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December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM

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Paul Connolly

@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social

Morning Big Man. I had the pleasure this weekend of reading @walklistencreate.org’s beautiful chapbook anthology of shortlisted works for the Walking in the Dark competition. @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social & @elizafevwrites.bsky.social were the winners. The anthology can be obtained from WLC this week

Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 6d

An immense pleasure today to receive from @walklistencreate.org the anthology of shortlisted poems & stories in the Walking in the Dark competition (supporting Women Walking, the City, at Night). Beautifully presented. My poem Devon Gothic is accompanied by a wonderfully atmospheric image

December 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM

Penny Walker

@penny-walker-sd.bsky.social

Very excited about this! Especially the part of the prize which is being a writer in residence - what will happen?!

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Following a public Showcase event earlier today, at which the authors who had poems and stories shortlisted in our annual Write About Walking writing competition, that this year had the theme of “In T...

December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM

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elizafevwrites.bsky.social

@elizafevwrites.bsky.social

I'm over the moon that my poem, Nightstepper, has won the poetry prize in the @walklistencreate.org 'Walking in the Dark' competition. Congratulations to all who were part of this lovely evening of words, and to the judges for their generous comments.

walk · listen · create @walklistencreate.org · 3d

Penny Walker for her story Seeing the Moon and Elizabeth Fevyer for her poem Nightstepper are the winners of our annual Write About Walking competition, collecting the prize of becoming our writers-in-residence for 2025/26. Poetry judge and out-going poet-in-residence, Damaris West commented on the poetry entries: “Judging the ‘In the dark’ competition was not an

November 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Penny Walker

@penny-walker-sd.bsky.social

Thank you to all the judges, team, fellow writers. Can’t wait to see what everyone does next! #AmWriting #FlashFiction #SpeculativeFiction

walk · listen · create @walklistencreate.org · 3d

Penny Walker for her story Seeing the Moon and Elizabeth Fevyer for her poem Nightstepper are the winners of our annual Write About Walking competition, collecting the prize of becoming our writers-in-residence for 2025/26. Poetry judge and out-going poet-in-residence, Damaris West commented on the poetry entries: “Judging the ‘In the dark’ competition was not an

November 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM

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walk · listen · create

@walklistencreate.org

Penny Walker for her story Seeing the Moon and Elizabeth Fevyer for her poem Nightstepper are the winners of our annual Write About Walking competition, collecting the prize of becoming our writers-in-residence for 2025/26. Poetry judge and out-going poet-in-residence, Damaris West commented on the poetry entries: “Judging the ‘In the dark’ competition was not an

November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM

Penny Walker

@penny-walker-sd.bsky.social

Absolutely delighted that 'Seeing the Moon', a Tithingdale story, has won the fiction section of this competition.

Thank you @chantallyons.bsky.social for your very kind words - that's what I'd hoped for and you saw it in this very short story.

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Penny Walker for her story Seeing the Moon and Elizabeth Fevyer for her poem Nightstepper are the winners of our annual Write About Walking competition, collecting the prize of becoming our writers-...

November 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM

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Eleanor Holmes | Eliot North

@eleanorholmes.bsky.social

Congratulations 🥳 to very deserving winners for @walklistencreate.org ‘Writing In The Dark’ competition @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social and @elizafevwrites.bsky.social - such a wonderful evening of prose & poetry this evening and fab awareness raising of the work Walk | Write | Create do 🎉

walk · listen · create @walklistencreate.org · 3d

Penny Walker for her story Seeing the Moon and Elizabeth Fevyer for her poem Nightstepper are the winners of our annual Write About Walking competition, collecting the prize of becoming our writers-in-residence for 2025/26. Poetry judge and out-going poet-in-residence, Damaris West commented on the poetry entries: “Judging the ‘In the dark’ competition was not an

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November 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Penny Walker

@penny-walker-sd.bsky.social

So this happened! Thanks so much to all the other writers and poets, judges, organisers… 🌓 @walklistencreate.org @electrarhodes.bsky.social

Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 3d

And huge congratulations go to the story winner @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social and poetry winner @elizafevwrites.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Thanks to @walklistencreate.org for a brilliant evening and to the judges Chantal Lyon’s, Matthew Beaumont, Damaris West & @marcellenewbold.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏

November 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM

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Paul Connolly

@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social

And huge congratulations go to the story winner @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social and poetry winner @elizafevwrites.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Thanks to @walklistencreate.org for a brilliant evening and to the judges Chantal Lyon’s, Matthew Beaumont, Damaris West & @marcellenewbold.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏

November 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM

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elizafevwrites.bsky.social

@elizafevwrites.bsky.social

Thank you so much, Paul!! Congrats to @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social and to all of the long- and shortlistees! With thanks to the poetry judges Damaris West end @marcellenewbold.bsky.social

Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 3d

And huge congratulations go to the story winner @penny-walker-sd.bsky.social and poetry winner @elizafevwrites.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Thanks to @walklistencreate.org for a brilliant evening and to the judges Chantal Lyon’s, Matthew Beaumont, Damaris West & @marcellenewbold.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏

November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM

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Laura Theis

@lauratheis.bsky.social

And here is the link to the Showcase Reading at 5pm today! us02web.zoom.us/j/8413553675...

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November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM

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Laura Theis

@lauratheis.bsky.social

Today at 5pm we'll be celebrating this beautiful little anthology of stories and poems about Walking in the Dark

And if you can't make today's online reading, you can also listen to an audio version of the poem performed by the actress Mel Sutton here: write.walklistencreate.org/.../moonligh...

November 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM

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Erin Bondo

@erinbondo.com

Just got mine as well, the illustrations are fantastic! Looking forward to the showcase 😊💜

November 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Penny Walker

@penny-walker-sd.bsky.social

It’s here! The chapbook with short-listed poems and stories, including Seeing the Moon. Thank you @walklistencreate.org and see you on Sunday for the showcase. #AmWritingFiction #FlashFiction #SpeculativeFiction

Photograph of the cover of a chapbook called Walking in the Dark. The book sits on a pale blue blanket. The cover includes a picture of many different characters walking a neighbourhood at night.

A photograph of two pages with the text of a story called Seeing the Moon by Penny Walker, inside a chapbook called Walking in the Dark. There is a lino cut style image of a girl wearing glasses, in yellow, blue and black.

November 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM

Penny Walker

@penny-walker-sd.bsky.social

Very interesting live edit of Thrutopian poetry the other evening, including this idea about timescales: Thrutopian writing is about solutions ‘at walking pace from here’. Thanks to Bending The Arc Magazine poetry editors for the conversation. substack.com/@bendingthea...

Photograph of the soles of a pair of walking boots, the outer heels worn away, sitting on a wooden table. There is writing overlaid on the picture which says "At walking pace from here"

November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM

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Paul Connolly

@thepaulconnolly.bsky.social

Really looking forward to this showcase event on Sunday November 30th for all the shortlisted authors in @walklistencreate.org’s Walking in the Dark competition (supporting the great Women Walking, the City, at Night campaign). Tickets available in the link below
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Write About Walking In The Dark Showcase

Write About Walking In The Dark Showcase event introduces new writing from 11 shortlisted authors of the walk · listen · create annual writing competition and includes readings of their poetry and pro...