
Madeleine Armstrong
@madeleine_write
Writer; runner; winner @hhpublish1 short story 2023; published by @TrashCatLit @nationalflashfd @HooghlyReview @LondonISP @flashficmag & WestWord
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Answer to another query: Yes, we would absolutely love diversityβof culture, ethnicity, geography, gender, genre, etc.βin the stories for this anthology. By all means we want it to be π»ππ π΄πππ π³ππππ ππ π¨ππππ π¨. Subs window: July 1-31 thehooghlyreview.com/guidelines-speβ¦

I can finally reveal the news I've been sitting on since January...my YA novel was longlisted by Mslexia β¨. Unfortunately it got no further, but it gave me the kick up the arse I needed to finish the second draft (in two weeks, arghhh). I'll be embarking on the next edit soon...



Really chuffed to have a piece published in the brilliant fussub mag | SUBS OPEN today: The Great Extinction


Humour short stories (fiction/CNF) 500β2000 words Publication in print by Bare Bones Publishing Send your finest literary humour to π»ππ π©πππ π©ππππ π©πππ ππ π―πππππ. Submissions open June 15 Guidelines π barebonespublishing.in/2025/05/29/calβ¦ Help spread the word.

Yay, an acceptance from Micromance Magazine π₯°. In less than a day! Those guys move FAST!


There are only a few short weeks left to submit to the Frazzled Lit Short Story Award judged by the wonderful Nuala O'Connor. Here is an amazing story from Judy Darley frazzledlit.com/p/tall-girl-an⦠If you're sitting on something you love. Please send it! We'd love to see it.


My story, 'Three-Child Rule', will be joining the Flash Flood on 14 June at 12:15pm. Thank you, National Flash Fiction Day! Can't wait to read all the other fabulous stories π

I've joined the flood! Thanks National Flash Fiction Day β€οΈ




π’ Submissions are open for The Bare Bones Book of Humour, edited by Ankit Raj Ojha, & The Bare Bones Book of Speculative Fiction, edited by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury. Send your stories to the forthcoming print anthologies from Bare Bones Publishing. Guidelines π barebonespublishing.in/submissions/


Congratulations to the winners of our Spring 2025 Charity Flash Competition in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Trust We gave Jude Higgins a tough job. You can read the winning stories here. Bad luck to the other shortlisted stories - they were all fab thepropellingpencil.com/spring-2025-coβ¦

