The brilliant Saboteur Awards - from Sabotage Reviews - are now open for voting. Their 2022 Awards Festival ticket sales are now live, and you can find out all the information from their website here. While you're there, why not check out their voting form. One of the catagories in their awards is Best Anthology, … Continue reading Saboteur Awards 2022 – vote for Cranked Anvil now!
Category: Miscellany
We’re one of the best – again!
Last year we were honoured to be featured by Reedsy as one of their recommended Best Writing Contests. Well, we're delighted to announce that we feature on their list again this year. You can see their full list here. So if you'd like to enter one of the best writing competitions going, take a look … Continue reading We’re one of the best – again!
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 any theme or genre. Making sure the entry fees are as low as possible - and not having increased them once since we started in 2019. And keeping them open to international entries. We're all … Continue reading We’re one of the best – IT’S OFFICIAL!
What Elmore Leonard said
“Right,” declared Fred... Doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, does it? Perhaps it needs to be a verb with just one syllable? “Right,” barked Fred… Nope – still not right. Looks like we’re best off sticking to the simple original. “Right,” said Fred… Yep, that’s the one. So maybe Elmore Leonard’s statement about … Continue reading What Elmore Leonard said
Copyright and Non-Exclusive Rights
One of the most important things a writer - and publisher - needs to consider is copyright. It can be quite a contentious issue. The most obvious recent example being the decision of Woman's Weekly magazine (and others, I believe) to demand ALL rights from submitting short story writers. It was an issue which writer … Continue reading Copyright and Non-Exclusive Rights
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