The Flash 500 quarterly flash fiction competition for 500-word flash fiction has prizes of £500, £200 and £100, an entry fee of £5 for one story and £8 for two. The next closing date is 30 June. Website: www.flash500.com
Angela Linforth edits This England magazine and invites letters. Details: email: editor@thisengland.co.uk; website: www.thisengland.co.uk
When Daphne du Maurier’s letters and photos were prepared for auction by Rowley’s, two never-beforeseen poems were found in a photo frame: The Song of the Happy Prostitute and an untitled poem about loneliness.