Desperate Literature

2025 PRIZE NOW OPEN Calling writers of innovative fiction under 2k words! Prizes: €2000 or 1000€, residencies @civitellaitaly and (NEW) at DL in Madrid, manuscript assessment w/ @TLCUK, publication, salons, and more... desperateliterature.com/prize 1/10

from my essay on the political space-time of the short story @literaryhub. it's the intro to the excellent 22 Fictions: New Writing from @DesperateLit & @BrickLaneBooks edited by Kate Ellis & @RobertGreer90 & published yesterday! read it here: lithub.com/less-matters-m…

¡GRACIAS por acompañarnos un año más en este #BloomsdayMadridDublin! Colaboradores 💚: @DesperateLit @irishembassymadrid, @galaxia_gutenberg @paginas_de_espuma @vestuariocarmen17 y @jameson_es Música de @DavyLyonsMusic 🎶 @soydelacuesta @dublincityoflit #JamesJoyce #Irlanda

SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW!

¡Este 16 de junio vuelve #BloomsdayMadridDublin2025! Lecturas de 'Ulises' con Vila-Matas, Eduardo Lago, Marcos Giralt Torrente y @DiegoGarrido_ en #CuestaDeMoyano + charla en @DesperateLit. Info aquí: go.irlnd.co/h3pqx7eo @soydelacuesta, Turismo de Irlanda, @IrlEmbMadrid

Desperate Literature are back with a bang at their new space at Calle Cava de la Baja 8 this weekend - get along for the #party @DesperateLit @lalitx #grandopening #MadridMadridMadrid #Literature #Evento #libreria #bookshop

It's happening! See you all soon!

LAST DAY TO ENTER! Prizes: €2000 or 1000€, residencies @civitellaitaly and (NEW) at DL in Madrid, manuscript assessment w/ @TLCUK, publication, salons, and more... For all the prize info, just check out: desperateliterature.com/prize

Last chance to polish up those short stories for this international prize with the most incredible range of prizes to win, including cash and an Italian residency (!), and of course work with us. We're very proud to be partnering with the Desperate Lit team again this year

ONLY THREE DAYS LEFT Polish those stories! desperateliterature.com/prize