Thank you to Penny and Lally Macbeth – our guest curators – and to all our readers, for such a wonderful event in January.

For Telltales on 31 March we’re looking for work that includes colour from any shade of the spectrum, on its own or in combination with other colours, in any aspect of life, real or imaginary…

Submissions are open until Tuesday 24 March for poetry, prose, short stories and excerpts from longer works. Please think in terms of around 1500 words maximum, which is around 10 minutes. We look forward to hearing from you.

Please submit on this page or via email to info@telltales.org.uk

Telltales will take place at Dolly’s, Falmouth, on Tuesday 31 March 2020.

On Tuesday 28th January we have 10 readers on the theme of Duality at Telltales.

Please join us from 7pm at Dolly’s in Falmouth in your best black & white ensemble for two sides to the story!

Our readers will be:

Champy Bennet & Hector Nit – Chain Poem
Brett Jackson – Short Story
Alexandra Saunders – Prose

Mark Kilburn – Poetry
Mac Dunlop – Poetry
Kate Marriott – Poetry
Morag Smith & Nathaniel Lee – Collaborative Poem

Celebrating Janus, the two-faced god of January, Telltales invites your submissions on all aspects of ‘Duality’.

Send us your thoughts on the ups and downs, ins and outs, divisions and reconciliations of everyday life. It can be as black and white, as light or as dark as you choose but whatever it is, it should contain at least a sprinkling of the other.

Please submit on this page or via email to info@telltales.org.uk

Submissions are open until Tuesday 21 January for poetry, prose, short stories and excerpts from longer works. Please think in terms of around 1500 words maximum, which is around 10 minutes. We look forward to hearing from you.

Telltales will take place at Dolly’s, Falmouth, on Tuesday 28 January 2020.

Our next Telltales event in November is on the theme of Rebellion.

We have 12 wonderful readers, each with their own take on Rebellion in many forms: poetry, prose, short stories and excerpts from longer works.

November’s Telltales takes place on Tuesday 26 November at Dolly’s in Falmouth, from 7pm, with readings beginning at 7:30pm sharp.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Would you like to read at Telltales on 26 November?

Our next Telltales event in November is on the theme of Rebellion.

We’re thinking dissent in any of its many forms: Stories of rebellions and uprisings in history, disobedience in your childhood, minor acts of rebellion in your daily life, saying “no” when others might say “yes” – or “yes” when others might say “no” – protesting, demonstrating, striking for your rights, boycotts of consumer products, living in different ways to the “norm”.

We welcome all forms of writing: poetry, prose, short stories or excerpts from longer works. Please think in terms of 10 minutes of reading or around 1600 words on paper.

To submit your work please email info@telltales.org.uk or use the form on of our website.

The deadline for submissions is 22 November.

November’s Telltales takes place on Tuesday 26 November at Dolly’s in Falmouth, at 7pm.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.