Library Reading & Open Short Story Submissions

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Croydon Library is part of the Croydon Town Hall complex, an imposing Victorian complex comprising the library, town hall, a museum, and this lovely clock tower (the library is just at its base).
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I’ll be at the Croydon Central Library tomorrow for a reading and signing of Oracle. It’ll be my first ever reading so I’m a little nervous about it all! My biggest fear is that no one will turn up to listen to me! But hey, just look at the architecture of this building: what better place is there to experience a poor turn-out?

If you’re in the area, the reading starts at 2.30pm tomorrow, Saturday 10th November.

There are a couple of open calls for submissions of short stories that I thought I’d share with you all:

One More Day

My publisher, J. Taylor Publishing, will soon be accepting submissions for a new YA short story anthology entitled One More Day. The feature author will be L.S. Murphy, author of the soon-to-be-released paranormal fantasy Reaper, but the publishers are looking for 5 more stories to complete the 50,000 word anthology, to be released December 2nd, 2013.

In a nutshell, your short story should address the questions: what if tomorrow never happens? What if today never ended? How would you restart time? Stories should be between 5,000 and 10,000 in length, and targeted at a YA audience.

For  more information, visit the J. Taylor Publishing blog.

Peirene Press Short Story Competition

Peirene Press is holding a short fiction competition with the winning story being published on their website and in their annual newsletter, as well as receiving a subscription of their 2013 Turning Point series.

Stories must  be exactly 900 words long, with the words “turning point” included in the text. Submission closes at midnight on November 30th.

For more information, visit the competition page on the Circalit website.

Source: J.C. Martin, Fighter Writer