Anthea
@writeranthea.bsky.social
Writer | Screenwriter
Into words, play, playing with words, wording with play
she/her
https://www.antheajones.net/
Into words, play, playing with words, wording with play
she/her
https://www.antheajones.net/
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Anthea
@writeranthea.bsky.social
· Nov 18
script: Bird Brains - EGG+FROG
Script. Bird Brains, by Anthea Jones. INT. SADIE’S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY Adorable SADIE (age 7) sits on the sofa, all pigtails and...
eggplusfrog.com
So proud that my odd-ball little screenplay has won 3rd place in the third round of EGG+FROG's Inspirathlon 2024!
Get your weird on and read it here:
eggplusfrog.com/script-bird-...
#microfiction #weirdfiction #bizarro #screenwriting
Get your weird on and read it here:
eggplusfrog.com/script-bird-...
#microfiction #weirdfiction #bizarro #screenwriting
Thanks for another wild weekend #furiousfiction #writing
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Thanks for another wild weekend #furiousfiction #writing
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We've been hinting for a while, but now the secret is out!
The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is changing in 2026, and you'll hear all about it in this special announcement of the podcast!
Please like and share to help us get the word out, and let us know what you think in the comments 👇
The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is changing in 2026, and you'll hear all about it in this special announcement of the podcast!
Please like and share to help us get the word out, and let us know what you think in the comments 👇
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
We've been hinting for a while, but now the secret is out!
The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is changing in 2026, and you'll hear all about it in this special announcement of the podcast!
Please like and share to help us get the word out, and let us know what you think in the comments 👇
The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is changing in 2026, and you'll hear all about it in this special announcement of the podcast!
Please like and share to help us get the word out, and let us know what you think in the comments 👇
Hmmm I feel like I know which team I’ll pick, but who knows, maybe I’ll go rogue!
We've been hinting for a while, but now the secret is out!
The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is changing in 2026, and you'll hear all about it in this special announcement of the podcast!
Please like and share to help us get the word out, and let us know what you think in the comments 👇
The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is changing in 2026, and you'll hear all about it in this special announcement of the podcast!
Please like and share to help us get the word out, and let us know what you think in the comments 👇
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Hmmm I feel like I know which team I’ll pick, but who knows, maybe I’ll go rogue!
It’s not always easy to find a forever home for the joyful stories so I’m thrilled The Lit Nerds have published ‘Wise Women Wanted’ the cozy fantasy that started life @writingbattle.bsky.social thelitnerds.com/2025/11/06/w...
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It’s not always easy to find a forever home for the joyful stories so I’m thrilled The Lit Nerds have published ‘Wise Women Wanted’ the cozy fantasy that started life @writingbattle.bsky.social thelitnerds.com/2025/11/06/w...
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Keep your eyes and ears peeled this Friday (Sydney Time) as we announce the new prompt format for the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction in 2026 and beyond...
We hope you'll embrace the new format - it promises to be lots of fun!
We hope you'll embrace the new format - it promises to be lots of fun!
November 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Keep your eyes and ears peeled this Friday (Sydney Time) as we announce the new prompt format for the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction in 2026 and beyond...
We hope you'll embrace the new format - it promises to be lots of fun!
We hope you'll embrace the new format - it promises to be lots of fun!
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Starting Nov 8! That's this coming Saturday! Promptember is free. Yep. A huge number of write-in and open mic events Nov 8-Dec 14, and this one is on us. Come write with us. Events are planned for various timezones. Do one a week, three, or all if you never sleep. www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
Ready for Promptember 2025? - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join the SmokeLong community for Promptember, a mysterious intermonth happening between November and December of live write-in events designed to light a fire under your writing life. Participate in o...
www.smokelong.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Starting Nov 8! That's this coming Saturday! Promptember is free. Yep. A huge number of write-in and open mic events Nov 8-Dec 14, and this one is on us. Come write with us. Events are planned for various timezones. Do one a week, three, or all if you never sleep. www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...
This was one of those once a year occasions where I went from idea to draft in 30 minutes and not much changed. Now to figure out how to tap that secret story vein more often… thanks @notquitewrite.com for all the anti-prompt fun, can’t wait for 2026 #writingcontest #writingcommunity
October 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This was one of those once a year occasions where I went from idea to draft in 30 minutes and not much changed. Now to figure out how to tap that secret story vein more often… thanks @notquitewrite.com for all the anti-prompt fun, can’t wait for 2026 #writingcontest #writingcommunity
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Today's story is "Jeanie with a "J" by Caro Robson.
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/jeanie-wit...
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/jeanie-wit...
October 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today's story is "Jeanie with a "J" by Caro Robson.
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/jeanie-wit...
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/jeanie-wit...
Quest stories are so playful and definitely one of my writing happy places. I had so much fun writing this drabble and it's found the perfect home @ratbaglit.bsky.social Dive into the Rat Pack and come play with all the weird little stories!
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/town-ghost...
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/town-ghost...
TOWN GHOST COUNTRY GHOST (VILLAGE QUEST 2)
By Anthea Jones
ratbaglit.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Quest stories are so playful and definitely one of my writing happy places. I had so much fun writing this drabble and it's found the perfect home @ratbaglit.bsky.social Dive into the Rat Pack and come play with all the weird little stories!
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/town-ghost...
ratbaglit.substack.com/p/town-ghost...
www.writingbattle.com/join-battle I joined the upcoming Fear Flash Fiction Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on Oct 5, 2025! @writingbattle.bsky.social
#flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky
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#flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky
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Writing Battle — Write. Read. Win.
Write. Read. Win. A competitive writing platform for storytellers around the world.
Receive oodles of feedback.
Join the most supportive writing community on the web. You up for the chal...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
www.writingbattle.com/join-battle I joined the upcoming Fear Flash Fiction Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on Oct 5, 2025! @writingbattle.bsky.social
#flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky
Join the Battle and Learn More
#flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky
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Excited to have 100 words in issue #50 of ScribesMICRO!
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/
Issue 50
* Managing Editor: Edward Ahern * * Associate Editor: Alison McBain * * Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas * * Poetry Editor: Mary Keating * ...
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October 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Excited to have 100 words in issue #50 of ScribesMICRO!
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/
Thrilled to have this little piece in @micromancemagazine.bsky.social today! So many flashbacks to my own high school days while writing this one.
micromancemagazine.substack.com/p/theoretica...
micromancemagazine.substack.com/p/theoretica...
Theoretical Love
By Anthea Jones
micromancemagazine.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Thrilled to have this little piece in @micromancemagazine.bsky.social today! So many flashbacks to my own high school days while writing this one.
micromancemagazine.substack.com/p/theoretica...
micromancemagazine.substack.com/p/theoretica...
Historical fiction for the second contest in a row… why? Thank you @nycmidnight.bsky.social for bringing this pleasure/pain into my life. Good luck everyone scrambling in the last few hours!
September 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Historical fiction for the second contest in a row… why? Thank you @nycmidnight.bsky.social for bringing this pleasure/pain into my life. Good luck everyone scrambling in the last few hours!
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I was thinking recently about how much I missed writing dialogue. This piece I wrote for the "my body, my choice" inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary uses lots of dialogue and is very short. I'd love for you to read it and the whole amazing debut issue! 💙
hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/
hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/
Wyoming - Hot Flash Literary
It’s the time of the Great Evacuation. That’s what my friend Jess calls it. I’ve been bleeding all over the place. My body is emptying itself out. It’s undignified. And painful. Out for coffee with J...
hotflashliterary.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I was thinking recently about how much I missed writing dialogue. This piece I wrote for the "my body, my choice" inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary uses lots of dialogue and is very short. I'd love for you to read it and the whole amazing debut issue! 💙
hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/
hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/
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The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 🏆 until Sep 30!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
September 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 🏆 until Sep 30!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!
More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!
I love this audio so much! Thank you foofaraw 🥳
🦆 Questmas Quackers by Anthea Jones https://foofaraw.press/questmas-quackers-by-anthea-jones/
🦆 Questmas Quackers by Anthea Jones
an quazy adventure
foofaraw.press
September 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I love this audio so much! Thank you foofaraw 🥳
I am so impressed with that stamina to keep submitting! You deserve all the accolades 🥳
This story racked up 19 rejections before @yourimpossiblevoice.com took it. This BOTN nomination means a lot to me. Thank you @keithjpowell.com 🙏🏾
Written in a @lumchanmfa.bsky.social workshop. Mahalo, my friend 🧡
Read it here: yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...
Written in a @lumchanmfa.bsky.social workshop. Mahalo, my friend 🧡
Read it here: yourimpossiblevoice.com/when-i-final...
September 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I am so impressed with that stamina to keep submitting! You deserve all the accolades 🥳
Pips #14 Hard 🔴
1:29
Scratching an itch I didn’t know I had
1:29
Scratching an itch I didn’t know I had
September 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Pips #14 Hard 🔴
1:29
Scratching an itch I didn’t know I had
1:29
Scratching an itch I didn’t know I had
Yes.
All of the yeses.
I love Erin’s brain so much.
All of the yeses.
I love Erin’s brain so much.
🚗 Eroticauto (AKA: A Carlequin Romance AKA: 50 Shades of Grease) by Erin Brandt Filliter https://foofaraw.press/eroticauto-by-erin-brandt-filliter/
🚗 Eroticauto (AKA: A Carlequin Romance AKA: 50 Shades of Grease) by Erin Brandt Filliter
an engine gets a bit too steamy
foofaraw.press
August 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Yes.
All of the yeses.
I love Erin’s brain so much.
All of the yeses.
I love Erin’s brain so much.
Fangirl moment! This could not have happened to a more generous person - what goes around comes around. Huge congratulations to Christy.
A huge congratulations to Christy Hartman (Canada) for winning the 100-word Microfiction Challenge for the second consecutive year with her final round story, "Impossible Choice." Check out the full list of 2025 winners at nycmidnight.co/4p1p5KM. Thanks to all who participated!
Final Round Results 2025 — nycmidnight
The results are in for the Final Round of the 100-word Microfiction Challenge 2025! This page contains the top 10 stories and honorable mentions from the final round of the competition.
nycmidnight.co
August 28, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Fangirl moment! This could not have happened to a more generous person - what goes around comes around. Huge congratulations to Christy.
August 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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@skyislandjournal.bsky.social really are the best. They sent this postcard (a real, honest-to-god paper postcard!) all the way to Osaka to inform me of my publication date.
Here's the story in question if you haven't read it:
www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...
Here's the story in question if you haven't read it:
www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...
August 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
@skyislandjournal.bsky.social really are the best. They sent this postcard (a real, honest-to-god paper postcard!) all the way to Osaka to inform me of my publication date.
Here's the story in question if you haven't read it:
www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...
Here's the story in question if you haven't read it:
www.skyislandjournal.com/issues#/issu...