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 anthology has doubled since we published our last one in 2021.) So, of course, everyone is looking for ways to save money or grab a … Continue reading Extending our Flash Fiction special offer
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Saboteur Awards 2022 – vote for Cranked Anvil now!
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!
Our Flash Fiction competition prize money has INCREASED!
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 just over a year now, and we've seen it grow in popularity since the very beginning. The winning stories have, naturally, been of an incredibly … Continue reading Our Flash Fiction competition prize money has INCREASED!
The Cranked Anvil writing competitions just got better!
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 your favourite book. (You can find out some of our past winning writers' favourite books in our On The Shelf series.) Don't forget, if you … Continue reading The Cranked Anvil writing competitions just got better!
Our brand new Prompt Competition launches TODAY
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 any theme/genre - and introduce one where the writer must include a number of prompted elements in their story. We can't wait to read the … Continue reading Our brand new Prompt Competition launches TODAY
A revamped website and a BRAND NEW competition
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 them - in order to make room for our BRAND NEW COMPETITION! Our Short Story and Flash Fiction competitions are still staying where they are … Continue reading A revamped website and a BRAND NEW competition
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!
What are your plans for 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 plans for 2022 as well. It's been a bit quiet here at Cranked Anvil over the past couple of months, but now that Christmas and … Continue reading What are your plans for 2022?
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