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**Flash Fiction Friday**Here's your prompt:Can you hear that?No more than 500 words, feel free to share your flash in the comments or submit to Write On! online. ...

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Bridget Jones author Helen Fielding has launched a new prize aimed at discovering funny diary writers from the north of England, saying opportunities across the UK are "very uneven".Read the article here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6wyd53yg9n1o**Marking the National Year of Reading 2026, LondonVerse is city-wide celebration of poetry brought to you by libraries across all 33 London boroughs. Share your voice, tell your story, and be part of something extraordinary.Submit your poetry londonverse.org**Nearly £13m in government funding has been announced to support 20 heritage sites in repairs and improvements including Margate Museum and Old Town Hall in Kent.Find out more: museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/20-sites-share-13m-in-government-heritage-funding**Prize Papers at The National Archives is a vast collection of letters, papers and objects from ships captured in wars around 1600–1860. They were used to judge if a vessel (called a ‘prize’) had been taken legally.Find out more: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/explore-by-time-period/georgians/the-prize-papers ...

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Defying Genre in Fantasy & Sci-Fi with Claire BussWhen: 27 November, 12.30-2.30pmWhere: Online£1.99Book Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-pen-to-print-defying-genre-in-fantasy-sci-fi-with-claire-buss-ticke...Explore new approaches to sci-fi and fantasy writing by reimagining familiar tropes, blending genres and creating unexpected stories.Bend the genre rules by exploring how to push the boundaries in sci-fi and fantasy writing and explore the magical realism next-door, the everyday science fiction that blends into the background and challenge trope expectations.This workshop will look at the traditional sub-genres often seen in sci-fi and fantasy and show you how to flip them, create the unexpected and write your characters journey despite the setting.Please come armed with your imagination! ...

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