The Lit Platform

A creative incubator, The Lit Platform pushes publishing possibilities. The Lit issue 5 out now. IG: @theliteraryplatform

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Welcome to ‘Small Town Stories’.

The 5th issue of our literary journal The Lit is here.

Featuring fiction, creative non-fiction, photo essays and poetry, we let you decide whether they are places to escape to or from: https://t.co/1Ut2QyLmXD

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Subs now closed, people. 🙅‍♀️ Thanks to all you writers, artists and creatives who submitted - Issue 6 of #thelit is gna be a wild ride through space and time...

[William Ford @aprilrwrites]

Exciting news! The Lit Platform is extending its deadline for the GLITCH issue. I've really enjoyed reading the submissions so far, and we want even more creative stories exploring all the anomalies of our digital world. LINK here: https://t.co/AXWjyQOkLC 👇🏾👇🏾

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What do we mean by #glitch? More here: https://t.co/WF2F2j2sfd #WritingCommmunity

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📣DEADLINE EXTENSION 📣 more time to submit your work to our next issue GLITCH. What we’ve been sent so far is super exciting, mind-bending stuff. Keep it coming. New deadline Friday 2nd Feb.

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HNY lit friends, we're back in the building 💥 and can't wait to read your submissions to issue 6 of The Lit magazine. Get glitchy and find out how to submit your writing here. One week left! https://t.co/WF2F2j2sfd #writingcommunity @amy_lilwall @aprilroach28

[William Ford @aprilrwrites]

Submissions are open for Issue Six of @TheLitPlatform 👇🏾👇🏾Super excited about this one! We're inviting writers to explore the theme of 'Glitch' - a tremor, a defect, a rupture in the digital surface... Can't wait to read your interpretations of this theme.
https://t.co/AXWjyQOSBa

[UofL Creative Writing @UofLWriting]

Submissions are open with @TheLitPlatform for Issue 6 of THE LIT. See below for details ⬇️⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/Bb3EZ6LjZt

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@UofLWriting Thanks!

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Pls RT @LitWorks @litworksceo @TotleighBarton @ace_southwest @artsandculturex

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〰️OPEN CALL〰️

Issue Six of The Lit - Glitch - is in the making and we want to see your #fiction,#poetry #essay & audio responses to the theme. Think screen tremors and ruptures in the digital fabric…more here https://t.co/WF2F2j304L #amwriting #ai

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Brought to you by our brilliant guest editors @amy_lilwall @unilincoln & @aprilroach28 with support from our #editorial board & @UniofExeter

[Arvon Totleigh Barton @TotleighBarton]

We're hiring! Arvon is recruiting for a Deputy Director to manage the day-to-day operations of Totleigh Barton, our Devon writing house. 30 hours pw, £27,725 pro rata, based in Devon. Apply by 8 November. https://t.co/mItfIC21vM

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Hear, hear 🙌 @amymaebaxter https://t.co/sJiMOosh4C @badformreview

[Stranger Collective @StrangerFeed]

'I’m never coming back. I’ll write this book on my own!” – Courttia Newland

We go back into the archives with Stranger friend Anna Kiernan (co-director @TheLitPlatform) to revisit why writing is not for the faint of heart...

🔗 https://t.co/8gpFVW0xCX

📸 Cottonbro via Pexels

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Small Town Stories: The Editors Letter

By Anna Kiernan and Michael V Smith

To read the editors letter and a wonderful mix of fiction, non-fiction, audio poetry and photo essays, head to the link in our bio.

#publishing #smalltown #smalltownstories #thelitplatform

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At the End of the Road by novelist @SarahEFranklin

“She hears it before she sees it. The tone of the crowd shift gear, unifies as heads all turn in the same direction and idle chit-chat pauses.”

To read this and other Small Town Stories, head to the link in our bio 🚜

#thelit

[Exeter City of Literature @ExeterCityofLit]

Our Events Calendar has had a glow up!

Its been filling up with lots of amazing events, so we wanted to make sure it was as user friendly as possible so that you don't miss out on anything!

If you have an event, submit it to the calendar so that we can help you to promote it!

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Salmon Arm, December 25, 2021 by @zevtiefenbach

“once we got here, we never thought too much about leaving again.”

To see this haunting photo essay, head to the link in our bio ❄️

#smalltownstories #SMALLTOWN #publishing #indiepublishing

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The Geography of Invisibility: Living Homeless in Santa Rosa by Dr Gillian Squirrell

Working with people living homeless in Sonoma County (N. California) for the last six years, Dr Gillian Squirrell has compiled a moving collection of their experiences into this piece 🗺️🚐🌁

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Au Rendez-Vous Des Robins by Emilie Hautier

“I was moved by how the place was an interlude for people's loneliness. I wanted to depict this harsh but gentle rural community.”

To see these beautiful images captured in a small town, head to the link in our bio.

#SmallTown