Writing

F. E. Clark - Writing

F. E. Clark is a writer and artist based in Scotland. The magic and texture of the Scottish landscape inspire her creative practice. She had a story included in the best fifty British and Irish Flash Fiction (BIFFY50) 2019-2020, and is a Pushcart, Best of the Net, and Best Small Fictions nominee, she writes flash fiction, poetry, and short stories.

Contact email: feclarkart@gmail.com

Writing listings to date:

Print Publications:
2022 Chronic(les) poetry anthology from Blood Moon Press, 'The Ghosts of a Thousand Larks, (poem) editor: Monkia Radojevic
2022 Short and Sweet - Soor Ploom Press charity anthology for the Shannon Trust, 'A Crossing Place' (cnf), editor: Liane McKay
2022 Hard Rain Poetry: Forever Dylan - anthology of poems about Bob Dylan, 'Dylan - are you there, man?' (prose poem) editor David O'Nan.
2022 All Becomes Art - an anthology of writing about Joan Eardley, 'Pilgrimage' (Doric poem), editors: Colin Herd and Sam Small, Speculative Books, 2022
2021 Stanchion Literary Magazine (6) - 'Flight Paths of Mother Blackbirds' (flash fiction) + accompanying photograph
2021 Ellipsis Zine, 'Life Safari' (9) - 'Scroll Dive' (flash fiction)
2020 Ellipsis Zine, 'You, Me, and Emmylou' (8) - 'Behind Her in the Looking Glass' (cnf flash)
2019 COFFEE - Eye Flash Pocket Poetry Collection - Ed Charlotte Begg - 'Tilth' (poem)
2019 Planet in Peril - Anthology - Fly on the Wall Press - 'The Lesser Auk Conspiracy Theory' (poem)
2019 Resurrection Trust - University of Southampton & Retreat West - Anthology - 'Warrior' (flash fiction)
2019 The Heart - Eye Flash Pocket Poetry Collection - Ed Charlotte Begg - 'Heart Fears' (poem)
2018 DUST - Eye Flash Pocket Poetry Collection - Ed Charlotte Begg - 'Winter Studio' (poem)
2018 DeadCades, anthology – Eds. Steph Ellis & David Shakes – ‘Rah-Rah-Rah’ (drabble)
2018 404 Ink Literary Magazine, Issue 4, July - 'Grafted' (short story)
2018 Nitrogen House, Issue 1 - 'The Green Dress' (poem)
2018 Retreat West - 'Nothing Is As It Was' - Climate Fiction Anthology - Eds. Amanda Saint & Gillian Walker- 'Warrior' (flash fiction)
2018 Ink In Thirds, volume 2, issue 2 - 'she is' (poem)
2017 'Calen Dark' anthology, Eds Steph Ellis and David Shakes - 'Mabon Girl' (short story)
2017 Ellipsis Zine 'One' Anthology - 'Lost' (flash fiction)
2017    Poems For All – Sma Buik no. 1576 – 'Her Way Home' (and painting ‘A Tree Stands Dreaming')
2016    Molotov Cocktail Lit Mag – Prize Winners' Anthology - Volume 2 – ‘The Solstice Shade’ (story)
2016    Write City – ‘I Remember’ - (short piece of writing)
2016    Flashdogs Anthology 3: TIME, 3 short stories: ‘Smile, It Might Never Happen’, ‘The Screaming Man’ and in collaboration with Voima Oy, ‘Dr Shakes’ Long Day’
2015    Light Lines, (Ed. Grace Black), 2 pieces of short verse and a painting
2015    Flashdogs Anthology 2: SOLSTICE, 4 short stories: ‘Conjuring Light’, ‘Creature of Her Own Myth’, ‘Twilight, Deadman’s Loch’, ‘The Light Run’

Online + Other Publications:
2022 Bulb Culture Collective 'Fragments of a Lonely Heart' (first published by Mojave Heart Review, 2018) (flash prose)
2022 Eemis Stane 'Vratched' (Doric poem)
2022 Micropodcast Reading of 'Her Self-Portrait'
2022 Tiny Wren Lit 'Stars' (poem)
2021 Sledgehammer Lit 'Fly Away' (poem and audio file of reading)
2021 Lone Women and Sanctuary Lab Galloway Dark Skies Park polyphony - 'Going to Earth' (audio of poem reading)
2020 Blood Orange: Tarot 'Grieve' (poem)
2020 Matchbook 'Her Self-Portrait' (flash fiction)
2020 SNACK Magazine 'Desire Paths of Badgers' (poem) Issue 15, March 2020, page 55.
2020 Little Blue Marble 'Queen of the May' (flash fiction)
2019 Maudlin House 'Picnic at Wild Orchid Meadow' (flash fiction)
2019 Seren Books 'Dubh' (short story) - October 2019 short story of the month
2019 Ellipsis Zine 'Gall' (flash fiction)
2019 CHEAP POP 'Poles of Inaccessibility' (flash fiction)
2019 Bending Genres 'Casting' (flash fiction)
2019 Spelk 'Potsdamer Platz' (flash fiction)
2019 Matchbook 'Eve of the Fall' (flash fiction and author's note)
2019 Kissing Dynamite Hand to Mouth zine 'Knit-Knotting' (poem)
2019 Snack Magazine 'Broken Skin' (flash fiction) Issue 5, March 2019, page 55.
2019 Burning House Press 'Weathering' (poem and daily painting)
2019 Burning House Press 'Wishing to Believe' (poem and photographs)
2019 Umbel Panicle 'The Circling', and 'Growing Stronger' (poems)
2018 Burning House Press 'Myopia' (poem)
2018 Mojave Heart Review 'Fragments of a Lonely Heart' (flash)
2018 Train Literary Magazine 'Horse and the White Rabbit Split' (flash fiction) - 30th August 2018 for 1 week.
2018 Rhythm and Bones Lit Mag 'Counting Elephants' (flash fiction)
2018 DrabbleDark E-book, anthology – Ed. Eric Fomley – ‘Earth Angel’ (drabble) pre-order here.
2018 Burning House Press 'Stars in the Stairwell' (flash fiction accompanied by daily painting)
2018 Speculative66 'When You Can't Sleep Because of the Space Dust in Your Eyes' (microprose)
2018 Ellipsis Zine 'Pilgrimage to a Ghost Township' (creative non-fiction, and photograph)
2018 Story Seed Vault No title - tweet length story about Functional Living Ink (microprose)
2017 Moonchild Magazine 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Mr Spiffy' (flash fiction and 2 paintings)
2017 The Wild Hunt 'Blue Star - Shooting Through' (prose)
2017 Luna Luna 'To Bring the Sky Down' (poetry)
2017 Luna Luna 'Purpurea' (flash fiction)
2017 Moonchild Magazine 'The Ghosts of a Thousand Larks' (hybrid prose poem)
2017 Occulum 'Suck' (flash fiction)
2017 Visual Verse 2014 - 2017 Archive of flash fiction and poetry
2016 Café Aphra, 17th June ‘Grave Robber’ (flash fiction)
2016 Ink In Thirds, issue 1 ‘Artefact’ (flash fiction)
2016 Planet Paragraph, 12th February        ‘The Hawthorne Tree’ (flash fiction)
2015 Planet Paragraph, 12th September     ‘A Fog Bank Crouched …’ (flash fiction)
2014 Café Aphra, 24th March                      ‘Would Wishes?’ (flash fiction)

Nominations:
Pushcart - 2021 - Stanchion Magazine - 'Flight Paths of Mother Blackbirds'
Best Microfictions - 2020 - Matchbook Literary Magazine - 'Eve of the Fall'
Best Small Fictions - 2019 - Rhythm and Bones Press - 'Counting Elephants'
Pushcart Prize – 2016 – Molotov Cocktail Lit Mag - 'The Solstice Shade'
Best of Net – 2016 - Folded Word Press

Adjudication:
Kintyre Writers' Circle - 2018 - Flash Fiction contest
Angus Writers' Circle - 2018 - Flash Fiction contest
Kintyre Writers' Circle - 2017 – Article Writing contest
Kinytre Writers’ Circle – 2016 – Flash Fiction contest

Membership:
Angus Writers’ Circle – associate member
Scottish Association of Writers

Workshops/Courses:
2017 – The Writers’ Room
2017 – Intensive Flash Fiction workshop (2 weeks, online) Kathy Fish
2017 - Doric Noir
Alan Spence – haiku
Jen Campbell – poetry – online workshop
Moniack Mhor – Novel Writing week – Jess Richards, Rachel Seiffert

Competitions Awards:
2020 Best fifty British and Irish Flash Fiction (BIFFY50) 2019-2020 - 'Her Self-Portrait'
2018 Angus Writers' Circle - Poetry Contest - highly commended, and commended
2017 Angus Writers' Circle - Short Story Contest - 1st place
2017 Angus Writers' Circle - Poetry Contest - 2nd place
2016    Molotov Cocktail Literary Magazine - first prize - Flash Icon competition
2016    London Lit Lab – joint first prize of a literary crit
2016    A3 May 2016 contest – shortlisted – ‘Quicksilver Singing’
2016    Retreat West Short Story Competition – shortlisted – ‘An Extra Ordinary Pilgrimage’
2015    The Angry Hourglass   - winner round 55 – ‘Inheriting the Mask’