Inkwells & Anvils is proud to announce our third annual anthology short story contest. THE SIMPLE & THE STUBBORN: An Inkwells & Anvils Anthology (Releasing Fall 2026) “Its [Christianity’s] plan suits the secret irregularities and it expects the unexpected. It is simple about the simple truth, but it is stubborn about the subtle truth.” G. K. Chesterton Embracing the wide tapestry of human experience and the universal truths that point to the Truth, the theme for Inkwells and

Embracing the Jubilee Year of Hope that we're journeying through, the theme for Inkwells and Anvils’ second-annual anthology is just that: hope. It is our pleasure to open our doors and encourage all tellers of tales to consider submitting a story for our anthology this summer. Full theme, submission details, and judging information in post.

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The official stance on AI models in the creative process from Inkwells & Anvils