Desperate Literature
International bookshop in the heart of Madrid!
Home of the Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction (NOW OPEN)
- 2026 PRIZE NOW OPEN 💫 Calling writers of innovative fiction under 2000 words! Prizes: €2000 / 1000€; residencies @civitellaitaly & at DL in Madrid; manuscript assessment with @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social; publication; salons; and more... desperateliterature.com/prize 1/
- ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS of the 2025 Short Fiction Prize Shastri Akella takes the winning spot with ‘The Border Country,' a ‘tender and haunting’ story of queer love on the Kashmir border. Runners-up are Swithun Cooper and Alisha Dietzman.
- THE LAST DAY TO ENTER! Prizes: €2000 & 1000€, residencies at Civitella Ranieri and (NEW) at DL in Madrid, a manuscript assessment w/ @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social, publication, salons, and more... desperateliterature.com/prize
- 🔥Partner Journal Shoutout🔥 Presenting Minor Literature(s) @minorlits.bsky.social, an online journal specializing in experimental prose. Surprising, bold, cutting-edge, vital... For a chance to have your work published by this literary great, submit today: desperateliterature.com/prize
- ⚡Partner Journal Shoutout⚡ Kill Your Darlings Next up is Australian mag @kydmagazine.bsky.social! They're so much more than a lit journal. They have a whole spectrum of editorial services, classes, and content meant to help writers reach their full potential. desperateliterature.com/prize
- ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT Polish those stories! www.desperateliterature.com/prize
- ONE WEEK LEFT TO ENTER! Prizes: €2000 & 1000€, residencies Civitella Ranieri and (NEW) at DL in Madrid, manuscript assessment w/ @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social, publication, salons, and more... desperateliterature.com/prize
- 🔥Partner Journal Shoutout🔥 Tenement Press Next up in our lineup of literary magazine partnerships is Tenement, an occasional publisher of esoteric, accidental, angular & interdisciplinary literatures. Learn about the prize and submit your stories at: desperateliterature.com/prize
- ⭐Partner Journal Shoutout⭐ @gorsejournal.bsky.social is a stunning, original Dublin-based journal featuring essay, fiction, poetry & interviews. gorse has published 2019 & 2022 shortlisters Joshua Riedel & Jona Xhepa @quetzalfiach.bsky.social 2025 Prize info at desperateliterature.com/prize
- Partner Journal 3: @prototypepubs.bsky.social is a publisher of fiction, poetry, anthologies, and interdisciplinary projects. They are committed to championing the work of new voices in free-form contemporary literature. For a chance to feature, submit now: desperateliterature.com/prize
- ⚡️EXTENDED DEADLINE⚡️for the 2025 Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction You now have until April 30 to send us your stories! desperateliterature/com/prize
- 🎺Partner Journal Shoutout🎺 Our next partner journal is Helter Skelter Magazine! This Indian lit mag runs a residency, publishes a print anthology & runs online content. They featured @bourgnetstogner.bsky.social's 'in the insect colony' in 2024 desperateliterature.com/prize
- 💫Partner Journal Shoutout💫 Being a shortlister means being published in one of our partner journals! First up is @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social, England's oldest literary periodical. desperateliterature.com/prize
- LAST DAYS TO APPLY FOR A SPONSORED ENTRY! Calling writers of innovative fiction under 2k words! Prizes: €2000 & 1000€, residencies Civitella Ranieri and (NEW) at DL in Madrid, manuscript assessment w/ @thelitconsultancy.bsky.social, publication, salons, & more... desperateliterature.com/prize
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- LESS THAN A MONTH TO ENTER! Prizes: €2000/1000€ Residencies - Civitella Ranieri in Umbria & (NEW) at DL in Madrid Manuscript assessment w/@thelitconsultancy.bsky.social Agency meetings Publication Salons (@saloneurope.bsky.social) & a 🔥 JURY! Deadline: April 13th desperateliterature.com/prize
- Today we feature the wonderful @preetivangani.bsky.social, whose 2024 shortlisted story you can read with @minorliteratures.bsky.social here: minorliteratures.com/2024/11/06/g... We're so grateful to have the piece as part of our collection!
- PRIZE UPDATE: One of our most exciting new prize collaborations is with @saloneurope.bsky.social! A travelling salon for writers across the continent to connect online and in person, they're hosting a three day event in Brussels to which one shortlister will be invited...
