2021 Slinkies Under 30s call out

DEADLINE  FEB 1 2021 Do you battle with Millennial Fatigue? Symptoms include a generalised sense of impending doom about our planet whilst at the same time tuning it out entirely to focus on what really matters… why does this person’s Instagram feed horrify me to my very core, yet I keep going back to see … Read More

Slinkies Shorts 2020

Slinkies Shorts 2020

Ch’aska de Cuba Reed, Sky Carrall and Tehya Nicholas

Bite-sized delights in our first Slinkies anthology.

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Thomas Alan

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Thomas Alan

We are thrilled to announce this year’s Slinkies authors. In the next series of posts we bring you interviews with 2020 Slinkies authors, Sophie Overett, Harry Goddard, Ch’aska Cuba de Reed, Liam Higham, Sky Carrall, Emil Colic , Tehya Nicholas and Thomas Alan. In this post, Thomas talks about his short fiction, Stumps/Smokes, how adolescent … Read More

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Tehya Nicholas

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Tehya Nicholas

We are thrilled to announce this year’s Slinkies authors. In the next series of posts we bring you interviews with 2020 Slinkies authors, Sophie Overett, Harry Goddard, Ch’aska Cuba de Reed, Liam Higham, Sky Carrall, Emil Colic , Tehya Nicholas and Thomas Alan. In this post, Tehya talks about her microfiction, ‘Rosie’ , her favourite … Read More

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Emil Cholic

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Emil Cholic

We are thrilled to announce this year’s Slinkies authors. In the next series of posts we bring you interviews with 2020 Slinkies authors, Sophie Overett, Harry Goddard, Ch’aska Cuba de Reed, Liam Higham, Sky Carrall, Emil Cholic , Tehya Nicholas and Thomas Alan. In this post, Emil talks about his short story, Linesman and about … Read More

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Sky Carrall

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Sky Carrall

We are thrilled to announce this year’s Slinkies authors. In the next series of posts we bring you interviews with 2020 Slinkies authors, Sophie Overett, Harry Goddard, Ch’aska Cuba de Reed, Liam Higham, Sky Carrall, Emil Colic, Tehya Nicholas and Thomas Alan. In this post, Sky talks about her microfiction, ‘Midnight Sandwiches’ and ‘Different Seasons’, … Read More

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Liam Higham

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Liam Higham

We are thrilled to announce this year’s Slinkies authors. In the next series of posts we bring you interviews with 2020 Slinkies authors, Sophie Overett, Harry Goddard, Ch’aska Cuba de Reed, Liam Higham, Sky Carrall, Emil Colic, Tehya Nicholas and Thomas Alan. In this post, Liam talks about his comic zombie short story, Drop Dead … Read More

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Ch’aska Cuba de Reed

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Ch’aska Cuba de Reed

We are thrilled to announce this year’s Slinkies authors. In the next series of posts we bring you interviews with 2020 Slinkies authors, Sophie Overett, Harry Goddard, Ch’aska Cuba de Reed, Liam Higham, Sky Carrall, Emil Colic, Tehya Nicholas and Thomas Alan. In this post, Ch’aska talks about her short story, ‘Synaesthetic Nights’, her writing … Read More

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Sophie Overett

Meet the 2020 Slinkies: Sophie Overett

We are thrilled to announce this year’s Slinkies authors. In the next series of posts we bring you interviews with 2020 Slinkies authors, Sophie Overett, Harry Goddard, Ch’aska Cuba de Reed, Liam Higham, Sky Carrall, Emil Colic, Tehya Nicholas and Thomas Alan. In this post, Sophie Overett talks about her short story, Drift about levitating … Read More

Slinkies – Submissions currently being judged

Slinkies – Submissions currently being judged

The 2020 Slinkies call out is now closed. Do you battle with Millennial Fatigue? Symptoms include a generalised sense of impending doom about our planet whilst at the same time tuning it out entirely to focus on what really matters… why does this person’s Instagram feed horrify me to my very core, yet I keep … Read More