New Poetry from Cara Waterfall
A Tiny Turbine That phrase comes to us from Cara Waterfall, winner of the Editor’s Choice 2020 Magpie Award for Poetry. Her winning poem ‘Hummingbird […]
Throwback Thursday ~ Allaigna’s Song: Aria by JM Landels
Music into Magic In Allaigna’s Song: Aria, by JM Landels, fourteen-year-old Allaigna’s ability to sing music into magic takes a deadly turn when, defending herself […]
New Poetry from Charlene Kwiatkowski
Winner of the 2020 Magpie Award for Poetry for ‘they say you will teach me more than I will ever teach you’, Charlene Kwiatkowski has a knowing finger on the pulse of family. Charlene has generously gifted us with another of her beautiful pieces. ‘How far the apple falls’ is an ekphrastic poem inspired by the poignant surrealist sculpture Father and Son.
‘Chimaera’ by Weiwei Xu
Belonging In Weiwei Xu‘s graphic short ‘Chimæra’, a child experiences the pull of possible selves that exists when living in an ‘in-between’ cultural space. As […]
Throwback Thursday: ‘Wall Street at Night’ by Lola Ridge & Chaille Stovall
All That Glitters In ‘Wall Street at Night’, a graphic short that marries a poem by Lola Ridge with illustrations by Chaille Stovall, we take […]
New Poetry from Maria Ford
Sway, Bend, Sigh That phrase — sway, bend, sigh — is just one of the many evocative images from Maria Ford‘s second-place-winning poem for our […]
‘Mourgadze’ by Cameron MacDonald
Left Behind In ‘Mourgadze’ by Cameron MacDonald, winner of the 2019 SiWC Storytellers Award, there’s more than just chewed-up pens and crumpled paper to discover […]
Throwback Thursday: ‘Inherited Love of Unexplainable Things’ by Zoë Johnson
Magic at the Core Zoë Johnson deftly explores matters of love, identity, and self expression in their evocative story ‘Inherited Love of Unexplainable Things’. We […]
‘Starry Nights’ by David Milne
In ‘Starry Nights’ by David Milne, glow-in-the-dark ceiling stars aren’t the only thing to appear when the lights go out. Enjoy this excerpt from Pulp Literature Issue 28, Autumn 2020 as a young man is about to discover the many things that can go bump in the night
New Year, New Contests: The Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest Opens Today!
With Apologies to Toy Story … … how about we make 2021 our Buzz Write Year? Now wouldn’t that just be the bee’s knees? But […]