Publications in 2022

Here is a list of the pieces I have had published, placed in competitions or shortlisted in 2022:

Secret Attic – stories which won 1^st prize:                  - 

The Leaf [Picture This!]

Different Worlds [drabble]

 

‘The Artist’ [poem] was accepted by New Verse News, Thursday 24 February 2022,https://newversenews.blogspot.com/search?q=Louise+Wilford

 

‘Blue’ [poem] was accepted for Issue 53 of Silver Blade (May 2022*)

 

‘The Immigrants’ [poem] was accepted for the American Diversity Report [ADR], a spin-off of Silver Blade,  Jun 2022 issue

 

‘Backwards’ [short story] was accepted by River & South, published in Summer 2022,  https://riverandsouth.com/index.php/2022/06/17/backwardslouise-wilford/

 

‘Quake’, ‘No Seeds Were Lost’ [poems] and ‘L and Mark’ [short story] were accepted for Makarelle, Spring edition, theme: Landmarks,  https://makarelle.com/

 

‘Pink’ [comic poem] won an informal Facebook comp on Suffolk Writers group

 

Four five-line poems were accepted by Punk Noir, April 2022

 

‘Misunderstood’ [Flash] was accepted by Pine Cone Review, Issue 4https://thepineconereview.com/louise-wilford-misunderstood-issue-4/

 

‘Miranda’s Child’ [short story] was accepted by 805  https://www.805lit.org/post/mirandas-child

 

‘To The Youngest’ and ‘Thistle’ [poems] were accepted by Last Leaves, Issue 5 (theme: Growth):  https://www.lastleavesmag.com/last-leaves-issues https://www.lastleavesmag.com/_files/ugd/dccfc8_88b991023bc845f180be7def8e01249c.pdf    ‘Thistle’ on p141, ‘To The Youngest’ on p153

 

‘Target’, ‘Dressed to Impress’, and another piece of flash fiction were accepted for the ‘Flash Mob’ anthology of Flash Fiction organised by Crossing The Tees Festival

 

‘Pigs can’t swim’ [short story] was accepted by Fairlight Books and appeared in the summer:  https://www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/short_stories/pigs-cant-swim/.

 

‘Basil’ [children’s short story] was nominated for Best Of The Net 2022 by Amanda Marerro, editor of Parakeet children's magazine

 

‘Dead Batteries and ‘Shy’ [poems] were accepted for Bindweed's Winter Wonderland Anthology, being published on 21 December

 

‘Crimes and Misdeameanours’ [short story] was accepted by Makarelle, and appeared in the Summer 2022 edition, themed ‘Sizzling Misdemeanours’ https://makarelle.com/

 

‘A Public Enquiry Into The Case Of Edward Overdice’ [short story] was shortlisted for Dark Matter but not ultimately chosen

 

‘Choose’ [Flash] came third in the Fosseway Flash Fiction Competition 2022

 

‘The Sea On The Doorstep’ [children’s short story] was accepted for Parakeet, to appear in next edition published on 15 January, 2023   https://www.honeyguidemag.com/parakeet-shop

‘Visiting the T-Rex in the National History Museum’ and ‘The Word Worm’ [poems] were accepted for Balloons Lit available by the end of 2022
www.balloons-lit-journal.com 

 

‘The Goddess Of The Free’ [poem] was accepted for POTB, Issue 17, out on 21 May 2023

 

‘On Christmas Morning’ was read out (beautifully) by the lovely Gae Stenson at Wirrall Poets Christmas poetry reading on Wed 14 December