Barry Lee Thompson

Barry Lee Thompson

  • The Writer

    I often used to sit with him while he worked on a story. I could say that all the while he was writing, but often he’d only be reading over something he’d already written. He took ages over the smallest detail. I’d be in the armchair by the window, reading a paperback novel I’d brought

    Read more →

  • Flash fiction assessment phase: You can vote! (If you took part.)

    The preliminary assessment phase of the VII Edition of the International Short Story Competition is now underway, and this time it involves participants rating stories themselves – though not their own, of course. If you submitted at least one story into this year’s contest, go to the homepage of the César Egido Serrano Foundation for

    Read more →

  • A return to the retreat

    Last year I wrote about a week-long retreat in the Blue Mountains with the four writing friends I met on my first Varuna residency back in 2016. We repeated the retreat this year; same house in Katoomba, though slightly later in the year, after the clocks had gone forward, so the weather was more springlike.

    Read more →

  • Create a story with 100 words

    I just entered three stories into the Fundación César Egido Serrano Microfiction Contest. The deadline is midnight tonight (Spanish Peninsular time), so there’s still time to get your three (or fewer) stories in to the running. Each story can be no more than 100 words (not including an optional title). Stories may be written in

    Read more →

  • Hot off the press

    My contributor copy of the latest issue of American Writers Review has arrived in the post. I started reading it this morning, and became so absorbed I forgot all about the pot of coffee on the stove! It’s such a beautiful book. I’m thrilled to be a part of it. Find out how to get

    Read more →

Designed with WordPress