The clock is ticking — and this is your last weekend to put pen to paper and get your entry in for our August Flash Fiction Competition. If you’ve been meaning to enter the Cranked Anvil Flash Fiction Competition but haven’t quite got around to it, now is the perfect time. The final weekend is … Continue reading Time for a FLASH of August inspiration

Have you entered yet? A few months ago we started our brand new play writing competition, and in just one week's time - midnight UK time on the last day of June - the first deadline hits! Even if you don't usually write scripts, why not take a look at one of your short stories … Continue reading Our first Playwriting Competition ends in ONE WEEK

Hello again to our International Posse of Cranked Anvillers! In case you haven't yet heard, we’ve re-opened both our Short Story Competition and our Flash Fiction Competition, and we've already had a huge number of entries. But it's the final day of May and the first FLASH deadline is almost here! You have until midnight … Continue reading Your May *FLASH* of inspiration!

Hello Cranked Anvillers around the world! Did you miss us? Because we certainly missed you - and we couldn't stay away any longer. And, just like Take That, this time we're Back For Good. (Yes, we did a random Take That reference - what's got into us since we've been away?) There’s a certain kind … Continue reading Our Writing Competitions are back – and better than ever!

We're delighted to report on the success of another of our former writing prize winners. In November 2024, Hannah Retallick released her debut collection of literary short stories, called Something Very Human, with Bridge House Publishing. The Second Prize winning entry from our Jan22 competition, When the Tour Guide Still Smiles, has been included in … Continue reading Another Success Story – Past Cranked Anvil Prize Winner Publishes Short Story Collection

One of our former prize winners, Richard Hooton, is to have his debut novel The Margaret Code published on 10 April by Sphere, an imprint of Little Brown. The voice-led whodunnit follows eighty-nine-year-old Margaret whose failing memory holds the key to the murder investigation taking place on her street. It will also be published in … Continue reading Past Cranked Anvil Prize Winner Lands Agent And Book Deal