Shorts is a free online magazine which launched in February 2020 with the aim of bringing together writers and creative artists from all over the world. Shorts particularly encourages submissions from marginalised communities, and from new and emerging writers.
Shorts was established in a time of growing isolationism on the part of the UK and the US, and aims to combat this by uniting global creatives and nurturing unheard voices. It is an LGBTQ+ friendly platform with a liberal outlook.
Shorts encourages contributions from all around the world, and aims to nurture a global community of writers and readers. We particularly welcome writing from under-represented minorities, the LGBTQ+ community, people who care about the environment, creative writers, flash fiction fans, list fanatics, non-writers who want to ‘have a go’, introverts happier speaking out in writing, animal lovers, Marmite lovers, Marmite haters, Arlo Guthrie wannabes, etc. etc. if you don’t consider yourself to be a ‘writer’, but have something to say, we’d like to encourage you. Do you have a subject you’d like to write about? A topic or point of view you’d like to share with a global audience? Now’s your chance. A cool photograph or an original cartoon? Send it in. A travelogue or a research interest? Shorts would like to hear from you too!
Are you a well-wisher who’d like to make a positive contribution, large or small, to Shorts, enabling those ‘silent voices’ to be heard? We are actively seeking funding to improve our presence online. Donations welcome via Paypal to editor.shorts@gmail.com.
Shorts is a free magazine, all contributors donate their time and skills. Please consider making a small donation to help fund our web costs; even if it’s only one dollar, pound, euro, *insert currency of your choice* or the price of a coffee ($5 in Starbucks, sheesh!) it will be greatly appreciated!
Shorts is produced by the writer and poet Marnie Devereux in northern Arizona, US.