Shortlisted for the Fresher Writing Prize!

My short story, The Need, has been shortlisted for the Fresher Writing Prize 2020 competition!

It’s as yet unpublished, but you can read some of my other short stories in my anthologies, First Words and Unzipped: The Mind of a Madman which are available at all good online bookstores, including Smashwords. And Amazon.

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My poem, The Magic of Mushrooms, wins runner-up!

My entry to the Grow Wild competition, a poem about fungi, was selected as a runner-up!

You can read it at here.

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The poem itself will be included in my next anthology of short-stories and poems to be released next year. My current anthology, First Words, is available at all good online bookstores.

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Festival for Poetry publishes my poem, “Vape Away”!

Festival for Poetry promoted my poem on their social networks and will make sure it’s read right away by 100s of people.

“Terrific poem.” They said.

You can read it here.

A selection of poetry, short-stories, scripts and other works is available in First Words by David E. Gates. It’s available in all eBook formats from Smashwords and Paperback from Amazon and other bookstores.

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Poetry Festival publishes my poem, Terminators

Your poetry entry has been posted:
 
Terrific poem.
We just promoted your poem on our social networks and will make sure it’s read right away by 100s of people.
From the book – First Words by David E. Gates – A unique collection of more than 40 previously unpublished short stories, scripts, poems and film reviews from the author of Access Denied, The Roots of Evil and Omonolidee.

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