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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'You and Kate are you-and-Kate with no interruption and that is how you love me.'
You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving Me by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving Me by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
Lil sneak preview of who’s coming to you soon in our Joy micro issue. Expect it out soon. templeinacity.com/joy/ templeinacity.com/joy/
Temple in a City literary journal
Contributors to JOY, a special pop-up edition of Temple in a City literary journal.
templeinacity.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
'You and Kate are you-and-Kate with no interruption and that is how you love me.'
You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving Me by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
You-and-Kate in a Field, Loving Me by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social
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In November's Art & Flash there will be puppets & costumes & love. We’ll think about the bodies we inhabit and the bodies we create. Bring along a beloved character you can’t stop writing about for an hour or writing and art appreciation.
🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In November's Art & Flash there will be puppets & costumes & love. We’ll think about the bodies we inhabit and the bodies we create. Bring along a beloved character you can’t stop writing about for an hour or writing and art appreciation.
🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
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Booking for our next online salon, 28 Jan is open!
Amazing line-up of readers
Host @kiklodge.bsky.social
Quiz and community
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...
Amazing line-up of readers
Host @kiklodge.bsky.social
Quiz and community
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Booking for our next online salon, 28 Jan is open!
Amazing line-up of readers
Host @kiklodge.bsky.social
Quiz and community
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...
Amazing line-up of readers
Host @kiklodge.bsky.social
Quiz and community
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/european-w...
In November's Art & Flash there will be puppets & costumes & love. We’ll think about the bodies we inhabit and the bodies we create. Bring along a beloved character you can’t stop writing about for an hour or writing and art appreciation.
🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In November's Art & Flash there will be puppets & costumes & love. We’ll think about the bodies we inhabit and the bodies we create. Bring along a beloved character you can’t stop writing about for an hour or writing and art appreciation.
🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
🔗 buytickets.at/anikacarpenter
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
UK friends who, like me, might have some relatives thinking of voting Reform, you might want to tell them about this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
UK friends who, like me, might have some relatives thinking of voting Reform, you might want to tell them about this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions of previously published work on November 24th
💡 ANNOUNCEMENT! 💡
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions on NOVEMBER 24, 2025!
We can't wait to read your incredible previously published work!
Submission Guidelines — Bulb Culture Collective
www.bulbculturecollective.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Bulb Culture Collective will be reopening for submissions of previously published work on November 24th
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Blessèd Samhain, everyone!
We're still looking for submissions for our micro-excerpt, #63. ≤200 words. If you can fit it in that little room, send it along!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're still looking for submissions for our micro-excerpt, #63. ≤200 words. If you can fit it in that little room, send it along!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Gone Lawn : Submission Guidelines
gonelawn.net
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Blessèd Samhain, everyone!
We're still looking for submissions for our micro-excerpt, #63. ≤200 words. If you can fit it in that little room, send it along!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
We're still looking for submissions for our micro-excerpt, #63. ≤200 words. If you can fit it in that little room, send it along!
gonelawn.net/journal/glj_...
Sign me up!
October 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Sign me up!
Poets @kiklodge.bsky.social wants you!
Kik’s bloomin’ lovely and does great stuff with @saloneurope.bsky.social who run brilliant online and in-person events for writers.
Kik’s bloomin’ lovely and does great stuff with @saloneurope.bsky.social who run brilliant online and in-person events for writers.
On a poet hunt. Any word welders up for online open-miking on 28th January? @saloneurope.bsky.social
a black and white photo of a man with the word poetry in pink letters
ALT: a black and white photo of a man with the word poetry in pink letters
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October 31, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Poets @kiklodge.bsky.social wants you!
Kik’s bloomin’ lovely and does great stuff with @saloneurope.bsky.social who run brilliant online and in-person events for writers.
Kik’s bloomin’ lovely and does great stuff with @saloneurope.bsky.social who run brilliant online and in-person events for writers.
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Love this gentle, funny podcast. This week there’s a weasel in pjs and...tax returns.
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Episode 6: Easel Peasel Lemon Weasel
Podcast Episode · Inside the Lines · 16/10/2025 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Love this gentle, funny podcast. This week there’s a weasel in pjs and...tax returns.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
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Submissions for issue 21 are open until midnight IST on Friday 31 October ✍️
Submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) are open until 31 October! Submission guidelines are at the link below. We're looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays! ✨
bansheepress.org/submit
bansheepress.org/submit
Submit — Banshee Press
Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October. We are also accepting submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) until 31 October!
bansheepress.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Submissions for issue 21 are open until midnight IST on Friday 31 October ✍️
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I'm running an online workshop: 'Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There' for WestWord on 22 Nov 📚
www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...
www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...
Buy tickets – Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There – Zoom
Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There – Zoom, Sat 22 Nov 2025 - Curious about how to move from publishing standalone flash to a body of work? This 2-hour workshop breaks down everyth...
www.tickettailor.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I'm running an online workshop: 'Creating Flash Collections: Getting Your Work Out There' for WestWord on 22 Nov 📚
www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...
www.tickettailor.com/events/westw...
Love this gentle, funny podcast. This week there’s a weasel in pjs and...tax returns.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Episode 6: Easel Peasel Lemon Weasel
Podcast Episode · Inside the Lines · 16/10/2025 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Love this gentle, funny podcast. This week there’s a weasel in pjs and...tax returns.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
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Struggling Irish creatives have been given good news. Ireland’s Basic Income for Artists pilot scheme has been made a permanent fixture.
Would a basic income scheme for artists work in the UK?
www.bigissue.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Struggling Irish creatives have been given good news. Ireland’s Basic Income for Artists pilot scheme has been made a permanent fixture.
Mara Livermore is conducting research into how people in the British Isles engage with their ancestors. Any kind of engagement with 'ancestors' - literary, personal, familial, natural, qualifies. If this applies to you, she’d love to hear about it -
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Microsoft Forms
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October 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Mara Livermore is conducting research into how people in the British Isles engage with their ancestors. Any kind of engagement with 'ancestors' - literary, personal, familial, natural, qualifies. If this applies to you, she’d love to hear about it -
forms.office.com/e/z35tjxcxRW
forms.office.com/e/z35tjxcxRW
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‘...not even enough room for their hands holding tight to the hem of her skirt, not even for their overtired tears...'
The Suitcase of Lost Belongings by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/10/09/t...
The Suitcase of Lost Belongings by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/10/09/t...
The Suitcase of Lost Belongings ~ by Rosaleen Lynch
She can’t take her children in the suitcase. They would fit if she emptied it. They could top and tail in the folds of the quilt she made of their clothes, but there’s not even enough room for thei…
milkcandyreview.home.blog
October 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
‘...not even enough room for their hands holding tight to the hem of her skirt, not even for their overtired tears...'
The Suitcase of Lost Belongings by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/10/09/t...
The Suitcase of Lost Belongings by @rosaleenlynch.bsky.social
milkcandyreview.home.blog/2025/10/09/t...
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At the heart of this month's Art & Flash - dreams, sex and rebellion! Join me for an hour of writing and art appreciation in the company of one of surrealism’s lesser-known artists.
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
At the heart of this month's Art & Flash - dreams, sex and rebellion! Join me for an hour of writing and art appreciation in the company of one of surrealism’s lesser-known artists.
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
At the heart of this month's Art & Flash - dreams, sex and rebellion! Join me for an hour of writing and art appreciation in the company of one of surrealism’s lesser-known artists.
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
October 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
At the heart of this month's Art & Flash - dreams, sex and rebellion! Join me for an hour of writing and art appreciation in the company of one of surrealism’s lesser-known artists.
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
#ekphrastic #writingworkshop
www.tickettailor.com/events/anika...
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1924
'Several years after hearing of its existence, I have at last got my hands on a copy of Zamyatin's We, which is one of the literary curiosities of this book-burning age.’ - George Orwell, 1946
#BannedBooksWeek
'Several years after hearing of its existence, I have at last got my hands on a copy of Zamyatin's We, which is one of the literary curiosities of this book-burning age.’ - George Orwell, 1946
#BannedBooksWeek
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1924
'Several years after hearing of its existence, I have at last got my hands on a copy of Zamyatin's We, which is one of the literary curiosities of this book-burning age.’ - George Orwell, 1946
#BannedBooksWeek
'Several years after hearing of its existence, I have at last got my hands on a copy of Zamyatin's We, which is one of the literary curiosities of this book-burning age.’ - George Orwell, 1946
#BannedBooksWeek
The @failingwriters.bsky.social #flashfiction competition is open.
Word count: 300
Prize: £500
Full details via the podcast👇
Word count: 300
Prize: £500
Full details via the podcast👇
May I alert you to a rather joyful £500 writing competition you perhaps didn’t know you needed in your life, but in fact absolutely do…?
www.failingwriterspodcast.com
#flashfiction
www.failingwriterspodcast.com
#flashfiction
The Failing Writers Podcast - the world's bestest writing podcast ever... probably
The Failing Writers Podcast is a writing podcast for everyone who has ever wanted to write a book... then put the kettle on instead.
www.failingwriterspodcast.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The @failingwriters.bsky.social #flashfiction competition is open.
Word count: 300
Prize: £500
Full details via the podcast👇
Word count: 300
Prize: £500
Full details via the podcast👇
These are great! The readings are always so good and so varied. And @kiklodge.bsky.social is a wonderful host.
Join us for our quarterly Online Open Mic Salon, with our effervescent host, @kiklodge.bsky.social
As usual, it will feature gripping readings and a highly serious quiz
Reading spots are full this round, but join our Substack, if you’re not already on it, to hear about these when they’re announced
As usual, it will feature gripping readings and a highly serious quiz
Reading spots are full this round, but join our Substack, if you’re not already on it, to hear about these when they’re announced
October 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
These are great! The readings are always so good and so varied. And @kiklodge.bsky.social is a wonderful host.
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Thank you for having me @paragraphplanet.bsky.social 🙏
"The Secret to Aging Well" by Anika Carpenter @StillSquirrel.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity
Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your
paragraph today.
A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
paragraphplanet.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Thank you for having me @paragraphplanet.bsky.social 🙏
Thank you for having me @paragraphplanet.bsky.social 🙏
"The Secret to Aging Well" by Anika Carpenter @StillSquirrel.bsky.social is today's 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity
Creative writing website for authors and readers. 75 words, changing daily. Submit your
paragraph today.
A flash fiction website for writers and readers. One 75 word tale published daily. Plus author interviews and writing group map
paragraphplanet.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Thank you for having me @paragraphplanet.bsky.social 🙏