The People's Friend

We're the longest-running weekly women's magazine in the world. We're famous for our fiction and features. You can also enjoy our Specials and Pocket Novels.

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Calling all authors! We're looking for short stories from very early spring onwards for the weekly, and from late spring onwards for the Special. Stories for the annual can be considered any time. Thank you 🌷

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Calling all short story writers!
We're currently looking for stories with a contemporary setting, set from January onwards for the weekly and mid-March onwards for the Special. All word counts welcome but especially 3000 and 2000.

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(2/2) And we're delighted to be welcoming Lucy Dewar to the Fiction Team. Lucy will be in post from Monday, October 5th.
Tracey's authors will receive an email with more information, and Lucy will be handling Tracey's authors, poets and pocket novel authors as of October 5.

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(1/2) We have news! After nearly 39 years with DC Thomson - and 17 years on the 'Friend' - our Fiction Journalist Tracey Steel, will be retiring on October 2nd.
We're wishing Tracey all the very best for this new, exciting chapter! ...

[Glenda Young, Author @flaming_nora]

A little video tease of my 500th episode of soap opera Riverside and double page interview in The People's Friend magazine today!
@thefriendmag #soapopera

[Glenda Young, Author @flaming_nora]

10 years ago @thefriendmag asked me to write their first soap opera. Today, Riverside publishes its 500th episode. In the magazine today there's a double page interview with me! #soapopera

[Glenda Young, Author @flaming_nora]

Today is the 500th episode of my soap opera Riverside, in The People's Friend magazine and there's plenty to celebrate as Ruby and Jim renew their wedding vows! It's out today in all supermarkets and shops. #soapopera @thefriendmag

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Available in supermarkets, Amazon and the DC Thomson shop! Links below...
https://t.co/DLwW4GG5Kp
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(1/2) IT'S HERE! The final Bookazine in the collection is out today! Jackie - The Golden Years covers everything from 1967 to 1977! Get you platforms on and take a wander through the greatest years of your favourite magazine!

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@RuthIsWriting Every single submission is read. Two members of the team go into the Friend Fiction folder every day to read them. We need lots of stories for the weekly, Specials and annuals, so we are always looking for new authors. It wouldn't make sense for us not to read submissions.

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(1/2) We seem to put this out constantly, but could you please put your details on your submission. We receive hundreds of stories and there are lots with only the story title and not even a name. Stories are saved and then when we go to read them there are no details at all...

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(2/2) We're very busy and don't have time to go back and search for the author. The team deals with a huge amount of contributors and this takes away from our reading time. Thank you.

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(1/3) Our brand-new Summer Feel-good Fiction Bookazine will be on sale tomorrow! It's packed with summer stories from favourite 'Friend' authors, including: Penny Alexander, David Balmer, Kate Blackadder, Jane Burns, Alison Carter, Moira Smyth, Jacqui Cooper, Joanne Duncan...

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(3/3) Meg Stokes, Eirin Thompson, Sally Waterbury, Beth Watson, Alexis Wolfe, Helen Yuretich.
Available from supermarkets, DCT Shop and Amazon!

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It's out tomorrow! You can get it in supermarkets, Amazon or the DCT Shop!

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@methodist1989 Hello! As soon as possible as we're planning at the moment!

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Good morning! We're looking for very traditional pre-Christmas, Advent, Christmas and New Year stories for our weekly issues. Can be historical or contemporary. Around 2000 words preferred, but 3000 also welcome.

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Hello! Just a quick message from the Fiction Team. We receive a HUGE amount of stories. We download them into folders for reading and it takes up precious time if we open your story and there are no details on it. PLEASE put your details at the top of your WORD document.

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@faykwrites Good morning, Fay! It's [email protected]

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Calling all authors! We're currently looking for stories set in August onwards for our weekly, and from late autumn onwards for our Specials. We're also now ready to read Advent and Christmas stories to feature across all 'Friend' publications. All genres and word counts!