Here are some of our friends, and some of our favourite small presses and writer-friendly organizations. If you are a member of the Writers and Reviewers Club, don't forget to tell us about publications you currently have work in, so that we can display them.

Hastings Writers

Diamonds Anthology - published to celebrate the group's Diamond Jubilee

LEGEND WRITING AWARD

Cash prizes: 1st £500, 2nd £250, 3rd £100 3 x £50 Runners-up 4 x £25 Shortlisted

This competition is for short stories up to 2000 words and particularly aims to encourage new writers living in the UK Entry Fee: £5.00 Closing Date: 31st August

Taff Lovesey was born in 1959 in the Welsh valleys but now resides in Lincolnshire. A fan of all things fantasy and inspired by writers such as Stephen Donaldson and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lovesey launched his Portal Chronicles series in 2006.Having recently turned away from corporate life, Lovesey now makes a living from a combination of IT support for home users, adult tuition in Lincolnshire and, of course, his writing.

The Books

Local Book Shops

The majority of independent high street shops offer excellent service, including personal recommendations, and a much wider knowledge of books based on their own passion for reading and literature. Many also offer mail order services, or act as centres for community activities. In recent years, competition from supermarkets, high street chains, charity shops, and large internet discounting operations has led to the closure of many independent ’bricks and mortar’ booksellers throughout the UK. The aim of www.localbookshops.co.uk is to raise public awareness of the services available from their local bookshop, at the same time offering a central link for authors, publishers, booksellers, and discerning book buyers ... without whom the book industry would cease to exist!

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Bi-monthly magazine established 1996. Publishes the best in fact, fiction and poetry; packed full of market information, monthly email news bulletin included in subscription package, administers annual Prose & Poetry Prizes.

www.thenewwriter.com

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The Penniless Press

The eclectic North West based magazine of poetry, prose, reviews and comment - a quarterly for the poor in pocket and rich in mind.

www.elasticpress.com

Elastic Press produces several single-author anthologies a year, often show-casing writers who haven't had a book to themselves before. A very interesting list.

Kay Green's work has previously been published by Elastic Press. You can now order copies of Jung's People from us at Earlyworks Press (signed copies direct from the author on request.)

If you have read about our High Fantasy Challenge, you might like to join in the debate about the future (or lack of it) for High Fantasy. You could start by sampling "Legend" where you can read Arthurian and romantic fantasy, and articles on alternative history, myth and magic. Legend, and other publications from Trevor Denyer are on sale at www.midnightstreet.co.uk.

While you're there, take a look at the latest issue of Midnight Street magazine, out now. And if there are any copies left of the issue of Roadworks magazine which included Gary Couzens story 'Eggshells', buy one! (Why? Because it's Kay's favourite.)

If you like poetry, you'll enjoy a tour of www.iotapoetry.co.uk You will find a very attractive poetry magazine, with readers' reviews and news about competitions and festivals, and a useful links page. This is also the home of Ragged Raven Press

Pennine Platform publishes new poetry and reviews twice a year. The magazine is independent, though currently supported by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. It is one of the longest surviving little magazines in the UK, having started in 1973.

Words Magazine

Editor Shaun Peare writes: "Writers website containing a host of resources, short story competitions (all entries considered for both magazine or website publication) produces a quarterly magazine (free gift for all subscribers) and has a free advertising opportunity. Well worth a visit!!"

Exhibition Pages

Graphic design and photographic art.

Original designs for book covers and promotional material

for writers and artists.

Circaidy Gregory

Booksy

Circaidy Gregory Press

Independent Books for Independent Readers

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The Circaidy Gregory Review by Booksy

A site is for readers who aspire beyond this month's 100 fastsellers. If you want to try something new and/or different, if you are fed up with seeing the same books in every bookstore in the land, have a look around and see what other readers have found. You can read about small press publications, lesser known publishing houses and specialist bookshops. You can recommend your favourites, and discuss and review the books on display on site.

Editor James Smith writes: The Story campaign aims to increase the profile, prestige and presence of the short story in our culture via the National Short Story Prize, the largest award for a single short story in the world, and the Story website. Updated on an almost daily basis with information about new books, competitions, events and magazines, the website also has a bibliography of more than 570 titles to date; articles about story projects; opinion pieces about the state of the market for short stories; and a growing database of freely downloadble stories.

WritersReign

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Mervyn Love writes: WritersReign is an oasis of calm for the aspiring writer who wants high quality articles on all aspects of the writing craft, competitions for short stories, non-fiction and poetry, links to other sites for writers, plus links to a wide variety of resources, software and teaching products. Phew! Does WritersReign really offer all this? Yes, we do. Really, really. Why not make a quick cup of tea and get over there NOW!

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A quarterly magazine that publishes longer short stories and long poetry

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www.southpoetry.org