Shannon Savvas
@shannonsavvas.bsky.social
Winner: WTR Phyllis Grant Zellmer Prize for fiction 2023; Fish SS Prize 21/22, Cuirt NWP 2019, Flash500 (2019), Reflex FF (2018). Pushcart nominated 2020. Kiwi in exile. Heart all over the place.
Pleased to be a finalist in the Moonlit Short Fiction contest. Good luck to the other finalists. www.moonlitgetaway.com/submit/short...
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Pleased to be a finalist in the Moonlit Short Fiction contest. Good luck to the other finalists. www.moonlitgetaway.com/submit/short...
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The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The 2026 lit mag rankings are now available from my website! They include an overall ranking, as well as separate rankings for fiction, flash fiction, non-fiction and poetry. If you find these helpful, please show your support by liking & sharing 🙏
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New Zealand nominees are Becky Manawatu, Dominic Hoey and our colleagues Tina Makereti and Damien Wilkins - congrats everyone!
So heartily deserved: @minon.bsky.social one of the OZ nominees for the @dublinlitaward.bsky.social with his debut novel, First Name Second Name! dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new...
2026 Nominations Revealed - Dublin Literary Award
dublinliteraryaward.ie
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
New Zealand nominees are Becky Manawatu, Dominic Hoey and our colleagues Tina Makereti and Damien Wilkins - congrats everyone!
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The perfect headline.
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The perfect headline.
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Last few spaces on my small museums & mental health w'shop this Sat 8 Nov
I'll teach you neuroscience of how Tetris,Lego & arranging collections like this👇 help our brains deal with stress & lift mood;we'll make small museums together.
Also:30% off my Etsy:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
I'll teach you neuroscience of how Tetris,Lego & arranging collections like this👇 help our brains deal with stress & lift mood;we'll make small museums together.
Also:30% off my Etsy:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last few spaces on my small museums & mental health w'shop this Sat 8 Nov
I'll teach you neuroscience of how Tetris,Lego & arranging collections like this👇 help our brains deal with stress & lift mood;we'll make small museums together.
Also:30% off my Etsy:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
I'll teach you neuroscience of how Tetris,Lego & arranging collections like this👇 help our brains deal with stress & lift mood;we'll make small museums together.
Also:30% off my Etsy:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
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This is where my afternoon has descended to. I blame it on
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social. Introducing the IMPOSTROPHE, a punctuation mark for all the writers out there who need a way of representing their impostor syndrome on the page...
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social. Introducing the IMPOSTROPHE, a punctuation mark for all the writers out there who need a way of representing their impostor syndrome on the page...
October 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is where my afternoon has descended to. I blame it on
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social. Introducing the IMPOSTROPHE, a punctuation mark for all the writers out there who need a way of representing their impostor syndrome on the page...
@sugarpigblog.bsky.social. Introducing the IMPOSTROPHE, a punctuation mark for all the writers out there who need a way of representing their impostor syndrome on the page...
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The *other* one-state or two-state question in the Eastern Med.
Great discussion from @fionamullency.social on the impasse over Cyprus
Great discussion from @fionamullency.social on the impasse over Cyprus
The Cyprus "problems" and the dialogue of the deaf. There is not even consensus on defining the #Cyprob. The latest from our Director, Fiona Mullen. #Cyprus open.substack.com/pub/sapienta...
The Cyprus “problems” and the dialogue of the deaf
There is not even consensus on what the Cyprus problem is
open.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The *other* one-state or two-state question in the Eastern Med.
Great discussion from @fionamullency.social on the impasse over Cyprus
Great discussion from @fionamullency.social on the impasse over Cyprus
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"The question you have to ask Farage is, why is he deliberately lying about the facts?"
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September 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"The question you have to ask Farage is, why is he deliberately lying about the facts?"
x.com/GBNEWS/statu...
x.com/GBNEWS/statu...
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MUST SEE TV
Hakuna Maga-ta is just the beginning.
Hakuna Maga-ta is just the beginning.
September 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
MUST SEE TV
Hakuna Maga-ta is just the beginning.
Hakuna Maga-ta is just the beginning.
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We should all hope to live like Joy Cowley
We should all hope to live like Joy Cowley
The prolific New Zealand author might have found the secret to a happy life....
thespinoff.co.nz
September 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We should all hope to live like Joy Cowley
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There was no outrage from MAGA three months ago about this:
September 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
There was no outrage from MAGA three months ago about this:
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My Etsy shop's now open for my 5 sets of greetings cards:spring,summer,autumn,nature/botanical collections & tiny posies.I post to the US now too
I create each of my photos using recent neuroscientific research-looking at them shifts your brain away from fight or flight: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
I create each of my photos using recent neuroscientific research-looking at them shifts your brain away from fight or flight: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
September 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My Etsy shop's now open for my 5 sets of greetings cards:spring,summer,autumn,nature/botanical collections & tiny posies.I post to the US now too
I create each of my photos using recent neuroscientific research-looking at them shifts your brain away from fight or flight: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
I create each of my photos using recent neuroscientific research-looking at them shifts your brain away from fight or flight: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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It would be so great if you could RT my tweet above if you have a spare few seconds.
At the moment, due to a recent breakdown there's a limit to what I can manage work-wise & I make my living via my Etsy shop. Putting my shop in front of a few more eyes on here would help massively. Thankyou🌿🪶🐚
At the moment, due to a recent breakdown there's a limit to what I can manage work-wise & I make my living via my Etsy shop. Putting my shop in front of a few more eyes on here would help massively. Thankyou🌿🪶🐚
September 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It would be so great if you could RT my tweet above if you have a spare few seconds.
At the moment, due to a recent breakdown there's a limit to what I can manage work-wise & I make my living via my Etsy shop. Putting my shop in front of a few more eyes on here would help massively. Thankyou🌿🪶🐚
At the moment, due to a recent breakdown there's a limit to what I can manage work-wise & I make my living via my Etsy shop. Putting my shop in front of a few more eyes on here would help massively. Thankyou🌿🪶🐚
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Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
September 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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one more crime, zero accountability.
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
one more crime, zero accountability.
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NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
July 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
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Sadly the people who most need to watch this whole thing won’t. But we sure will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
July 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Sadly the people who most need to watch this whole thing won’t. But we sure will: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-W...
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
(Mehdi is not the one you want to bring the weak sauce to)
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Striking chart in new Economist.
Just look at lung cancer's mortality rate rise then fall
Corresponds almost exactly with the lobbying efforts by Big Tobacco to undermine efforts to limit their product's deadly impact - followed by when their influence waned.
Now need same for fossil fuels
Just look at lung cancer's mortality rate rise then fall
Corresponds almost exactly with the lobbying efforts by Big Tobacco to undermine efforts to limit their product's deadly impact - followed by when their influence waned.
Now need same for fossil fuels
July 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Striking chart in new Economist.
Just look at lung cancer's mortality rate rise then fall
Corresponds almost exactly with the lobbying efforts by Big Tobacco to undermine efforts to limit their product's deadly impact - followed by when their influence waned.
Now need same for fossil fuels
Just look at lung cancer's mortality rate rise then fall
Corresponds almost exactly with the lobbying efforts by Big Tobacco to undermine efforts to limit their product's deadly impact - followed by when their influence waned.
Now need same for fossil fuels