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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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NEWS Books Council of Wales to fund Wales’ first two full-time paid publishers of Colour LUCENT DREAMING IS THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE IT WILL RECEIVE £40K FROM BOOKS COUNCIL OF WALES TO FUND WALES’ FIRST FULL-TIME BOOK & MAGAZINE EDITORS OF COLOUR AS WALES’ NEWEST BOOK PUBLISHER.

NEWS: Lucent Dreaming to receive £40k from Books Council of Wales to fund Wales’ first two full-time publishers of colour

April 8, 2022

PRESS RELEASE Lucent Dreaming will be Wales’ first funded book and magazine publisher led by and employing two full-time editors of colour. Cardiff-based publisher Lucent Dreaming launched the first edition of its volunteer-run creative writing magazine for new and emerging authors in April 2018, and has since published 10 issues. Lucent Dreaming will be in receipt of £40,000 from Books

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Our milestone Issue 10 arrives!

November 25, 2021

To mark the occasion, we’ve gone all out with a gleaming gold foil cover. This edition features work from 30+ writers and artists worldwide. Order your standalone copy or subscribe, and don’t forget to add your ticket to our online launch event this December.

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Announcing our judges: Kandace Siobhan Walker and Matt Kendrick

Introducing our Lucent Dreaming Prize Judges for 2022

November 25, 2021

We’re so excited to introduce Kandance Siobhan Walker and Matt Kendrick, our respective poetry and flash fiction judges for the new Lucent Dreaming Prize, with a top prize of £1000 in three categories: poetry, flash fiction and short story. Both judges will be reading the top 50 longlisted entries in their respective categories. More about the judges Kandace Siobhan Walker

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Lucent Dreaming 2021 Flash Fiction Competition, Winning and Highly Commended

October 11, 2021

We are delighted to announce the winners of Lucent Dreaming’s 2021 Flash Fiction contest. The winning stories appear below, and will be published in our upcoming 10th issue next month. Highly commended stories will appear in issue 10 of Lucent Dreaming which is available to preorder. 1st Place Jeffrey Skinner, ‘Mission Creep’ 2nd Place Julia Clayton, ‘Dacre Must Fall’ 3rd

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