Tag: writing

Sonder submissions

July 21, 2026

Sonder books invites submissions for four anthologies. One is for stories based on real sea shanties, one for tales of the afterlife. Another is for stories set in Cornwall, and the last for contributions to the story of Middle Itchenstoke, a fictional village which Sonder has created, complete with settings and a few characters which writers are free to use.

They’ve accepted my story ‘Seven Ways to Let Go’ for ‘The Great Beyond’!

Shaniqua Benjamin 13 July

July 2, 2026

At our meeting on 13 July Shaniqua Benjamin gave us an excellent talk about her writing and about being Croydon’s first poet laureate. She is pictured above with some of those who came along, holding one of the new Croydon Writers mugs which we presented to her. Besides being an accomplished poet, Shaniqua is a skilled facilitator and besides treating us to impressive performances of some of her work, she involved us all in a very lively and interesting conversation.

Sutton Anthology Launch

June 23, 2026

Our friends in the West, Sutton Writers, are celebrating their fortieth anniversary, and will launch a special Ruby Anthology as part of Carshalton Festival. The Book Launch is on 2nd July at 7:30pm to 8:30pm at Cryer Arts (39 High St, Carshalton SM5 3BB), in the Marquee at the back of the venue.

They have invited us to go along, and we will be represented: if you would like to be there too, please RSVP to suttonwriters@yahoo.com.