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I'm very happy to announce that I'm a Woman by Mary-Ann Storm who writes on ABCTales as Mary-Ann is available now on Amazon Very apt for International Women's Day! Link to buy (Amazon): https://tinyurl.com/2d5pvd7y

Our Story and Poem of the Month for February, very kindly chosen by marandina: I’m not sure where the last year went but here I am with the monthly picks for the third February in a row. I figure that if I do this for long enough, eventually I will know what I’m doing… It feels like the world is even crazier since this time in 2023 with the conflict in Ukraine grinding ever on, a new, horrific warzone in Gaza, the cost of living crisis still...

Before I announce our Story and Poem of the Week, I'd like to remind you that AI assisted writing is not permitted on our site. While we obviously don't have a hard and fast method of weeding out writing that doesn't comply with our restrictions, our very clever and wonderful editors are pretty good at spotting something that doesn't seem quite right and these pieces of writing will not be considered for cherries or any other awards. While on...

Not an easy task ever and this week is no exception. Poem of the Week RhiannonW’s Titterstone Clee (533m)16/02/24 was very fine, as was seashore’s deeply moving Killing the Killers . However, from a personal point of view, I always like to see writers stretch themselves, go places that don’t normally go with their work, do something different. With that in mind,this weeks Poem of the Week is Jack O’Donnell’s sweetly charming Tilly cut loose from...

I'm very pleased to announce the publication of our very own celticman's new novel Beastie A gritty and hard hitting novel set in 1970's Scotland. Decimalization, dole queues and The Troubles in Northern Ireland brought home to a Clydebank tenement. Teenage swaggerer: Chaz Sweeney seizes the chance to get out and make a name for himself as a big man. Angela, aged four: Her mum can’t protect her. Her only friends Pizza Face (Chaz’s brother) and...

Our Story and Poem for the month of January, very kindly chosen by RJNewlyn: Pick of the month January 2024 I suspect most of us find January a hard month for inspiration, so well done to everyone who’s bucked the trend. For prose, strong commendations to hudsonmoon ( https://www.abctales.com/story/hudsonmoon/phone-booth-incident-neds-tavern-tale ), josiedog ( https://www.abctales.com/story/josiedog/cernunnos ) and Terrence Oblong ( https://www...

Now open for entries, the 18th Welsh International Poetry Competition will be judged by the Welsh poet, Cathy Miles. You don't have to be Welsh, the poetry doesn't have to be about Wales and it's a genuinely open competition The closing dates for entries is June 30th 2024 http://www.welshpoetry.co.uk/entries-poems/

We have so many talented writers and poets on ABCTales. I don't think a week goes by without someone announcing that they've got a book coming out. It's a long, hard journey from the original idea to the finished product though and really, really worth doing properly. Blighters Rock (Richard) emailed me the other day about his latest success and he particularly wanted to highlight his typesetter who had done an excellent job. Now, we don't do...

Posted by airyfairy. A hard job choosing this week's Picks, as ever. And the two pieces are very, very different, which is what is so lovely about the site. There's such a variety of work, truly something for everybody.