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Writing. Neurodiverse family. Boooooks. 📚 Shortlisted for The Curae Prize ‘25

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Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · 1d

The cover has landed for the 2nd #CuraePrize anthology. A selection of fiction, nonfiction & poetry written by unpaid carers, a strangely marginalised group. It’s rare that our voices are amplified, but we’re here holding up our loved ones & growing in unexpected ways. Out 15/11. @renardpress.com

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · 1d

The cover has landed for the 2nd #CuraePrize anthology. A selection of fiction, nonfiction & poetry written by unpaid carers, a strangely marginalised group. It’s rare that our voices are amplified, but we’re here holding up our loved ones & growing in unexpected ways. Out 15/11. @renardpress.com

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Aug 24

Day 1 of #NottingHillCarnival ✅

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Aug 12

I have a vague memory of hearing about those pranks. Thanks for the recommendation.

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Aug 12

Interesting. I am reading The Art of Cruelty by Maggie Nelson at the moment and recently read Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty. Sounds like you’ll be wading into the swamp!

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Aug 12

Would love a serious book programme on the BBC. One that centres authors and critics.

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thought this was well-articulated, on the appeal of Trump to the unconscious - from Maggie Nelson’s “Like Love”.

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Aug 10

#CrispWall update. Note heart cut outs.

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Aug 2

My youngest and I do quite a lot of escape rooms together as a duo and I have been trying to understand the appeal. For me, I think it’s just looking through other people’s drawers.

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Aug 1

Today I saw the bus that is my mental image of a bus when I think the word “bus”. Looks like a seven year old’s drawing. I love it.

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Aug 1

Is the queue still very enormous?

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Jun 1

Thanks, Kerry. Just saw your success with the Bristol Short Story Prize! Amazing! Congratulations right back at you. Team Birkbeck ftw.💪

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Jun 1

Took my transport enthusiast autistic son to Battersea bus garage to contemplate some of his favourite units through the fence. Had a lovely chat with a driver who has an 8yo autistic son. I love that sense of “game recognises game” when parent/carers meet. A shortcut from stranger to friend.

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Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Jun 1

Pictured is last year’s anthology which comes with a full recommend and includes fantastic work by @jessmoxham.bsky.social, @kerrymead.bsky.social, @kateblincoe.bsky.social and other fantastic writers.

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Jun 1

Please buy, boost, bless and believe in The Curae anthology when the prescription (book) is filled (published).

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Jun 1

The #Curae prize does not require submissions to be about care, although mine is, but I am looking forward to reading work forged in care’s crucible - work that has been shaped, tempered, and deepened by our shared experience.
Thanks for creating something for us, @bookwormvaught.bsky.social

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Jun 1

My piece,
"Metamorphosis" is about my son’s deep phobia of fluttery things, but it also about love, caring and attention. It is about realising that growth and change is possible for both of us, and making space for that as we construct our futures.

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Jun 1

Excitingly, the winning & shortlisted (🙋‍♀️) entries for the #Curae Prize will be published in an anthology by lovely @renardpress.com later in the year. For an emerging (but wizened) writer, this feels like getting off the mark. And doing it with a cohort of fellow carer-writers is really meaningful.

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Jun 1

Heartfelt thanks to the whole team.💕

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · Jun 1

Congratulations to the #Curae Prize winners 2025! What a joy it has been to be a part of all this. Can’t wait to read all the winning and shortlisted entries.📚📚📚

BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught @bookwormvaught.bsky.social · Jun 1

Introducing our three 2025 #Curae prize winners

Poetry. Charlotte Ansell. 'Sinkhole'

Nonfiction. Rebekah Lawler. '200 Pink Buns'

Fiction. Judy Gordon. 'Phyllis'

thecuraeprize.uk

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Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · May 23

I gasped.

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BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught @bookwormvaught.bsky.social · May 16

I’ve had a lot of correspondence today about the #Curae I had mentioned that it might not run again and had noted, first and foremost, that demands on me are high. It’s really worth explaining. I have done as much as it possibly can but I don’t think my position is clear so I thought I’d state it ❤️

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · May 16

You’ve captured it exactly.👌

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · May 16

This post has a lot going on.

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · May 16

Can I pick an album? Radiohead’s “Kid A”. The haunting glitchiness of it did something to my brain.

Anoushka @spittingyarn.bsky.social · May 16

I’m coming to the end of a Creative Writing MA at Birkbeck & have hugely benefited from the structure and content of it. Funding for a carer to attend a Creative Writing course could be just what they need to keep writing. Please consider supporting @bookwormvaught.bsky.social’s #Curae scholarship.

BookwormVaught - Dr Anna Vaught @bookwormvaught.bsky.social · May 15

If you’d like to express an early interest in funding the Curae scholarship in CREATIVE WRITING then you can email me @ [email protected]. We are looking at £6 to 12k
Love, Bookworm
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