Cranked Anvil was founded in 2012 by Paul Dunn. When it first started it was a theatre production company, and produced many shows in and around the North-East of England. We very quickly became multi award-winning. As time went on, more and more of our focus went on to our…Continue reading “About”
CRANKED ANVIL PRESS
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Welcome to Cranked Anvil
We’re one of the best – IT’S OFFICIAL!
We’ve always been proud of our writing competitions here at Cranked Anvil. Keeping them open all year round, and to…
Work starts on our Flash Fiction print anthology
It’s a busy time at Cranked Anvil HQ at the moment. Both our Short Story and Flash Fiction competitions are…
How To Write A Short Story – 6 things our judges look for
There are countless writing guides out there, in print and on the web. Many contradict each other. Many more cite…
What people said…
Thank you for having such affordable entry fees – it’s especially appreciated at present!
Taria Karillion – competition entrant
Whoops and huzzas to being interviewed by Cranked Anvil. Check out their short story and flash competitions – wonderful value.
Sharon Boyle – competition winner and anthology contributor
A great place to submit your work… Thanks Cranked Anvil for this Ash Wednesday retweet for my 3rd place story Nothing But Ashes from their first competition two years ago.
Jason Jackson – competition winner and anthology contributor
I want to give a shout out to some people who have shown much kindness and generosity to me and my writing this year: … Paul Dunn at Cranked Anvil, for the competitions and the anthology. ~ From Cath’s website. Read her On The Shelf article.
Cath Barton – anthology contributor
Writing Flash Fiction? Discover brilliant places to submit including … Cranked Anvil
