Silk + Smoke Issue 2 is now live. This free eBook edition contains 15 diverse short stories, poems and pieces of creative nonfiction from writers around the world.
Category: blog
I’ve Done Nothing During Quarantine And I’m Fine With That
Silk + Smoke guest blogger Georgina Wilkinson writes on the constant pressure to be productive and creative under lockdown in this love letter to overachievers and procrastinators alike. It’s not exactly a Hot Take to […]
Silk + Smoke: News on Issue 2
After an impromptu hiatus, Silk + Smoke has a brand new website and we are reopening submissions for our second edition. With a small voluntary team and limited time and resources to work on the […]
Silk + Smoke Issue 1 / Download Now
In her creative writing MasterClass series, Margaret Atwood, critically acclaimed author of The Handmaid’s Tale, Alias Grace, and Oryx and Crake, talks about the classic fairytale, Little Red Riding Hood. To inspire her pupils to […]
News / Silk + Smoke Issue 1 publication cycle
While we’re working through your lovely, gruesome submissions, I thought I’d give everyone some news about our plans for the publication cycle for Silk + Smoke’s first ever issue. Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone […]
Should I study creative writing at university?
Deciding whether or not you want to go to university, no matter what subject you’re interested in, can be tricky. The structure of a degree isn’t for everyone. We all learn and create in different […]
Fact and creative nonfiction
When you snuggle down in your seat at the cinema, popcorn overflowing from the packet and trickling onto the floor, and audible slurps from Ice Blasts echoing throughout the screening before the previews start, there’s […]
9 tips for submitting to literary magazines
Submitting to literary magazines, for the first time or the 100th time, can feel like a minefield. Where should I submit to? Should I write something new just for a specific publication? What kind of […]
A note from the editor
Welcome to Silk + Smoke, a new literary magazine, based in Scotland, looking for strange and absurd stories for our first online issue. There are tons of literary magazines out there. Some with specific, niche […]
5 essential podcasts and vlogs for writers
You’ve finally got it. A story idea you’re so excited about that you throw the covers off, jump out of bed in the middle of the night, and start scribbling down the words formulating in […]
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