Helen RyeJun 29, 20214 minRound-up of Recent ThingsIt's been an odd year, I think we can agree. It's never really felt like a good time to update this blog, what with Covid induced...
Helen RyeOct 3, 20201 minQuiet Man Dave Prize Finalist!!This has been a pretty good month for writing news! Both my stories made it through to the shortlist for this amazing contest at...
Helen RyeSep 28, 20201 minBest of the Net Nomination!Super-lovely bit of good news today to brighten the Sad Death of Summer we are currently undergoing here in the UK: the beautiful humans...
Helen RyeSep 27, 20201 minQuiet Man Dave Prize - LonglistI'm really delighted to have two stories on the longlist for this international flash competition. The Quiet Man Dave Prize was set up,...
Helen RyeJul 13, 20201 minNew site!Welcome! Thanks for coming round! I'm just moving in to this site so there might be weird things in unexpected places for a few days....
Helen RyeJun 5, 20201 minNational Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2020Hooray! I have a story in this year's UK National Flash Fiction Day anthology! This will be the fourth year in a row I've had a story in...
Helen RyeApr 19, 20201 minCafe Writers Norwich - Supporting ActToday was going to be an exceptionally exciting occasion, for me. Months ago, I was booked by Cafe Writers to be the supporting act at...
Helen RyeApr 9, 20201 minBest Small Fictions 2020 Win!Best Small Fictions win for The Diamond Factory, published by matchbook litmag
Helen RyeDec 4, 20191 minPushcart Prize and Best Small Fictions Nomination from matchbook litmag!Awwww man, so thrilled to have my story, The Diamond Factory, receive a double nomination for these awards from matchbook litmag, a...
Helen RyeSep 29, 20192 minUEA Prose MAHere's a thing I never thought would happen. This month I started at the UEA, on the legendary prose MA, the first creative writing...
Helen RyeSep 22, 20191 minSmokeLong Quarterly Flash Fiction Workshops - Manchester and BirminghamChristopher Allen - the editor of SmokeLong - and I each have many strengths. Chris is an absolutely amazing singer. I make a really nice...
Helen RyeSep 1, 20194 minPrimadonna Festival 2019My poet friend Julia and I were lucky enough to be given free tickets to this radical new literary festival, which took place last...
Helen RyeJul 29, 20191 minmatchbook litmag - The Diamond FactorySuper delighted to have this story published at matchbook this month. I already admired this journal so much, and then I found out how...
Helen RyeJul 28, 20191 minPigeons and ProseThe Wix website manager always enjoins me, at the top of each new blog post, to 'write a catchy title', so I thought I would, for once....
Helen RyeJul 8, 20192 minUK Flash Fiction Festival 2019This year was, of course, amazing. The readings. The workshops, The food. The company. The international workshop leaders and presenters!...
Helen RyeJul 6, 20191 minSmokeLong Quarterly Flash Fiction Workshops - LondonWe accidentally timed this to coincide with the London Pride parade, so it was an extra-fun day. Our participants worked so hard, and so...
Helen RyeJul 2, 20191 minFlashing Norwich 2, July 2019We held another fabulous Flashing Norwich flash fiction reading event at The Forum tonight! Stellar work from readers and open-mic-ers...
Helen RyeJun 16, 20191 minReading at Launch of The Somnambulist CookbookI was honoured to be asked to read at the launch of Andrew McDonnell's brilliant poetry collection, The Somnambulist Cookbook (Salt...
Helen RyeJun 14, 20191 minInk, Sweat and Tears' National Flash Fiction Day Story 2019Honoured to be asked by Ink, Sweat and Tears for a story to celebrate this year's National Flash Fiction Day. What a lovely journal it...
Helen RyeJun 6, 20191 minLighthouse Literary Journal FundraiserWe had a fantastic evening, raising £210 with the generous support of a stellar cast of readers. Sam's auctioneering skills were...