TNW 108 (Autumn 2011)

Highly commended in our Prose & Poetry Prizes, short stories from FRANCES MANNION, SUE HEALY, MARINA STUBBS; non-fiction from JOHN BAINBRIDGE; poetry from J.A.BRADSHAW, CORRINNA TOOP, ANNA LAMPEN; Approachable Heroines, Rewarding Heroes - SALLY QUILFORD looks at romantic fiction; LYNNE HACKLES remembers her first talk - read and learn; Write about places in Britain with DENE BEBBINGTON and write your autobiography with JACKIE SHERMAN; Hook into the Past by checking and submitting anniversary articles with SALLY JENKINS; plus several pages of the best poetry in town, MicroFiction to make you sit up, Views, Reviews and Market News.

TNW 106 - Spring 2011

TNW 106 (Spring 2011) Make it Short and Snappy - SALLY JENKINS on Flash Fiction; Creating Reality in Your Characters - by US novelist RHONDA M LAWSON; Great short fiction from SHARON ZINK and CATHERINE SMITH (ex-guest poetry editor at TNW); Falling in Love with Your Novel ... again! - NICOLA DALY looks at the old MS in the bottom drawer; Poetry Editor ABEGAIL MORLEY goes Blogging and introduces new poems from among others: EMMA LOVELL, SHARON BLACK, PAUL MONAGHAN, COLETTE SENSIER, MELISSA LEE-HOUGHTON; TNW's new slot - MicroFiction from JACKIE HINDEN, MATTHEW WALKER and more; Travel Writing tips from prolific freelance writer ROY STEVENSON; LORRAINE JENKIN reveals how she captured an editor's imagination with Chapter Headings; SIMON WHALEY's Circle Clinic series continues, while MELISSA LAWRENCE takes a different view of Writers' Groups; SALLY QUILFORD manouevres her hero and heroine towards "the first of a million kisses"; plus Stop Press, Competitions, Views, Reviews & Market News.

TNW 105 - Autumn 2011

Contributers include Gabriela Blandy, Simon Whaley, Caroline Freeman, Jackie Sherman, Julie Phillips, Sonia Sandbach, Martin Oliver, Kim Moore, Valerie Morton, Karen Dennison, E.E. Nobbs, Richard Luftig, Melissa Lawrence, Elizabeth Venn

TNW 104 - Autumn 2010

Contains features, fiction, poetry from among others Esther Newton, Jo Lamb, Jerome Betts, Susannah Rickards, Sophie Coulombeau, Jacqui Rochford, Lynne Hackles, Siobhan Curham, Heather Parker, Christian Ward, Daisy Parente, Ayelet McKenzie, Sally Jenkins, Anthony Nannetti, Eleanor Vale, Sophie Shanahan, John W Teeter Jr.

TNW 102 - May/June 2010

Contributors include Judy Darley, Elizabeth Walter, Tony Peake, Linda King, Sally Quilford, Roy Stevenson, James Kilner, David Grubb, Angie Farrow, Christian Wethered, Alison Dunn, Abegail Morley, Harold Jones, Emma Lee, Idris Caffrey, Curtis Luckey.

TNW 101 - March/April 2010

How to make crime pay ... write about it; Celebrate 50 years of the Romantic Novelists' Association; Who are you? Writing the perfect bio; Creative Writing Workshops - are they worth it?; If I'd known then what I know now (I wish I'd known just how damned hard it really is); Interview with Alex Pryce of www.poetcasting.co.uk ; plus subscriber stories and a larger than usual array of new poetry - read all about it!

TNW 99 - Nov/Dec 2009

Karen Jones's NATURAL INSTINCTS is set in and around the high flats of 1976 Scotland "the year punk really started" and there's been a murder. In Deborah Heslop's RESOLVED DISSONANCE a young concert pianist loses the plot but finds a soul mate. In Olivia Rana's SMALL FRY, Lisa's dad is the fish and chap man and she's the shake and wrap girl. The story of their life together unravels over two glorious pages. Last year's Prose & Poetry Prizes winner, Louis Malloy, gives us THE CITIZENS, a chilling and disturbing tale of the very worst aspects of human nature. All four short stories highly commended in the Prizes and fine examples of the genre.

TNW 98 - Sept/Oct 2009

Two short stories from two established writers, Patricia Tyrrell and Iain Pattison. Great examples of the format: Tyrrell deals with the dark side as an unusual relationship goes bad; Pattison illustrates how it is possible to write a comic short and make us laugh! Three poems from Abegail Morley shine: "He reads her by her scars / does he remember writing them?" Plus fine new poetry from James Kilner, Donna Pucciani, Jonathan Kelley, Robin Maunsell ... Sally Quilford looks at the twists that make modern fiction memorable while Sue Wilkes investigates lost literary gems. Also, the pros and cons of using a pseudonym and changing sex while you do it if you are man enough!

TNW 96 - May/June 2009

A lot of solid, sound advice in this one, as ever: Gerry Wells has written a memoir and defeated the old enemy - the blank first page; Lynne Hackles is Writing from Life, and turning personal experience into profitable prose; Ruth Schiffmann uses Chapter Titles to lure the reader through a story; Samantha Skyrme knows that Publishing Requires Patience from her time as an editor at OUP - all that and great new fiction (the short story is the "coming thing" according to one national Sunday, wake up England!) from Dave Lovell, Maureen Kishtaini, SoNja Bonfiglio AND Jean Smalley, plus new Poetry Editor, Sarah Jackson, presents her first selection including work by Kevin Cahill, Kim Moore, Ali Pardoe and Vivienne Tregenza's great short poem, Resy Pudding.

TNW 95 - Mar/Apr 2009

In this issue we say goodbye to our Poetry Editor of six years, Catherine Smith. Her recent collection, Lip, has been extremely well received and we thank her for everything she's done to make the TNW poetry pages so luminescent; new work from Julian Colton, Ben Davison, Clive Eastwood, Peter Gilmour, Catherine Graham, Graham Hardie, Maureen Jivani, Kathleen Kenny, Robert Marsland, Anna Protherough, Rachel Shorer, Tim Leach, Tanner, Philip Tomkins, Christian Ward and Sarah Williams shines brightly in the last Versesmith. New fiction from Heather Parker, Lorraine Mace, Eamon Mathews and Miranda Lewis adds lustre, while articles on Historical Fiction, Getting Published, Writing FanFiction, Diary Writing, and Astrocharacters throw out yet more light.

TNW 94 - Jan/Feb 2009

Completely taken with Kristin Thompson's short story, The Heath in War, in this issue. Great start - "Suffolk in 1942 ... a fat little girl with red curly hair, absent father, sporadically depressed mother, no siblings or pets, lives with her godparents, her mother and a great uncle in a large house that smells of old people and dust. When at night the siren sounds and the bombs start to fall, Great Uncle Rygate refuses to leave his bedroom." You just want to read on ... evocative and exciting, this one delivers on every level. Also starring - How to structure your non-fiction book; How to Banish Back-Story; How to become a Letters Page Star; three more excellent stories from Hilary Wilce, Gavin Eynon, Alan Beard and a sublimely satisfying mix of poetry chosen by Catherine Smith.

TNW 93 - Nov/Dec 2008

More stories from the Highly Commendeds in our annual prizes - all brilliant of course - from E C Seaman, Ghislaine Goff, Paul Harvey, Mo McAuley. Poetry editor, Catherine Smith, is shaken up and thrown round the room by American soldier-poet, Brian Turner's collection "Bullet" (Bloodaxe) and reviews it here - "he shows us landscapes ravaged by fighting but he never succumbs to cynicism or despair". Three articles, not intended to be linked, but hey that's an editor at work - on specialization: broaden your opportunities by focusing your writing, taking inspiration from the everyday, and a professional attitude to writing: difference between failure and success. Read them and take it to the bridge.

TNW 92 - Sep/Oct 2008

Can football improve your writing? asks Esther Madden, a Reading FC fan - bit of an excuse to go to the game really but who's complaining; her refreshingly original article gives a whole new look to life on the terraces. Couple this with Sally Quilford's Cheat's Guide to Writing Science Fiction and you'll see we're going out of our way to give you insider tips galore. Linda Lewis's regular I'm Puzzled page is all about editing your work. Go on, lose that seemingly stunning sentence, you know it makes sense. Join Nick Corder to discover the delights of having A Shed of One's Own, a variation on Virginia Woolf's truism, "a woman must have a room of her own if she is to write." Nick's now in his new shed and all's right with the world. There's plenty more, dip in and discover all the fiction and poetry that make this a truly scrumptious issue.