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I love doing these, and so pleased to get third place :)

Congrats winners! Good job :)

"Try stepping out a bit more - putting yourself forward for new projects," said my manager, her sickening smile making me want to step out of the room and run until the soles of my shoes were bare.

Stepping out onto the front porch in the middle of the night, I was blinded by the sun, which had hung in the same place high in the sky since last Tuesday.

My therapist suggested trying to connect with people more so, stepping out of my comfort zone with a giant leap, I looked my victims in the eye before killing them.

Well now The Guardian approves of audiobooks and comics we can all relax.

Well now The Guardian approves of audiobooks and comics we can all relax.

Tor used to periodically accept unagented submissions. Dont know if this imprint does, but it sounds like it fits a lot of writers on Litopia. Anyone have any info on submissions? https://locusmag.com/2026/01/new-imprint-wildthorn-books/

Fyi, I’m now looking for audiobook stories, too. It’s rather strange, tho… audiobooks are clearly a really important growth area, but they’re not well served by any specialist media that I can see. In fact, Audiofile magazine has recently been...

Daily Book News Thursday, 22nd January 2026 DAILY SUMMARY: Publishing Industry News Legendary Agent Georges Borchardt Dies at 97 Literary agent Georges Borchardt, who introduced major European writers to American readers and represented more...

If you ever want your soul to dance in the clouds, you will at some point have to juggle lightning and taste the thunder. Christopher Poindexter

I won this a few years ago and was granted 15 minutes with a very charming agent. He asked for 10 k words from me but ended up leaving Creative Veritas the agency he was with and starting his own a week after. I fell through the cracks. Still I...

Hi All You may have noticed we've now introduced a new feature on the Colony called Events. This is to publicise our various special features both inside and outside the Colony. And it's under Events you will find this week's and all future...