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Showcase: Aberfan Angels + Hens + Five, Ten And Five Hundred More + Curlew Song

11 January 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dan Cross “There are dark shadows on earth, but its lights are stronger in contrast.” Charles Dickens. The Showcase theme this month is 'Contradictions' and, this week, I've selected submitted works with a more morbid nature but which, nonetheless, contrast overt darkness with light and hope. These submissions help to illustrate ...

Showcase: Weeds Unwilled + Sonnet II + Respect The Ding

04 January 2023 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Dan Cross As a former editor of Write On! Showcase, I'm delighted to be back as this month’s guest editor and to kick off 2023 with such an impressive selection of talented and diverse writers and poets. What an extraordinary privilege it is for me to read such creative, insightful, ...

Showcase: Snowed In + The Last Train Home + Dreams Have Jurisdictions Only Over Ourselves

28 December 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Julie Dexter Welcome to my final creative writing Showcase this December. I'd like to begin with this artwork, Dark Fantastic Sunworship, by Simon Pemberton. (c) Simon Pemberton, 2022 You can connect with Simon at his website: simonpemberton.com and follow him on Twitter: @pemberton_simon and Instagram: @pemberton.simon ***** In this startling short story, a warning reminder to collect ...

Showcase: My Mother’s Sherry Trifle + Christmas At Home

21 December 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Julie Dexter Welcome to my third December Showcase, and may I wish you all warm winter Season's Greetings! This week, preparations for all sorts of Christmas menus – family ones, charitable, as well as restaurants – will be well underway. So what could be better than a recipe for a delicious ...

Showcase: Snow + A Thought On Houses, Homes And Corners + Away From Home + Flash Fiction

14 December 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Julie Dexter Welcome to our second Showcase of December, continuing with our theme of Home. I hope everyone is endeavouring to keep warm now that the weather has turned decidedly chilly! (c) Rhyv Cota, 2020 Let's begin with a beautifully written, seasonal poem by Deputy Editor, Claire Buss. Snow The frozen flakes of water ...

Showcase: A Philosophy Of Home + Home + Calm And Chaos + Home Again + How Lucky We Are + At Home

07 December 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Julie Dexter Welcome to the first of four December Showcases. I'm delighted to be the editor for this month, which will see us navigate the shorter days and begin the festive and winter solstice period. Continuing with the theme of Home, I’d like to open with a piece by a ...

Showcase: Snorp’s Adventure + Worlds Apart + Don’t Be Scared + A Place To Call Home + High Tide + Country Church + Autumn + Kawlata Soup

30 November 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Welcome to my final November Showcase. I hope you've enjoyed all the wonderful writing! My search for writers took me to the Edinburgh Book Festival for the first time and then to The Word Library hub in South Shields, where they have a new project: Meet The Author. ...

Showcase: The Dinner Club + Rock God Complex + Inkcap & The Nethers + Inkcap & The Blight Of The Bonnets

23 November 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Welcome to the fourth November Showcase. This week we have three very different Northern writers: Dr Tracey Iceton, debut author Helen Aitchison and Kylie Dixon, illustrator and children’s writer. Helen Aitchison wrote The Dinner Club during lockdown and her talent for observing and writing about people’s behaviour is exquisite. The ...

Showcase: Daniela + Martina + Elaine + Live For The Now + Life Of Augustus + The Homeless + Mermaid Of The Tyne + The Coral Mother

16 November 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle Welcome to my third Showcase. I have a variety of poems by Maltese, Welsh and English poets and a fantasy story by a talented Peruvian writer. In the first three, Nicole Piscopo's magical writing links our senses to nature’s powerful elements. Daniela I like watching lightning in a storm Because a part ...

Showcase: I Was But A Boy + Extract From The Midwife And Birth In The Maltese Community In The 20th Century + Diabetes! + The Link Between Anxiety And Binge Eating

09 November 2022 News, WriteOn Showcase

By Mirabel Lavelle This weekend, we commemorate Armistice Day, when at 11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month we remember those who lost their lives for the freedom of their homeland. Poppy wreaths are laid down in memory of each life extinguished. My first choice for today is a ...

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