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And the winners are…

Posted on 17/07/2014 by martin Posted in Brittle Star Universe, Competition, Launches Leave a comment

Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Brittle Star Writing Competition. Last night (16th July) we held our prize giving for the winners of our first ever writing competition. The celebrations were part of the launch of issue 34 and we were thrilled to have read for us our short story prize winners (three prizes but only two people –

Nudge # 9 One Hundred Years

Posted on 15/07/2014 by martin Posted in Brittle Star Universe, Nudges Leave a comment

I found this writing tip on Twitter from @Jill_Jepson. I liked it. It made me think about the space around me and how it exists throughout time. I liked it so much I thought it would work nicely as a writing nudge – but with a bit of a tweak; Jill asks us to imagine the spot 100 years in

Brittle Star Issue 34

Posted on 30/06/2014 by martin Posted in Brittle Star Universe, Launches Leave a comment

All of a sudden our deadline for issue 34 is looming and we haven’t even had our tea yet! Luckily we’ve been sent an astonishing number of submissions to choose from – too many in fact, so selecting the work for this issue has been quadruply hard. Along with the eagerly-awaited entries from the winners of our first writing competition,

Competition Winners have been notified

Posted on 30/06/2014 by martin Posted in Brittle Star Universe, Competition Leave a comment

Thank you to everyone who entered our inaugural writing competition. We were bowled over by the talent that came our way and we wish we could have given prizes to everyone! We’ve now let the winners and commended writers know and we’ll be announcing their names at the prize giving and launch of issue 34 at the Barbican Library on