Sarah Newman

Longlisted for Bath Short Story Award, Guppy & David Fickling.
Now subbing The Song Trail, a YA summer romance set in Seville #WritingCommunity #amquerying

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

Amazed, excited and humbled to be on this list ❤️ Congratulations to everyone else and thank you @DFB_storyhouse and @arvonfoundation for offering us the chance to shine in a pretty vast sky.

[David Fickling Books @DFB_storyhouse]

We're delighted to announce the 2025 Search for a Storyteller longlist! Congratulations to these authors!✍️🥳@arvonfoundation

Thank you to everyone who entered & sent a story. The range was inspiring & we're heartened to know there are so many dedicated storytellers out there❤️

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

:-)

[BathShortStoryAward @BathStoryAward]

Many congratulations to our longlisted writers and thanks to everyone who entered. If your story is on the list please don’t identify yourself as the author until the judging is complete. https://t.co/eeTJ0E2glJ

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

@BathStoryAward The payment window says BSSA 2023 Entry - help!

[David Fickling Books @DFB_storyhouse]

We're delighted to announce the 2025 Search for a Storyteller longlist! Congratulations to these authors!✍️🥳@arvonfoundation

Thank you to everyone who entered & sent a story. The range was inspiring & we're heartened to know there are so many dedicated storytellers out there❤️

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

@laurenspieller Hi Lauren. I have a YA contemporary which has romance in it but is not "romance". It's about friendship across the generations, platonic vs romantic love, purpose, Lewy Body dementia. Your QM only gives the options YA Romance or Fantasy but would you be interested?

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

@rachkmc 🤞

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

@Louiestowell ew, yuck! 😝

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

I wld love to share Fishsong with you all, I just need an agent & publisher to recognise how important the story is & how many readers aged 14+ wld connect and be moved by it. Here's hoping 2025 is the year Fishsong can help shine a light on LBD #LewyBodyDementia #YA #teenfiction

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

Remembering my dad on World Lewy Body Dementia Day. He inspired the character of Tom in my YA book Fishsong. It's so important that people, incl teens, learn about this disease & the effects it could have on a loved one 1/2 #WorldLewyBodyDay #LewyBodyDementia #YA
#teenfiction

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

@molly_oneill Hi Molly. Any idea when you'll be reopening to queries? 🤞

[Elizabeth Lee @EKLeeWriter]

I’m so happy to be on a panel discussing witchcraft in fiction with Tracey Norman and @cathrynkemp at this! I’m also running a workshop on writing witches, do come along and tell us all about the witch you’re writing! 🧙✍️ #WritingCommunity #amwriting

[Elizabeth Lee @EKLeeWriter]

If you’re focusing on your #writing in 2025 check out my website to see the feedback and mentoring I offer! ✍🏻👩🏻‍💻📚
Please share 🙏🏼

https://t.co/84FsbeA7O3

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

@saskialeach_ Oh, wonderful! I'll send you my last NaNo - I wouldn't dream of sending this year's NaNo with the state it's in right now 😂

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

@Mslexia A residency, no doubts. Away from the distractions of daily life, a sense that THIS is the moment to immerse yourself in a different story.

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

@smithsmm And knowledgeable people supporting writers and publishing those books in the first place - if they aren't out there, they won't be found.

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

@Louiestowell Yes, and gatekeepers - agents/editors/publishers - let variety back in 🙏 Kids/teens don't all want the same genres, the same predictable structures, the same themes...

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

@MagicalHippo I got two passes in the last week too. I just update my table of query submissions, so pretty boring in comparison to you. Love seeing your origami work though 🥰

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

Anyone for NaNoWriMo this year? I'm doing finger exercises ready for the big day #nanowrimo

[Sarah Newman @SarahNeWrites]

@TamsinWrites is dork still used?