News Exclusive video! Box opening of our anthologies, direct from the printers 23 Jun 202223 Jun 2022 WATCH THE VIDEO ON OUR WEBSITE HERE! Our latest print anthology has arrived from the printers, and we wanted to share with you our first glimpse of the copies. So…
News Pre-order our next short story anthology NOW! 8 Jun 2022 July 2022 sees the publication of our latest anthology of short stories, How Far The Distance. It features winning and short-listed entries from our competition, submitted between August 2020 and…
News Extending our Flash Fiction special offer 6 Jun 2022 The cost of living crisis... Everyone is talking about it, and everyone is affected by it. Individuals, families, businesses. (We are no exception: the cost of producing our upcoming print…
Miscellany… Saboteur Awards 2022 – vote for Cranked Anvil now! 10 Mar 202216 Apr 2022 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…
News Our Flash Fiction competition prize money has INCREASED! 3 Mar 202223 Jun 2022 Every writer wants to get more money for their writing efforts, right? Well now you can with us here at Cranked Anvil! We've been running our flash fiction competition for…
News The Cranked Anvil writing competitions just got better! 3 Mar 20226 Jun 2022 Hello Writers! First of all, Happy World Book Day 2022! We hope that, like us, you'll be setting aside just a bit of time today to read a bit of…
News Our brand new Prompt Competition launches TODAY 1 Mar 20223 Mar 2022 It's finally here! The submission window for our brand new creative writing competition opens today. We've decided to offer an alterntive to our other competitons - which are open to…
News A revamped website and a BRAND NEW competition 1 Feb 20221 Mar 2022 Well, here it is - the first of our promised 'Big Announcements' for 2022! We're slightly changing the structure of our competitions - specifically the submission windows for each of…
Miscellany… We’re one of the best – again! 28 Jan 20223 Mar 2022 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…
News What are your plans for 2022? 19 Jan 20221 Feb 2022 To write, right? Of course they are! Writers write, so you plan to write! Well, if that's the case, we want to read what you're writing. Because we have big…
News Order our new Flash print anthology NOW! 21 Oct 202110 Mar 2022 Our latest print anthology is now available to order. Featuring prize-winning stories from the first year of our 500-word flash fiction competition – plus many of the fantastic short-listed entries…
News SALE! – Half Price Anthologies & Shakespeare Christmas Cards 6 Sep 202119 Oct 2021 Everyone likes a bargain, don't they? And we've got some very nice literary bargains available from our website at the moment. It's limited stock though - once it's gone, it's…
Miscellany… We’re one of the best – IT’S OFFICIAL! 30 Jul 202128 Jan 2022 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…
News Work starts on our Flash Fiction print anthology 27 May 202121 Oct 2021 It's a busy time at Cranked Anvil HQ at the moment. Both our Short Story and Flash Fiction competitions are in full swing; entries are flying into our inbox, and…
Miscellany… Copyright and Non-Exclusive Rights 15 Apr 202117 Jun 2021 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…
News Final call for our Short Story Special Offer 8 Apr 2021 Our next short story deadline is April 30th - that's just three weeks away. And this will be your last chance to take advantage of our '4 for 3' special…
News Happy World Book Day 2021 4 Mar 2021 It's the first Thursday of March, and that can mean only one thing - WORLD BOOK DAY. As all the pictures streamed by on facebook, instagram, and twitter, of kids…
News Writers – get involved with us in 2021 20 Jan 202129 Jun 2021 Hello Writers First of all, Happy New Year. We hope you're keeping safe and well, and looking forward to a busy 2021. We've been quiet over the past…
News Short story competition – 4 for 3 offer extends into 2021 5 Nov 202027 Jan 2021 Ever get the feeling you're going through a sense of deja vu? Yes, here we are in another lockdown in the UK, with all the inconveniences and uncertainties that it…
News Meet our first Anthology contributors 28 Oct 202017 Jun 2021 You may have noticed recently that we've been shouting about our upcoming Short Story Anthology. Well, we make no apologies for that! We're very proud of it, and we can't…
News Our first print anthology is almost here! 13 Oct 202017 Jun 2021 It's been about a year in the planning and production, but now our first ever print anthology is almost here! Featuring prize-winning stories from the first year (and a bit)…
News Our new FLASH FICTION competition is now open for submissions 1 Sep 202017 Jun 2021 Writers and authors visiting Cranked Anvil regularly will know that we've been running our 1500 word short story competition for about 18 months now. With rolling submissions open quarterly throughout…
News Short story competition – ‘4 stories for the fee of only 3’ offer continues! 11 Aug 202027 Jan 2021 Last quarter we received the biggest number of entries into our short story competition since it began over a year ago. No doubt this was thanks to our special offer…
News Short story competition – enter 4 stories for the fee of only 3 2 May 202027 Jan 2021 It's fair to say that most people are finding that they've got more time on their hands in the current climate, with Covid-19 confining people to their homes for much…
News Announcing our new Short Story Competition 26 Feb 201917 Jun 2021 We're pleased to announce the launch of our quarterly 1,500 Short Story competition. You could win £150 for first place. (Two other prizes of £75 and £30 will be awarded…
News A year of Rehearsed Readings 16 Sep 201817 Jun 2021 After the success of our production of Jeff Brown's Cornered at the beginning of the year, we have enjoyed a residency at The Peacock in Sunderland this year, producing our…
News RRN V a resounding success 5 May 201817 Jun 2021 Our Rehearsed Reading Night V was a resounding success last week, proving to be our biggest and best yet. You can read all about it here!
News Award-winning SAFC show returns next month 12 Mar 201817 Jun 2021 After its successful sell-out run last September, Jeff Brown’s one-man play ‘Cornered’ is set to return to The Peacock in Sunderland in April this year. The show, which starred Steve…
News The Writer, The Journalist, and the ex-Footballer 22 Jun 201717 Jun 2021 Talk about a meeting of great minds and skill! Here's the Dream Team behind Wise Men Say / Cornered, meeting recently to discuss the production and put a few more…
News The ball is rolling on our Autumn production 12 Apr 201717 Jun 2021 Word has started to get out about our September production - a double-bill of plays about Sunderland AFC! 'Wise Men Say' by Paul Dunn, and 'Cornered' by Jeff Brown, will…
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