Writing Competitions

Our Short Story and Flash Fiction competitions run all year round and are open internationally.

Literary Agency

We represent playwrights, working to place their work with theatres and producing companies up and down the country.

Indie Press

Publishing quality print anthologies featuring the best of our competition entries, as well as stand-alone volumes by other authors.

Productions

Podcasts; video & digital media; theatre productions. Our qualified and highly experienced team of creatives continue to produce award-winning work.

New Microfiction at CA –
Fiction 123

Tell us a story of no more than 123 words, and we’ll publish it here on our website – NO FEES to submit!

Loads of new writerly stuff coming your way

Find out about all the exciting new projects and opportunities for writers we’re working on at the moment…

Flash Fiction –
Finding The Rhythm

If you’re entering our writing competitions, check out this great guest blog from Jo Gatford at WritersHQ

Writing Flash Fiction? Discover brilliant places to submit including Cranked Anvil.

Rae Cowie, writer & blogger

Thanks Cranked Anvil! A great place to submit your work.

Jason Jackson, competition winner

Shout out to some people who have shown much kindness and generosity to me and my writing this year: …Cranked Anvil, for the competitions and the anthology.

Cath Barton, anthology contributor