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PRESS RELEASE: Publication day for our first fiction title: ‘Jude’ by Elin Heron

September 30, 2024

Lucent Dreaming has been operating as a creative writing magazine since April 2018 from Cardiff. In 2023, we began our single-author trade publishing venture, launching Dominoes and Miracles by former Wales Children’s Laureate, Connor Allen. This autumn, financially supported by Books Council Wales, we launch our first fiction title. Jude by Elin Heron is a young adult novel that explores

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Thoughts on Lucent Dreaming

Thoughts on… Lucent Dreaming [by Jannat Ahmed]

September 13, 2024

At the end of last year, our writers and funders received an email from me outlining a new publication timeline. It followed a long period of sporadic communication and delays. I referenced my mental ill health, exacerbated by grief and loss. I was grateful for the kind messages in response, all supportive and understanding. At the time, writing things out

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Elin Heron in the spotlight

August 5, 2024

Today we shine the spotlight on Elin Heron, whose story John Truslove appeared in issue 11 of Lucent Dreaming, and whose book Jude is forthcoming with Lucent Dreaming. So, what inspired your piece ‘JOHN TRUSLOVE’? Can you tell us a little more about what it’s about? There is so much I could tell you about this story because it is

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Lucent Dreaming to publish debut novel ‘Jude’ by Elin Heron

May 15, 2024

We’re honoured to share that we will be publishing our first novel this September 2024. Fiction Editor Samiha Meah officially acquired Jude by Elin Heron in April 2023. When asked about why she wrote this story, Elin Heron tells us ‘As a writer I am concerned with landscape and magic and Jude is a novel where I explore these themes, alongside the

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Lucent Dreaming is Highly Commended in The British Book Awards: Small Press of the Year (Wales) Category 2024

March 11, 2024

The Bookseller have announced their winners for regional and country finalists for The British Book Awards Small Press of the Year 2024. Lucent Dreaming have been highly commended in their category amongst many deserving publishers. Receiving this recognition as a small press at the beginning of our book publishing journey means the world. We look forward to our growth from

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Lucent Dreaming 2022 Prize: Poetry Longlist

August 19, 2022

We are excited to share this year’s Lucent Dreaming Prize Poetry longlist, as selected by Emmy Clarke, Charlotte Murray, Maggie Wang and the Lucent Dreaming team. The shortlist and winners of the prize, announced at the end of the month, will be selected by Kandace Siobhan Walker. Longlisted titles (in no particular order): PLEASE NOTE: We are missing some contact

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NEWS LUCENT DREAMING TO PUBLISH DEBUT POETRY COLLECTIONS FROM CHILDREN’S LAUREATE WALES CONNOR ALLEN DOMINOES (APRIL 2023) FOR GENERAL AUDIENCES MIRACLES (JUNE 2023) FOR CHILDREN. Connor Allen headshot in a white hexagon shape in the bottom right corner. Domino icon aslant at the top with one pip on each half.

NEWS: Lucent Dreaming to publish debut poetry collections from Children’s Laureate Wales Connor Allen

August 18, 2022

We’re excited to share that we will be publishing multidisiplinary artist and Children’s Laureate Wales Connor Allen’s debut poetry collections: Dominoes (April 2023 – Available for preorder) for general audiences, and Miracles (June 2023 – Available for preorder), a poetry collection for children. Connor Allen has written for BBC Wales, BBC Radio 4, Sherman Theatre, Literature Wales and Dirty Protest,

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Lucent Dreaming 2022 Prize: Flash Fiction Longlist

August 10, 2022

We are excited to share this year’s Lucent Dreaming Prize Flash Fiction longlist, as selected by judge Matt Kendrick. (In alphabetical order) Longlisted titles: 74 Seconds by Elle SymondsApocalypse Hen by JP RelphCeiling Projections for Late Stage Souperism by Rosaleen LynchCooped Up Ain’t No Way to Live by Laura BelseyCrone Days by Faye BrownDespite His Broken Heart by Julia Ruth

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