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Writer | Screenwriter Into words, play, playing with words, wording with play she/her https://www.antheajones.net/

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Thank you #notquitewriteprize for a most delicious start to the writing year!

25.01.2026 03:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Writing Battle β€” Write. Read. Win. Write. Read. Win. A competitive writing platform for storytellers around the world. Receive oodles of feedback. Join the most supportive writing community on the web. You up for the chal...

www.writingbattle.com/join-battle I joined the upcoming Tempest Owl Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on Jan 13, 2026! @writingbattle.bsky.social
#flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky

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13.01.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rainbow Queens By Anthea Jones

So pleased to share this adventurous rhyming story starts its next chapter today. Thank you @micromancemagazine.bsky.social 🐲🌸πŸ’ͺπŸ’•πŸ§‘πŸ€

05.01.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Screenwriting Challenge β€” nycmidnight The Screenwriting Challenge is an annual screenplay competition that challenges writers around the world to create short screenplays based on genre, subject, and character assignments in as little as ...

The 23rd annual Screenwriting Challenge by @nycmidnight.bsky.social kicks off on February 13th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scc

15.12.2025 23:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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First Fleet Fern Anthea Jones

Excited my story 'First Fleet Fern' has found a home at Sci-Fi Shorts!
ift.tt/V2kNph3

04.12.2025 23:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Supernova of scribbling Welkin Prize Entry badge. Have you entered yet? Once a scribbler, always a scribbler!

Supernova of scribbling Welkin Prize Entry badge. Have you entered yet? Once a scribbler, always a scribbler!

It’s free to enter, only 100 words AND you get to choose an entry badge!

04.12.2025 23:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Write Hook - Weekly Writing Contests, Big Prizes Write Hook is a weekly, fight night–style writing competition where storytellers square off for cash prizes, bragging rights, and a shot at the championship.

New writing contests will always be my Achilles heel. Who else is in? getwritehooked.com?raf=ref4252710

01.12.2025 19:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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And we write on…

22.11.2025 00:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very pleased my demonic printer drabble found the perfect home!

16.11.2025 19:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks for another wild weekend #furiousfiction #writing

09.11.2025 06:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Killing's for all!

09.11.2025 00:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So I finished the novel, where do I collect my killing πŸ˜‰

08.11.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We've been hinting for a while, but now the secret is out!

The Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction is changing in 2026, and you'll hear all about it in this special announcement of the podcast!

Please like and share to help us get the word out, and let us know what you think in the comments πŸ‘‡

07.11.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7

πŸ˜…πŸ€£πŸ˜‚

07.11.2025 04:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmmm I feel like I know which team I’ll pick, but who knows, maybe I’ll go rogue!

07.11.2025 03:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The lit nerds
Wise women wanted by Anthea Jones
My happy story found a home and I couldn’t be… happier

The lit nerds Wise women wanted by Anthea Jones My happy story found a home and I couldn’t be… happier

It’s not always easy to find a forever home for the joyful stories so I’m thrilled The Lit Nerds have published β€˜Wise Women Wanted’ the cozy fantasy that started life @writingbattle.bsky.social thelitnerds.com/2025/11/06/w...

06.11.2025 22:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Keep your eyes and ears peeled this Friday (Sydney Time) as we announce the new prompt format for the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction in 2026 and beyond...

We hope you'll embrace the new format - it promises to be lots of fun!

03.11.2025 02:25 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ready for Promptember 2025? - SmokeLong Quarterly Join the SmokeLong community for Promptember, a mysterious intermonth happening between November and December of live write-in events designed to light a fire under your writing life. Participate in o...

Starting Nov 8! That's this coming Saturday! Promptember is free. Yep. A huge number of write-in and open mic events Nov 8-Dec 14, and this one is on us. Come write with us. Events are planned for various timezones. Do one a week, three, or all if you never sleep. www.smokelong.com/ready-for-pr...

03.11.2025 08:51 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Not quite write prize for flash fiction. Congratulations on submitting your story. β€œThey saved the best anti-prompt for last! I had fun with this one.”

Not quite write prize for flash fiction. Congratulations on submitting your story. β€œThey saved the best anti-prompt for last! I had fun with this one.”

This was one of those once a year occasions where I went from idea to draft in 30 minutes and not much changed. Now to figure out how to tap that secret story vein more often… thanks @notquitewrite.com for all the anti-prompt fun, can’t wait for 2026 #writingcontest #writingcommunity

25.10.2025 20:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's story is "Jeanie with a "J" by Caro Robson.
#ratbag #ratbaglit #litmag #literarymagazine #micro #micros

ratbaglit.substack.com/p/jeanie-wit...

24.10.2025 13:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Aww... blushing... right back at you my friend and so happy to be in the Rat Pack alongside you!

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TOWN GHOST COUNTRY GHOST (VILLAGE QUEST 2) By Anthea Jones

Quest stories are so playful and definitely one of my writing happy places. I had so much fun writing this drabble and it's found the perfect home @ratbaglit.bsky.social Dive into the Rat Pack and come play with all the weird little stories!

ratbaglit.substack.com/p/town-ghost...

16.10.2025 22:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Writing Battle β€” Write. Read. Win. Write. Read. Win. A competitive writing platform for storytellers around the world. Receive oodles of feedback. Join the most supportive writing community on the web. You up for the chal...

www.writingbattle.com/join-battle I joined the upcoming Fear Flash Fiction Battle with writers from around the world. Get Ready to Battle on Oct 5, 2025! @writingbattle.bsky.social
#flashfiction #writingprompts #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofbluesky

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03.10.2025 18:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Issue 50 ​*Β Β  Managing Editor: Edward Ahern Β Β  * *Β Β  Associate Editor: Alison McBain Β  Β * *Β  Β  Special Features Editor: Matthew P.S. Salinas Β  Β * *Β  Β  Poetry Editor: Mary Keating Β  * ​...

Excited to have 100 words in issue #50 of ScribesMICRO!
www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-50.html/

01.10.2025 10:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Theoretical Love By Anthea Jones

Thrilled to have this little piece in @micromancemagazine.bsky.social today! So many flashbacks to my own high school days while writing this one.
micromancemagazine.substack.com/p/theoretica...

22.09.2025 20:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! This is the one contest where I do feel like I've won the prize just by getting to the end... so hard to make it even kind of work

13.09.2025 23:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Historical fiction for the second contest in a row… why? Thank you @nycmidnight.bsky.social for bringing this pleasure/pain into my life. Good luck everyone scrambling in the last few hours!

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07.09.2025 21:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Wyoming - Hot Flash Literary It’s the time of the Great Evacuation. That’s what my friend Jess calls it. I’ve been bleeding all over the place. My body is emptying itself out. It’s undignified. And painful.Β  Out for coffee with J...

I was thinking recently about how much I missed writing dialogue. This piece I wrote for the "my body, my choice" inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary uses lots of dialogue and is very short. I'd love for you to read it and the whole amazing debut issue! πŸ’™
hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/

04.09.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 9
A purple background with a galaxy and birds flying in front of it. A four pointed star is on the top of the image with text below. The text reads: "augur society, Microfiction Contest, stories for the futures we need." A purple bar beneath the text has a symbol of an arrow inside a circle with the text "swipe for guidelines" to the right of it. A darker purple bar at the bottom of the image reads "Enter by September 30, 2025"

A purple background with a galaxy and birds flying in front of it. A four pointed star is on the top of the image with text below. The text reads: "augur society, Microfiction Contest, stories for the futures we need." A purple bar beneath the text has a symbol of an arrow inside a circle with the text "swipe for guidelines" to the right of it. A darker purple bar at the bottom of the image reads "Enter by September 30, 2025"

The Augur Microfiction Contest is BACK for 2025 πŸ† until Sep 30!

THE THEME: We want microfiction that bursts open the futures we need to see 🌌 show us the who/what/where of your tomorrows!

More info below ⬇️ and in our bio!

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