News Exclusive video! Box opening of our anthologies, direct from the printers 23 Jun 20221 Jul 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 Order our latest short story anthology NOW! 8 Jun 20221 Aug 2022 July 2022 saw 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 20221 Aug 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…
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…
Flash Lists & Winners November 2020 – Flash shortlist and winners 18 Jan 202115 Mar 2021 Our first flash fiction competition attracted a huge number of entries, and it has taken longer than ever for the judges to chose the shortlist and the two winning stories.…
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…
Lists & Winners July 2020 – Long List 21 Aug 202017 Jun 2021 Our special offer this quarter of 4 entries for the price of 3 proved massively popular - just as we though it would - and we received the biggest collection…
Lists & Winners April 2020 – Long List 26 May 202017 Jun 2021 There's no denying it - it's been the strangest of times over the past three months. The number of entries we receive each quarter continues to grow - and we're…
Lists & Winners January 2020 – Long List 4 Mar 202017 Jun 2021 It's been the longest period of time that we've taken to announce our long list this quarter - due to the increasing number of quality entries we've received from all…
Lists & Winners October 2019 – Long List 30 Nov 201917 Jun 2021 We received our biggest crop of short story entries yet for the October round of our competition, and we've really had our work cut out to select the ones going…
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…
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