com/submissions/
Submissions for our Spring issue are OPEN!
Please be sure to read our submission guidelines before submitting via our form at the bottom of the page.
acoupofowls.com/submissions/
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Someone just asked me how to make #poetrycommunity connections. So I'm reposting all my starter packs about #poetsonbluesky starting with this starter pack of poets seeking a publisher for their collection. Please follow, share, repost. Thank you! #booksky #poetry
December 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Someone just asked me how to make #poetrycommunity connections. So I'm reposting all my starter packs about #poetsonbluesky starting with this starter pack of poets seeking a publisher for their collection. Please follow, share, repost. Thank you! #booksky #poetry