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Flash Face Off! The free weekly writing challenge from Writers' HQ

JOIN THE FLASH FACE OFF WRITING CHALLENGE – 21st OCTOBER

This week's flash fiction writing challenge prompts are right here. Come hang with the best writing community around and make your words sing

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Is AI coming for your writing?

Are the computers coming for your job and will the next great novel be written by a crazed AI robot instead of you?

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What’s coming up this week on Writers’ HQ

Monday 16 October - Sunday 22 October 2023

Flash Face Off! The free weekly writing challenge from Writers' HQ

JOIN THE FLASH FACE OFF WRITING CHALLENGE – 14TH OCTOBER

This week's flash fiction writing challenge prompts are right here. Come hang with the best writing community around and make your words sing

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An announcement about Writers’ HQ webinars

Anatomy of a story: When The Birds Go Quiet By Noémi Scheiring-Oláh

Anatomy of a story: When The Birds Go Quiet, by Noémi Scheiring-Oláh

Exploring When the Birds Go Quiet by Noémi Scheiring-Olah. A small but mighty flash, packing a novel’s worth of gut-punch into just 400 words.

7 pumpkin spice vibe short stories for autumn

7 Pumpkin Spice Vibe Short Stories For Autumn

Yeet your Birkenstocks, pull on your hand-knitted socks, get yourself under a blanket and snuggle up with some melancholy, wistful, beautiful and just plain weird-ass short stories.

Flash Face Off! The free weekly writing challenge from Writers' HQ

JOIN THE FLASH FACE OFF WRITING CHALLENGE – 7TH OCTOBER

This week's flash fiction writing challenge prompts are right here. Come hang with the best writing community around and make your words sing

Flash Face Off – 30th September

Join our weekly flash fiction challenge, write a story, and get feedback and critique from your lovely fellow writers!

Flash Face Off – 23rd September

Join our weekly flash fiction challenge, write a story, and get feedback and critique from your lovely fellow writers!

Flash Face Off – 16th September

Join our weekly flash fiction challenge, write a story, and get feedback and critique from your lovely fellow writers!

Flash Face Off – 8th September

Join our weekly flash fiction challenge, write a story, and get feedback and critique from your lovely fellow writers!

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Accessible Submissions for All: An Interview with Chill Subs

Industry insights from the coolest submissions manager in town: Chill Subs

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Writers’ HQ loves you (and needs you)

Why our community is the best in the world — and why we need you now more than ever

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Eight Ways to Rocket-boost Your Prose

Elevate your writing with 8 expert tips from Matt Kendrick

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Writers of WHQ: An Interview with Rani Elvire

Get to know the writers of Writers' HQ in our series of interviews featuring some of the marvellous peeps in our amazing writing community!

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Writers of WHQ: An Interview with Mallika Narayanan

Get to know the writers of Writers' HQ in our series of interviews featuring some of the marvellous peeps in our amazing writing community!

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Writers of WHQ: An Interview with Lisa Fransson

Get to know the writers of Writers' HQ in our series of interviews featuring some of the marvellous peeps in our amazing writing community!

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Writers of WHQ: An Interview with Jo Clark

Get to know the writers of Writers' HQ in our series of interviews featuring some of the marvellous peeps in our amazing writing community!

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Writers of WHQ: An Interview with Audrey Niven

Get to know the writers of Writers' HQ in our series of interviews featuring some of the marvellous peeps in our amazing writing community!

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